Adventure cat Jesse came to Mountainside after a camping trip with his owners as they noticed him straining to urinate. As Jesse has had a urinary blockage in the past, his owners knew the signs and decided to bring him in to determine if he...
Adventure cat Jesse came to Mountainside after a camping trip with his owners as they noticed him straining to urinate. As Jesse has had a urinary blockage in the past, his owners knew the signs and decided to bring him in to determine if he...
Little Loki presented to Mountainside after accidentally getting trapped inside a sofa bed. His owner heard him scratching and quickly unfolded the bed to find Loki had lost consciousness and was no longer breathing. He gave Loki mouth to nose breaths and quickly rushed him to...
Sweet Reyna visited Mountainside after her owners noticed she was having diarrhea and had found blood in her vomit. Reyna presented with a very high heart rate and a dull demeanour, was drooling excessively, and seemed slightly tense in her abdomen. Due to Reyna’s young...
Mia, a 4-month-old kitten, presented to Mountainside for trauma resulting in an injury to her right hind leg. Her owners are unsure of what happened, but they came home and found her at the bottom of the stairs (where she frequently plays) non-weight bearing on...
Jager presented to Dr. Cozens for ingesting Melatonin gummies containing Xylitol sweetener. Melatonin is frequently used in dogs to treat sleep and behavior disorders and alopecia. While melatonin has a high margin of safety, the main side effect to be concerned about is sleepiness. Xylitol, however,...
Felix a 7-month-old puppy presented to Mountainside for squinting of his right eye. On examination of the eye, Dr. Parsons noted that there was quite a bit of swelling of the eyelid and ocular discharge. Felix needed sedation to allow for a thorough eye exam due...
Adorable Piper made a visit to Mountainside when his owner noticed him retching unproductively and making some exaggerated head motions. When he arrived at the hospital, he was observed hard swallowing and gulping. Piper suffers from asthma and sneezes quite regularly, so this was one potential...
Luna presented to Mountainside for ingesting pizza dough and a plastic bag. In this case where there have been multiple foreign bodies ingested, there is a concern for an obstruction of the gastrointestinal tract, a risk of fermentation, and expansion of the pizza dough in...
Little Misty visited us at Mountainside after sneaking out of her house and getting the tip of her tail caught in a door. A neighbour saw her with a bloody tail, so her owners brought her in promptly to be assessed. We discovered her tail...