This sweet little gentleman is Reuben. He came to us for inappetence, vomiting, and not acting like himself. On examination, his abdomen was tense and he was mildly dehydrated. His blood-work and radiographs revealed a diagnosis of pancreatitis (an inflammation of the pancreas). This little...
Meet Poppy. Poppy is a beautiful little kitty who came to Mountainside for brown-tinged hypersalivation. She was also uncomfortable around her mouth, and was having difficulty eating and had not been drinking. On examination, Dr. Parsons found a full thickness laceration of the tongue- it looked...
Sequoia had a very lucky (and unlucky) day that brought her to Mountainside. This sweet girl was out for an innocent hike, when she ran into a stick. She was very lucky in that it only penetrated her skin, and didn’t enter the thoracic cavity (it...
Meet Polo Bear. This sweet floofy boy came to Mountainside after ingesting medication containing Xylitol. He was quite sedate when he arrived, but it was clear what a sweet boy he is because his tail did a little wag every time someone said his name. The...
This handsome boy is Clarence. We have been acquainted with his quirky personality two times recently for urethral obstructions. He is a very active boy, full of personality, and his antics kept us busy and amused while he was here. Clarence came to us for supportive...
We would like to interrupt your scrolling to show you this very cute puppy! This is Hetty. She came to us after ingesting three rocks. One rock was removed using an endoscope (a minimally invasive tube-like device with a camera), and the other two were unable...
Lucky came to us for a urinary tract infection. She had come to us fairly recently with one, so her owners knew this was likely what was happening when she started excessively urinating again. We started her on antibiotics, and collected urine to send for...
Taco (the cat, not the tasty food item) came to Mountainside for sudden vomiting. After some investigation, we learned that Taco does like to eat string-like objects so we looked into the matter a bit further. Radiographs revealed a full intestinal obstruction, that looked like foreign material....
This week’s patient of the week is named Winter. This beautiful dog is here to use her good looks to deliver a message about marrow bones! Winter was having a lovely time while chewing on one, until it became trapped over her lower jaw bone. She...
Yoda is a very nice and handsome cat who has been coming to Mountainside to investigate and treat some persistent sneezing. We took some skull radiographs to try and gain some more information about the cause, and rule out nasal polyps (soft benign growths that...