Comments for Animal Hospital of North Asheville

Comment on You Choose Your Veterinarian by Tammy Gregg

Tammy Gregg — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:23:39 +0000

Susan Wootten is the most outstanding veterinarian I’ve interacted with in the close to 30 years that I’ve had pets. She really won me over when my Sophie cat had a severe imbalance problem and Susan was willing to get down on the floor with her to examine her walking impairment. She definitely comes from the heart. She gets my vote.

Comment on How to Create Low-Stress Veterinary Visits for Cats by Tammy Gregg

Tammy Gregg — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:17:27 +0000

Very helpful tips. I appreciate your willingness to make the patients as comfortable as possible. Thank you for going to extra lengths to bring this about.

Comment on How to Create Low-Stress Veterinary Visits for Cats by admin

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:45:24 +0000

Lynne, you make a very good point. Building the cat carrier around a cat is very difficult at home. We really don’t recommend it at home except as a last resort. At Animal Hospitral of North Asheville, we frequently take carriers apart to get cats out because we do not want to stress them by forcing them out. In fact, we often examine cats and do their treatments while they are still in the bottom half of the carrier. They like that better than getting out onto a strange exam table (and we try to keep them covered during the exam, as much as possible, so they feel safe). Once it is time to go home, we rebuild the carrier around the cat, but we have more than one set of hands, and we have a cat who, at that point, would rather be in the carrier than out of it. The only thing that really helps you get the cat into the carrier at home is to “make the carrier a favorite place” as the article recommends. It will not happen overnight, but with time hopefully your cats can lose their fear of their carriers. Just keep the carriers out where they can see them all the time. It may take weeks, but they will venture inside (and may eventually actually start hanging out in them) once they get used to seeing them – especially if you put a treat inside. Thank you for reading our article and caring enough to comment!

Comment on You Choose Your Veterinarian by Pat Gladding

Pat Gladding — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:32:31 +0000

I have been bringing my pets to AHNA from the 70’s. I used to live close to the hospital. Now, I drive from the South of town to bring caterwauling OSH’s for the most outstanding skilled and compassionate care I can imagine. Of course, I bring my Greyhound, also, but she keeps her own counsel.
Our preferred and primary veterinarian is the one and only, Jim Earley! This does not mean that I don’t have confidence in each vet there. I believe you all function as a well-orchestrated team, for which I am extremely grateful. I mean to include all staff in the latter. Thank you for being there for us, through laughter and tears!

Comment on How to Create Low-Stress Veterinary Visits for Cats by Lynne Olin

Lynne Olin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:24:34 +0000

I’m trying to picture taking the top off the carrier and trying to “set the cat in the bottom, and replace the top.” Seriously. Any one of my four cats (even the obese ones) would be out of that carrier in a split second while I was trying to bring the top down on top of them.

Comment on Strange Pet Behavior by admin

admin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:21:50 +0000

Thanks for your funny comment, Sue!

Comment on Strange Pet Behavior by Sue Tanner

Sue Tanner — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:28:58 +0000

more than I wanted to know on poop eatting !!! lol

Comment on Pet Spotlight – Miracle Mac by Nancy D. Merrill

Nancy D. Merrill — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:06:16 +0000

Dear Debbie, Your heart has to be so large and full of love even though it is hurting. Thank goodness you were there for Mac in his short yet inspirational life.
Nancy Merrill

Comment on Thunderstorm Phobia by Elaine Young

Elaine Young — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:12:26 +0000

Our dog, Kacey, is very reactive to noise and thunder. She is on medication to help her cope with that. We recently tried the Dap diffusers, which we haven’t found to help. We also bought the Storm Defender cape, which seems to help her quite a lot. When she runs upstairs to hide from the noise, we give her her medication (if she hasn’t had it yet) and place the cape on her and she seems to relax a lot faster than with just the medication alone.

Comment on Our Client Care Team by Madeleine

Madeleine — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:03:41 +0000

Welcome, Jill! Y’all are the best!