Rotterdam Veterinary Hospital

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! We here at Rotterdam Veterinary Hospital sincerely hope you all enjoy this holiday season alongside friends and family, both two and four-legged. But this time of year can also be really dangerous for your pets. We've attached a great article by the AVMA on keeping your pets safe this winter!

Winter holiday pet safety December abounds with holiday celebrations, and nothing can spoil good cheer like an emergency trip to the veterinary clinic. These tips can help keep the winter holiday season safe for pets.

A Potentially Fatal Illness Is Spreading Among Dogs. Here Are The Signs. The mysterious outbreak has been causing respiratory symptoms in pets in several regions of the U.S. Vets share what you need to know.

Although National Vet Tech week is over, the work of our technicians never is! We'd like to wish our techs a happy year at work! Thank you and we always appreciate you, tech week or not!

The week of October 15-22 2023 is national Veterinary Technician week.

Vet techs perform vital tasks in the clinic and ensure your pets are healthy and well taken care of. Technicians administer vaccines and medicine to your pets, and perform procedures such as laser therapy, blood draws, anesthesia monitoring and urinalysis, among others - with many being difficult and exhausting. In addition, in many Veterinary establishments, technicians also help clean the clinic, walk dogs and manage boarding animals. This week, recognize all the hard work the amazing technicians at your Veterinary Clinic do! Happy Vet Tech Week to all of you!

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Hi all! A Good Samaritan dropped off this kitty at RVH this morning. She was found in his driveway possibly having a seizure here in Rotterdam. She is a very sweet girl, young and is currently stable. No microchip was found. Please contact us at 518-356-5568 or respond to this post if you have any information on who this sweet lady could be! Until then we will keep her and make sure she is well taken care of!

Happy International Cat day! Celebrate and spoil your cats, reply and tell us how your cats enjoyed International Cat Day!!

This week is recognized in the U.S. as National Feed a Rescue Pet Week. This is an incredibly important effort and we urge you all to contribute to it! Help The Animal Rescue Site reach its goal of giving 3 Million meals to pets in need by donating through their website! Every dollar can buy 20 meals for these poor animals, so again, we urge you to donate!

Here's a link to the Donation site:

National Feed a Rescue Pet Week | The Animal Rescue Site It's a staggering figure: every year over 6 million homeless pets are taken in by U.S. shelters. With the average shelter stay lasting about 3 months, that's over 100 meals that a shelter may provide for each pet in their care. That's a lot of bowls to fill! Purchasing literal tons of food is a huge...

July 15th is National Pet Fire Safety day, and we wanted to give you some tips on how to keep your pets safe if a fire starts in your home.

Here's an article, courtesy of the AVMA that has some great info concerning Pet Fire Safety - https://www.aspca.org/news/fire-safety-and-your-pets-keeping-them-safe-unexpected

July 10th is National Kitten Day! Go Spoil yours today, buy them a toy, and just be there with your pet! After all. they're only kittens for a short amount of time!

Post your kittens and tag us Rotterdam Veterinary Hospital !

We're in the summer months now, and with temperatures soaring higher and higher, make sure to keep your pets safe from the heat. Pets, especially Dogs, have a serious risk of heat stroke, which can be extremely dangerous and LETHAL. Here's some tips to avoid giving your pets a heat stroke!

1: Dog walking temperature - while it may seem comfortable for us, even 70 degree weather can give dogs a heat stroke! When walking dogs during the summer, avoid running and strenuous activity and keep in the shade! Avoid heat-reflecting surfaces like sand, concrete and asphalt, especially if there is no shade.

2: At home, keep a cool and well-ventilated space for your pets to relax in and make sure cool, fresh water is available at all time!

3: NEVER leave your pet in a car, even for short times. Temperatures rise much quicker in a car and can be LETHAL to pets. If you absolutely have to leave your pet in a car, make sure to run your car's AC and direct it at your pet. Even this runs a large risk though, so we urge you to avoid leaving animals in cars.

4: Be aware of the Symptoms - There are many symptoms to watch out for, but the main ones are: Panting, Drooling, Dizziness/staggering, Agitation, Collapsing or lying down, Breathing Distress and a Quickened Heart Rate. If you see these symptoms in your pets, get them to a safe environment and give them cool, fresh water quickly.

Heat stroke is an extremely dangerous condition, but with proper preventative steps it can be avoided. So please, when you walk your dog, or even when you are at home, make sure your pets are comfortable and not at risk of heat stroke.

Did you know June was the National "Adopt a Cat" Month? Every year, adoption helps save millions of animals worldwide. It's also cheaper than buying a pet from a store! So this June, we ask you all, Adopt, don't Shop!