SILVER-Cat Highlight

Silver is owned by Nancy, Licensed Veterinary Technician at Great Bridge Veterinary Hospital. Silver is a three year old domestic cat. He loves playing fetch, chasing the laser pointer and dragging toys until someone will play with him.

At one time, Silver had vestibular disease. Silver was tilting his head, which was cute but not normal. He was also very dizzy, walked in circles, and could not eat on his own. The veterinarian provided him with anti-nausea (motion sickness) medication which helped greatly. It took a few days, but he returned to normal. Every now and then his mom can still see his head tilt.

GROM-Cat Highlight

 

Pam and Grom

We are proud to highlight Grom, a tiger cub, as our Cat Highlight for the week. Pam, our licensed veterinary technician, worked at a zoo for 2 ½ years. She has some amazing stories about her adventures. What an amazing experience! 

TIGER-Cat Highlight

Tiger is a13 year old domestic short-haired cat, owned by Heather, a bather at Great Bridge Veterinary Hospital. Tiger likes bugging his daddy.

Tiger was overweight.  When his mom first got him, he was 21 ½ lbs. Now he has turned it around and weighs about 12 lbs. His mom was very dedicated to his health. It took him one year and a prescription weight loss diet, but he lost the weight and got his energy back. Had he stayed overweight he may have developed a number of diseases, such as diabetes.

SUDS-Cat Highlight

Suds is a seven year old, male cat. He is owned by Charlene. He likes following his mom around the house and watching things out the window. 

 Suds was recently adopted. He was the only kitty at his previous home and is now being introduced to another kitty in his new home. The change was difficult for him so his new mom introduced him slowly to his new environment. Keeping him in the bathroom for 2-3 weeks and then opening the door to allow him to choose to leave if he wanted. This made him comfortable enough to eventually make friends with the other kitty.

There are many tricks to introducing kitties into a new home.

Cat Highlight-Thomas

Thomas is a three year old domestic short-haired cat. He is owned by Pamela, a Licensed Veterinary Technician at Great Bridge Veterinary Hospital. Thomas likes bringing his toys to his mom and dad at night.

Thomas likes to scratch everything. As you can see from his picture, he is an adventurous boy. His mom doesn’t want to declaw him because at his age it could traumatize him psychologically. She deters him from scratching by putting layers of sheets over the couch, which he doesn’t particularly care to scratch. She provides scratching posts and vertical surfaces for him to scratch as well. There are many options if you prefer not to declaw… like Soft Paws!