Best Friends Animal Hospital of Calhoun Georgia

Congratulations to Jessa Dinkins and Doug Siemer! They are the latest winners of a top of the line Roomba. Special thanks to our friends at Merck Animal Health for sponsoring the quarterly Bravecto contest!

November is National Pet Diabetes Month. Pets with diabetes cannot produce or utilize insulin properly, preventing the conversion of food to energy. Without the conversion to energy, extra sugar left in the blood leads to lethargy and other health problems. It is estimated that 1 in 300 adult dogs and 1 in 230 adult cats in the US have diabetes. Diabetes cannot be cured, but with proper treatment and monitoring your pet can live a long, happy life. Age, genetics, obesity, and... breed can all be factors in pets that are at risk for diabetes. Physical inactivity, indoor lifestyle, hyperthyroidism, and pancreatitis can also be factors for cats. Symptoms to look out for in dogs are excessive thirst, urination, hunger, lethargy, thinning or dull hair, and cloudy eyes. Symptoms to look out for in cats are also excessive thirst, urination, and hunger, lethargy, thinning or dull hair, and not grooming. Click the link below to learn more about pet diabetes. If you are concerned your pet may have diabetes, please call us at 706-629-5060 or email us at [email protected] to make an appointment. Thank you! See more

May 3rd through May 9th is National Pet Week! National Pet Week celebrates the pets that we love and care for so much. For each day of the week, the AVMA has links with plenty of helpful information on how to better care for your best friend. Comment a photo of your furbaby and check out the link below! Have a great week, everyone. https://www.avma.org/events/national-pet-week

Here's a link to the FDA's website for more information about Covid 19 and your pets: https://www.fda.gov//helpful-questions-and-answers-about-c

First and foremost, we hope that everyone is staying safe, healthy and not suffering from the effects that Covid 19 has had on our economy! We also hope that the curb side service has had a minimal impact on everyone. There have been some hiccups, but it seems like it has worked well to follow CDC guidelines and provide care for our patients. Governor Kemp has recently started phase 1 to reopen Georgia. However, the CDC, AVMA and GVMA are recommending continuing to practi...ce social distancing, i.e., curb side service, stating that they have not given any indication that these practices should change anytime soon. We will be continuing to follow these guidelines for the foreseeable future. As soon as the CDC and/or GVMA update their recommendations, we will adjust our policies to follow their guidelines. We pray for continued health for everyone! Please feel free to call with any questions or concerns. For more information regarding Covid 19, please check out the following links: https://dph.georgia.gov/ https://www.cdc.gov/ https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html https://veterinarypartner.vin.com/default.aspx https://www.avma.org/res/animal-health-and-welfare/covid-19 Symptom chart Kansas DOH: https://d1n6ollu2qc3al.cloudfront.net//KDHE-Chart-on-Sympt Corona virus symptom checker Emory University: https://c19check.com/start