by Harrisburg Regional Veterinary Surgical Specialty | Jan 3, 2023 | Blog
Gibbs, an 11 year old Samoyed, used to be a Grand Champion show dog. 5 years ago, he was adopted by his furever family. His owner recalls: “About a year ago, Gibbs started to have some irritation, swelling & bleeding in his back end. A number of treatments were...
by Harrisburg Regional Veterinary Surgical Specialty | Dec 1, 2022 | Blog
Baby Girl, a 10 year old kitty, had a small mass on the inside of her left ear. It grew larger, and seemed to find it’s way through the cartilage and started to grow on the outside of the ear. It was diagnosed as a “cyst.” This is word that is unfortunately often used...
by Harrisburg Regional Veterinary Surgical Specialty | Nov 1, 2022 | Blog
We amputate a significant number of toes in our patients. Did that ever cross your mind? We’ve performed a huge number of toe amputation, aka digit amputation, both in cats and dogs, and for a variety of reasons. When is a toe amputation needed? There are several...
by Harrisburg Regional Veterinary Surgical Specialty | Sep 29, 2022 | Blog
“Oscar was miserable, depressed and uncomfortable. He hesitated to go outside to poop…”Oscar, a 10 year old Olde English Bulldog, had an itchy problem.And his owner drove 3 hours, all the way from Southern Maryland, to find a solution at Harrisburg Regional.A...
by Harrisburg Regional Veterinary Surgical Specialty | Sep 6, 2022 | Blog
It’s hard to deny that anesthesia and surgery are stressful. So we take it very seriously, and we do everything we can to decrease stress in our patients. Here are 5 ways we reduce stress. 1. We recommend preop medications Our canine patients receive a pain...
by Harrisburg Regional Veterinary Surgical Specialty | Aug 1, 2022 | Blog
Link, an 8 year old Doxie, was in trouble. Externally, he was bright yellow (jaundiced), had been vomiting, and hadn’t eaten for a few days. Fortunately, instead of procrastinating, Link’s owner took him to his family vet, who ran blood work. It showed elevated liver...
