With the snow coming in this evening, we are planning to be closed on Wednesday Jan 22 due to road safety issues. Several staff members have long commutes. Depending on how the weather and road clearing plays out, we could be closed longer, but will let you know as conditions develop. Stay safe and warm! […]

Due to updates in NC Veterinary Medical Board regulations and additional requirements to be allowed to run a boarding facility, we are no longer offering boarding services. Cats with current reservations will be honored as long as that time period does not cross into 2025 when the new regulations take effect. We are not accepting

Dr. Smith has managed to get a relief doctor in for most of the business days, but there will be no doctor in the office on Thursday September 1.

It’s here! The first doses of Solensia have arrived.If you have a cat suffering with arthritis, there is now a once monthly injection from Zoetis, Solensia, that should make a huge improvement in your cat’s comfort. It is a completely different type of injection which inhibits nerve growth factor, which we expect to show a

Exciting news! 😺Coastal Cat has been selected by Zoetis to participate in a pre-release program for Solensia. We are hoping to get the first shipments of this product in the next month or so. Staff will receive more training and info in a few weeks.If you are a client with a cat with arthritis and

One problem we are having too much of recently is with people who are booking appointments and then not showing up for them (no-show). Sometimes repeatedly. Almost always this is done by someone who is not yet a client. This is a problem because at our clinic, we try to respect your time and have

Do you have a multi-cat household? Do your cats get along? Are you sure? 😼 I just had this discussion with a client today with his pair of kitties and thought I’d share the info. One of his cats would simply stare, unblinking, at the other until she would hiss and run away. The cats

Kitten season is coming! THIS is the time of year all the eligible ladies start to cycle and then have a bunch of kittens in the “April’ish” time frame. Cats as young as 4 months of age can come into heat and get pregnant, especially this time of year.The time to spay them is NOW

We’ve had more problems with people trying to walk in and use us as an emergency clinic lately. We are neither a walk-in clinic nor an emergency facility. Please remember that there is only ONE vet on staff and we are fully booked out for a few weeks right now. That one vet can only

We have had an unusual number of people trying to walk-in to the clinic with their cats in various situations. While we would love to be able to help everyone out with every cat at a time convenient for you, it is simply not possible. What do you mean, you can’t see my cat? We