7 Exciting Ways to Enrich Your Indoor Cat’s Environment
While cats thrive on routine, they also need an enriching environment to battle boredom-induced stress as part of their overall wellness care. The same monotonous environment, day in and day out, can cause stress in cats, and lead to behavior problems or medical issues. Without appropriate activities that fulfill your [...]
Get to Know the Team: Highlighting Holly McNew
When you bring your pet to Stone Ridge Veterinary Medical Center at Willis, you may be coming for our veterinarians’ expertise, exotic pet knowledge, or advanced surgical and specialty skills, or our team’s kind and caring personalities. If your furry pal is dragging you into our hospital for their appointment, [...]
Veterinary Care Can Help Ensure a Lifetime of Wellness for Your Cat
Cats are highly skilled at hiding illness and disease, making veterinary exams critical to maintain their optimal health. Over the course of your cat’s life, their needs will change as they grow and develop, and become susceptible to certain illnesses as they age. But, routine preventive care can help protect [...]
All Creatures Wild and Wonderful: How to Choose and Exotic Pet
Exotic pets can make wonderful additions to your family, entertaining you, your friends, and your guests with their unique characteristics and interesting personalities. However, unusual species are often more difficult to care for than a typical cat or dog, since they require different care to stay healthy and happy. As [...]
Stone Ridge Support Team: Meet Maggie Harvey
While veterinarians are essential for diagnosing your pet’s condition and prescribing treatment, they couldn’t accomplish everything they do without a talented, compassionate support team. From kennel attendants and veterinary assistants, to client care specialists and veterinary technicians, our entire team works together to ensure your beloved companion receives gold-standard care. [...]
How Microchipping Can Save Your Pet’s Life
As a pet owner, one of your worst fears is your beloved companion slipping out your open door or gate without a collar or ID tags. A lost pet is always a terrifying experience, despite them wearing a collar and tags, since the world is fraught with danger for a [...]
7 Tips to Help Kids and Pets Live Happily Together
Adding a new pet to your household is an exciting time. Ideally, you choose the perfect fluffy addition, bring her home, and she completes your family. But, the reality is that teaching your new pet and kids to live together peacefully may take some work. A new puppy who is [...]
Meet Our Team Leader: Becky Allen, Licensed Veterinary Technician
At Stone Ridge Veterinary Medical Center (SRVMC), our team runs like a well-oiled machine, to ensure your pet receives the best of care, from diagnosis to treatment. Routine wellness visits, sick or injured cases, and surgical patients have special teams dedicated to providing optimal medical attention, based on each team [...]
The Importance of Regular Dental Care for Your Pet’s Health
Any person who has suffered from a toothache understands the importance of dental care for overall comfort and health. The same goes for your pet. Without proper oral hygiene, your furry friend can experience the agony of a toothache, and much worse. As most pets—up to 85%—have some form of [...]