The ON-LINE edition of our monthly newsletter

FALL FELINE ELECTIVE SURGERY SPECIAL

We want the Summer Kittens to get off on the right paw in their new homes. With adolescence comes such objectionable behavior as fighting, caterwauling, urine marking, and furniture scratching. To help our kittens grow up into well-behaved ladies and gentlemen, we offer a low-cost special once a year as a service to our community for six weeks in the fall. A full service hospital at clinic prices! Between OCTOBER 1st & NOVEMBER 15th the following elective surgeries are half price:

Click on any of the above procedures to go to it’s corresponding web page for detailed information on the surgery, it’s implications and/or alternatives available.

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Welcome to our Newest Staff Member: Maria Amore

Our newest staff member is a licensed animal technician originally from Detroit, Michigan. Maria has been working with animals for 14 years. After graduating a Veterinary Technician program at Macomb Community College in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, Maria became a licensed Animal Technician in both Michigan and California.

Maria lived in Santa Monica for 5 years before moving back to be with her family in Detroit, but only withstood two winters before returning to our great weather here in Southern California. Her personal menagerie includes a Rotweiller named Claudia (shown above), an Oriental Short Hair feline named Mr. Fat Man and a Domestic Long Hair cat called Edgar.

For information on any other of the Mar Vista Animal Medical Center staff, including the Doctors, the Receptionists and the Animal Technicians, click here.

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Halloween Family Fun

If you’re looking for a good place to trick-or-treat, see a spooky “haunted house” and enjoy a musical show all at the same time, then visit the annual Hallowe’en Show at the Sanborn House on October 31st. This year’s free musical is an encore presentation of a show from several years back called “Halloween Hysteria.”

The current plans are for shows the Friday night before Halloween, on October 30th, as well as Saturday the 31st, and will include in the cast Dr. Brooks and Richard Baltin, our office manager. Last year, Richard (as Dr. Frankenstein) and Dr. Brooks (as The Bride of Frankenstein’s monster) were a big hit in a song and dance number with the Monster. This year? Well, you’ll have to watch to find out! The shows should begin around 8 pm at 1902 Midvale Avenue. That’s one block south of little Santa Monica Blvd., and one block west of Westwood Blvd.

For your listening and entertainment pleasure, we have compiled a few of the songs from past performances of the annual Sanborn House productions. The Shockwave plug-in for your browser is required to hear these songs. Due to Shockwave for Director’s streaming audio capabilities, you should hear these songs well even with only a 28.8k modem (and possibly even a 14.4k modem, but we haven’t tested that!) If you see the blue controller box below (which means you do have the Shockwave plug-in) but don’t hear the songs, you might just need the current version of the plug-in. Go back to our Home Page, click on the Get Shockwave button, install the newest plug-in, and it should work just fine.

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NEW ON OUR WEB SITE

THE FELINE SPAY
Spaying your cat is an important part of basic cat health care. We have found that, even though the cat spay is a routine and commonly performed procedure, many pet owners still have questions. Here is an FAQ (list of Frequently Asked Questions), along with their answers!

NEUTERING THE MALE CAT
If your little boy cat is getting into all sorts of trouble, it may not be productive to keep calling him “a baaaaaaad boy!” That’s probably just his hormones talking. Neutering is a very simple procedure that’s good for the cat’s health (and very good for your mental health)! Here’s some information about what’s actually done, what the effects are and a discussion of some popular beliefs people seem to have about this common surgery.

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New product of the month:
Hill’s Diet T/D for Canines or Felines

The American Veterinary Dental Society recommends a full dental cleaning every six months for your pet, just the same as your dentist recommends for you.  Still, imagine what that cleaning procedure would be like for you if you did not brush your teeth at all between dental visits.

Dental home care is the single most important aspect of regular dental care. With proper home care, your pet may not need that six month dentistry, thus saving you the expense and your pet the extra anesthetic.

For more information on home dental care options for your pets, see our Dental Home Care page in the Pet Web Library.

Print and cut out this coupon for $1.00 off!

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