Blue Cross Veterinary Hospital of Long Beach

As we near the end of 2020, we thank you for all of your support this year and can't wait to see what the new year has in store! As a reminder, our New Year’s Holiday hours are as follows: Thursday, Dec 31 - Open 9a-1p... Friday, Jan 1 - Closed Saturday, Jan 2 - Closed Sunday, Jan 3 - Closed Monday, Jan 4 - Open 9a-4p

Pet food recall - if you pet is experiencing symptoms please either let us or Long Beach Animal Emergency know

Vaccines have protected millions of animals from illness and death caused by infectious diseases! It's extremely important to ensure that your pet is up to date on their vaccines to ensure that they are as healthy as they can be!

Need a medication or food refill? You can request the refill directly through our App! You can choose to pick up your refill at our hospital or you can choose our home delivery option through our online pharmacy. To get started: 1 Click on the Prescription Bag - which is the far right circle on your App home screen 2 Click on Pick Up or Delivery ... Pick Up Follow the prompts to choose your pet & requested product (food, medication, other) Pro Tip - Take a picture of your item! Choose your preferred pick-up date & time Click on Request Order Delivery If you choose Delivery, you will land in our online pharmacy to place your order Our veterinary team will receive your order request and let you know when your order is ready. It’s that easy!

Merry Christmas family! We hope you’re enjoying time with your fur babies this long weekend. Enjoy this Christmas special Wunderful Wednesday courtesy Lucy, Charlie, Baxterr, and Charlie We’ll be back in the office on Monday - see you all then!

Truly the best BEST Friend there ever was!

Happy Holidays! Warmest thoughts and best wishes to you and your loved ones! As a reminder, we will be closed from 1pm Thursday, Dec 24th through Sunday, Dec 27th. We will resume our current regular hours of 9:00a - 4:00p on Monday, Dec 28th. Stay safe!

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! Vaccinations, heartworm prevention and routine deworming are important components of wellness care.

We hope that everyone has the best day!

If kitties ran elections: Four score and seven hairballs ago, our ancestors brought forth upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in purrfection, and dedicated to the proposition that all men and women were created to equally serve their cats. #vote #2020election

Happy Halloween Our working staff participated by dressing up today - including our werewolf mascot, Charlie! Cheyenne was an evil scientist who created a human/tiger hybrid named Nathan... Joe was a groovy guy Kelsey was a Liz showcased her favorite Halloween villain Stefanie proudly showed off her Hufflepuff pride

They will always have our love like no other!

How do your furry overlords improve your life?

Had our first ever staff pumpkin carving/decorating contest today We had a great turnout but ultimately Liz won with her hand-painted tribute to #halloween villains! Monica created a couple... Stefanie made a cat in a witch’s hat Joe made a bad cat named Jack getting checked in for an appointment Dr. Guenther made Jack Skellington Dr. Sellman & Kelsey made a famous meme - which was then acted out by Michael, Nathan, and Dr. Sellman

Just in time for Halloween... a bat was found in a swimming pool in Lakewood on October 12th. Please make sure your pets are up to date on their Rabies vaccines, and review what to do if you find a bat (live or otherwise) through the health department links below http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/vet/rabiesmap2020.htm

Have a great day today!

October 27th is National Pitbull Awareness Day! We know that pitbulls are wonderful dogs, and we want to celebrate today with you and yours. Please give your pitty some extra love from all of us at Blue Cross Veterinary Hospital!

It’s Ghostly Gus’ last week with us Have you found him yet?? #bluecrossveterinaryhospital #ilovesignalhill #ghostlygus #halloween

Many common toys for dogs have some not so safe materials! Contact us for what you should give your dogs to play with!

Happy Halloween from all of us at Blue Cross Veterinary Hospital! Send us a selfie of your pet in their Halloween costume Remember that chocolate and the artificial sweetener, Xylitol, are toxic to dogs. Please keep all of your Halloween goodies out of your pets’ reach!