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We are a Fear Free practice that cares for all creatures with respect and kindness. We have a special interest in exotic pet medicine including reptiles, birds and small mammals.
From the Blog
New Clients?
Hello Friends! We are tiptoeing into the idea of accepting new clients with cat and dog patients. While we hunt for an associate veterinarian, we are working with a number of relief veterinarian, some of whom only see cats and dogs. So, if you'd like to make an...
2023 Critter Care Updates
First off, I hope 2023 brings joy and good fortune to all of you! As you may know, we have stopped accepting new clients at this time due to overwhelming demand. It is so very flattering that we have such a high demand. I am working on finding an additional...
Upcoming Closures
We will have short staffing and irregular closures over the next week due to a continuing education conference we are attending. We will be closed Saturday August 20. There will be no doctor on the premises from 4pm Friday August 12 until Monday August 22. The week of...
Office Entry Guidelines
If you hadn't heard, we had to close the office for a week in January because COVID swept through most of the staff. Not only do I want my staff to stay healthy but we all want to be here to help your critters. When we can't do so, we aren't fulfilling our mission. I...
COVID Policy Update 1/20/22
Hello friends. I almost have all our staff back to work and I appreciate everyone's patience with all the rescheduling we had to do. Considering the extremely high rates of COVID in Colorado and our little microcosm study demonstrating high breakthrough rates on...
Emergency COVID Update
Unfortunately, we had a member of our staff test positive for COVID yesterday. They are in quarantine as are other staff members who were feeling under the weather but who do not have test results yet. We are going back on curbside only until we can determine who...
Reopening
It is nice to see that dropping the mask mandate in Colorado has not led to a surge in COVID cases. As a state, we’re hovering just over a 50% vaccination rate so we are certainly not all protected. Thus far, I have been cautious about reopening because I need to...
Colorado COVID-19 Surge – Curbside Service Resuming
Hello, friends. It makes me sad to be writing this because I am only doing so in response to a remarkable COVID-19 surge in our state and increasing levels of threat in Arapahoe and surrounding counties. At Critter Care, we have employees that are in high-risk...
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus 2 in Colorado
If you haven't already heard, there is a foreign rabbit disease, RHDV2, currently circulating around the Southwestern US and, in Colorado, it has now been found in both domestic and wild rabbits. So far, domestic rabbits with the disease have been identified in...
Critter Care Animal Hospital COVID-19 Response
All of us at Critter Care Animal Hospital want to continue to be here for you and your furry/feathered/scaled companions during this tough time. Following the recommendations of our professional organizations (AVMA, CVMA), and to aid in social distancing, we...