ANSWERS TO FAQs:
- If you can't reach us, call the
DoveLewis
Emergency Animal Hospital
24 Hour Emergency Hotline - (503) 228-7281.
Located in NW Portland at 1945 NW Pettygrove, DoveLewis is open
24-hours/7 days a week.
One or more veterinarians and technicians are on site at all times and
will also consult with your regular veterinarian.
Additional emergency resources:
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If you find a stray cat or dog, the very first
thing to do is contact the local county animal shelter! Here's why:
- Someone is very likely looking frantically for their
pet.
- To quote directly from a local shelter:
"If you are the finder of a dog, the animal shelter is the proper place for the
dog to be placed while the owners are sought. Animal Control can legally place
the dog in a new home after three days. Finders who wish to keep a dog under
Oregon's lost property statue 98.005 must complete several steps before they
can legally own or give away a found animal. At minimum you must notify the County
Clerk in writing within ten days of finding the animal. Within 20 days you
must post a notice of the finding in the local papers for two weeks. With that
completed, you can obtain legal ownership after three months. Failure to complete
this process would make possession or giving away of the animal a crime under
Oregon law. Spaying or neutering the animal during this time period could also
be considered a crime."
Here's an alphabetic list of county agencies you can turn to for help:
Here are some
other places you can contact for help:
Oregon
Humane Society Lost and Found Pets
1067 NE Columbia Blvd.
Portland, OR 97211-1411
Phone: (503) 285-7722
Email: info@oregonhumane.com
DoveLewis Lost and Found Search Page
If and can't provide a temporary home for the animal yourself,
feel free to call us for advice and instructions (503) 234-9229.
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- If you find a bird or squirrel or some
other wild creature in need of human help,
contact the
Portland Audubon Society.
Call the Wildlife Care Center
(503)292-0304
5151 N.W. Cornell Road
Portland OR 97210
Wildlifecare.com also offers
advice on how to help a variety of wild animals; what to do and also what not
to do.
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- We often recommend
Advantage
and Frontline to
prevent fleas in cats and dogs for up to four weeks. The active ingredient
in Advantage is imidacloprid; the ingredient in Frontline is fipronil. Both are topical solutions that are squeezed from
a tube on the back of the neck for cats and between the shoulder blades for
dogs. Advantage kills 98-100 % of your pet's
fleas within 12 hours and also claims to kill flea larvae on furniture
and in your pet's bedding. Advantage is a prescription product and is only
sold at veterinary clinics.
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- Yes, we believe in microchipping. Most animal
shelters are now equipped with chip scanners, making this the most efficient
method available for identifying and reuniting lost pets with their owners.
The microchipping procedure is fast, simple, inexpensive, and no more painful
than vaccination. (Think of it as immunizing your pet against homelessness.)
The microchip is so tiny that it is inserted through a hypodermic needle. Any
pet can have the microchip...dogs, cats, horses, birds, reptiles, ferrets,
etc. Call us for an appointment,
(503)234-9229, to insert a microchip; this is one "bug" that won't bite
your pet (you could call it the "love bug").
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- We recommend pet health and accident insurance
provided by
Veterinary Pet Insurance Company (VPI),
Embrace,
or
Pet's Best.
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Portland, Oregon 97232
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