Heal Veterinary Clinic

10/07/2026

It’s that time of year again! 👻🎃 We are now accepting entries for our annual Heal Veterinary Clinic Halloween Pet Costume Contest 2026! Kevin and Henry were our winners last year! We are excited to what you guys come up with this year! Please email your photos to our front desk email. We will plan on tallying up the likes to determine our winner after Halloween. Stay spooky

08/17/2026

Hey Folks - we have been notified that a scammer is trying to tag our Facebook posts to sell fake Heal Vet branded merchandise. Please don't fall for it! We never sell products through Facebook!
best, Amanda and Jamie

06/29/2026

It’s that time of year again! Heal Veterinary Clinic will be closed Friday 7/3 and Saturday 7/4 for the Fourth of July. We will resume normal business hours on Monday 7/6. If your pet is in need of any medications for firework anxiety please put in these request as soon as possible as we require 24 hour notice for prescription requests. We will be open normal business hours 8am to 7pm Thursday 7/2. We hope everyone has a safe and Happy Fourth of July!

06/17/2026

Reposting! Want to understand why you shouldn't use anticoagulant rodenticides? Here you go...this lovely lady was noted hanging out in a yard in Lexington this spring. She hadn't moved for an abnormally long time, and the home owner got concerned. She reached out to a wildlife rehabilitator (thank you NEW- ARC (USA)!), who couldn't take the bird, but posted the situation on a message board for rehabbers.
The picture you see is of when she came in to me at Heal Veterinary Clinic. She was alive at this point, but barely. She survived long enough for a very brief exam and then died. She had blood all over her body and coming out her mouth. The blood we drew still hasn't clotted 24 hours later. This is what rat poisons do to our wildlife. I am SO VERY tired of watching these majestic creatures die!
She was a young (1-4yr old) female Red Tailed Hawk. She could have eaten 1,500 rats a year. Multiplied by her 10-15 year life span that could have been as many as 21,000 rats. AND at age 3 she would have started breeding, and could have produced 2-3 offspring a year that would have also happily eaten rats. Instead however she is in my freezer waiting for a necropsy to positively show that she had rodenticides in her system...which is kind of a forgone conclusion. Tufts Wildlife Clinic as demonstrated that every single Red Tailed Hawk they tested had some rodenticides in it. Every Hawk I have tested, as well as every fox and coyote, are the same.
Here is my ask:
1) STOP USING ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDES
2) There is a bill in the Massachusetts house to ban these chemicals. It is up for debate on June 17th, 2026. PLEASE CALL, EMAIL, WRITE YOUR REPRESENTITIVE! To be specific this is the Mass Ready Act Amendment #10

05/13/2026

Hello friends! One of our dear client’s kitty is missing! Her name is Rhoda, last seen near Green St. in Watertown. They are currently working with some rescue volunteers and have set up a few traps with the hopes of finding her. If anyone has seen this sweet girl, please call the listed numbers. Her family misses her so much. She is very shy, so be gentle and quiet if you see her. Thank you so much for your help. We really hope we can reunite Rhoda with her family.

04/13/2026

Want to understand why you shouldn't use anticoagulant rodenticides? Here you go...this lovely lady was noted hanging out in a yard in Lexington yesterday. She hadn't moved for an abnormally long time, and the home owner got concerned. She reached out to a wildlife rehabilitator (thank you NEW- ARC (USA)!), who couldn't take the bird, but posted the situation on a message board for rehabbers.
The picture you see is of when she came in to me at Heal Veterinary Clinic. She was alive at this point, but barely. She survived long enough for a very brief exam and then died. She had blood all over her body and coming out her mouth. The blood we drew still hasn't clotted 24 hours later. This is what rat poisons do to our wildlife. I am SO VERY tired of watching these majestic creatures die!
She was a young (1-4yr old) female Red Tailed Hawk. She could have eaten 1,500 rats a year. Multiplied by her 10-15 year life span that could have been as many as 21,000 rats. AND at age 3 she would have started breeding, and could have produced 2-3 offspring a year that would have also happily eaten rats. Instead however she is in my freezer waiting for a necropsy to positively show that she had rodenticides in her system...which is kind of a forgone conclusion. Tufts Wildlife Clinic as demonstrated that every single Red Tailed Hawk they tested had some rodenticides in it. Every Hawk I have tested, as well as every fox and coyote, are the same.
Here is my ask:
1) STOP USING ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDES
2) There is a bill in the Massachusetts senate to ban these chemicals. It is up for debate on April 15th, 2026. PLEASE CALL, EMAIL, WRITE YOUR SENATOR! To be specific this is the Mass Ready Act S. 3050 Amendment #3

03/19/2026

Peppermint (the sweet kitty on the right) was a recipient of our Phoebe Fund which is a charitable fund that offers grants to clients who need financial assistance to provide life- saving care for their pet. This fund would not be possible without the help of our clients and their donations. As many of you know, male cats can develop a condition where they cannot pass urine and become blocked which is a medical emergency and life threatening. Peppermint unfortunately had blocked multiple times and needed a very specialized surgery that cost thousands of dollars at the specialty hospitals. With the help of the Phoebe Fund, Dr Leef was able to perform the surgery here at Heal Veterinary Clinic and Peppermint has made a full recovery and is back to putting his human sister to bed every night and snuggling his brother in their cat tree. We are so lucky to have clients that are willing to donate to this cause and hope to continue to be able to offer this service.

02/23/2026

We will be open on Tuesday Feb 24 for our normal hours. If you have an appointment booked - se ya there!

02/23/2026

02/23/2026

Heal will be closed Monday 2/23/26 due to the storm. We will be on email if you have questions, and to work on rescheduling.