PET EMERGENCIES

FCA Wish list on Amazon

Dear Supporters of Friends of Culebra Animals,

Did you know that FCA has "Wish Lists" now available on Amazon.com (www.amazon.com)

FCA spends a lot of money each year on pet food; food for feeding stations and food for pet fosters. We also spend a lot on miscellaneous day-to-day needs like kitten nursing kits, milk replacements, supplements for sick animals, collars, leashes, crates, food & water bowls etc, for feeding stations, pet fosters, new pet adoptions, pets being flown to the mainland or the US, etc..

We are, as always, so appreciative of the monetary donations we receive and now there's another way you can donate!! Log into Amazon.com under your account, then click on "Your Account" and then "Your Lists". Then in the upper left corner, click on "Your Friends".  You can then search for our lists under "Friends of Culebra Animals". You will be presented with 3 lists under our account; Dog & Cat Crates, Food & Supplements and Toys & Grooming.  These lists encompass many of the miscellaneous food, products & supplies that we need for our day-to-day activities and community support. You can add any item(s) to your shopping cart from our wish list. When you go to Check-Out, FCA's shipping address will pop up automatically as a shipping address option.

Additionally, there are many items (specifically food) that are available as "Subscribe & Save" items, which means you can set up an subscription for that item(s) to ship automatically to FCA every month, every 2 or 6 months, or at whatever interval suits you. "Set it & forget it"!!  You'll also notice most items have multiple quantities needed. You can buy 1 or all of the them. It works the same way as a birthday or wedding registry.

Your support is greatly appreciated and we hope that this provides yet another avenue to make donating quick & easy! And as always, your donations are tax deductible!

Thank you again for your continued support & happy shopping!

Sincerely,

All Members & Volunteers of Friends of Culebra Animals

Pet Emergency Info

Please note that here in Culebra we have no one to attend to pet emergencies! The monthly mobile vet clinics are for prescheduled appointments for surgeries and vaccines/well visits only. Please read the following info and keep it handy. We created a special tab "PET EMERGENCIES" at the top of this blog, so that the information is easily accessible at any time. Spanish version is included in the info. Thank you.

PET EMERGENCY INFO

Hi Culebra pet owners, please keep this information for future reference. To ensure you are prepared for a pet emergency, please be sure to have a plastic carrier/crate in which you may transport your pet. You may purchase (in person or online and pick up in the store) a plastic carrier/crate (we recommend Grreat Choice carrier/crate) from PetsMart in Fajardo. 

If you have a pet that needs sterilization now or urgent veterinary care, please do NOT wait until our monthly mobile vet arrives! You can see a vet in Fajardo.

Saludos dueños de mascotas de Culebra, por favor guarden esta información como referencia para el futuro.  Para asegurarte de que estás preparado para una emergencia veterinaria, por favor asegúrate de tener un cargador o jaula plástica para poder transportar tu mascota.  Lo puedes comprar directamente en la tienda o por internet y luego recogerlo en la tienda.  Recomendamos la marca Great Choice de PetSmart en Fajardo.

Si tienes una mascota que necesita ser esterilizada inmediatamente o tienes una emergencia veterinaria, por favor, ¡NO esperes hasta que regrese la clínica rodante!  Puedes visitar un veterinario en Fajardo.

Dr. Delgado

Ave. Conquistador

787-860-5237

Open Mon-Fri 8-5

Saturday 8-11

Abierto lunes a viernes de 8-5

Sábado de 8-11

Dr. DeJesus

Rt. 3

787-863-3696

Fajardo Animal Hospital

Near Cinema/cerca del Cine

(787) 863-9000

For Emergencies, PLEASE do not wait until late in the day; Vets in Fajardo close at 5:00 PM Mon-Fri and 11:00 AM on Saturday. The last flights to San Juan for Emergency Clinic care are often full. There are no medicines in Culebra for emergency care nor personnel to handle pet emergencies or illnesses. Pets must be seen by a veterinarian on the main island.

Por favor, no esperes hasta muy tarde en el día para atender emergencias; los veterinarios en Fajardo cierran a las 5:00pm de lunes a viernes y a las 11:00am los sábados.  Los últimos vuelos a San Juan para ir a las clínicas de emergencias por lo 

general están llenos.  En Culebra no hay medicamentos ni personal para atender emergencias o enfermedades.  Hay que llevar las mascotas a un veterinario en la isla grande.

Animal Emergency Hospital

Ave. Domenech

(787) 765-1120

24/7 Animal Hospital

Ave. Jesús T. Piñero

(787) 751-3737

We know your pet is part of your family and are eager to ensure you are prepared in case of an emergency. Please save this information for your pets!

Thank you

Sabemos que tu mascota es parte de la familia y que estás muy interesado en asegurarte de que estás preparado para una emergencia.  ¡Por favor guarda esta información para tus mascotas!

Gracias

Pet Friendly Taxi Info: 

IN FAJARDO:

(787) 354-5851 John Taxi

(787) 448-7967 Luis Taxi

(939) 644-2817 Joel Taxi

And any others you might know of. 

IN SAN JUAN:

+1 (787) 632-9600. Henry

AIR FLAMENCO (CULEBRA)

787-742-0058

787-742-1040 

Culebra Mobile Vet Clinic scheduled for April 2-3, 2016

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Clínica Veterinaria! Sabado 2 abril 2016  Esterilizaciones/dentales. Domingo 3 abril 2016 Vacunas/consultas. Por cita prévia. 787/409-6380 y dejar mensaje Por favor! Gracias!😀

Vet Clinic! Saturday 2 April, 2016 sterilizations and dentals. Sunday 3 April, 2016 vaccines/consults. By appointment only. 787/409-6380 and please leave a message. Thank you! 😀

Dr. Cruz Mobile Vet Clinic...February 2016

The monthly mobile vet clinic conducted by Dr. Cruz and his staff took place on Monday, Feb. 22 (surgeries) and Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 (vaccines and consults). We thank Jim and Barbara Peterson for providing their residence as the venue for all the fury patients.

The February clinic saw 26 cats and 3 dogs neutered/sterilized. 24 animals were seen for consultation and vaccines. FCA sponsors the TNR (Trap Neuter Release) program for Culebra's feral cats. FCA also sponsors a Foster program for cats and dogs that are in need of finding permanent loving forever homes.

We cannot thank Dr. Cruz and his staff enough for coming over on the ferry every month to set up and conduct his much needed clinic. A big thank you to all, including the volunteers, for their tremendous efforts in providing hard work before, during, and after each monthly clinic. For lack of recent photos we include one from a previous clinic...Cruz Veterinary Services...doing wonders for Culebra and its animals :)

Hah...someone did take photos, so here they are :) Thank you Scott! 

Annual FCA Auction...Results

We have the information you all have been waiting for!

Saturday, February 13, 2016 was the annual FCA Auction and it brought in $11,773...en par with last year's results. AND we have a few more wonderful items to auction online, pushing us over the $12,000 mark :) Much needed Dollars to support FCA's various activities throughout the year helping the animals of Culebra.

Thank you ALL!!
FCA Auction Committee

Whyki

Fairytales Do Come True
If there were fairytales for animals, Whyki would be the protagonist, Culebra the setting, and Helena and Dr. Cruz the heroes. Rescued from near death in March 2015, Whyki has made a full recovery having been peppered by a pellet gun and testing positive for heartworm. Dr. Cruz’s first Culebra mobile vet clinic was held in March 2015 at the time that Whyki sustained these injuries and his team got right to work once setting up their mobile unit at the library. Whyki was placed on IVs overnight to hydrate him along with a cocktail of other medication for comfort and infection. Helena nursed Whyki back to health over the next few months. Tattered ears like a mop, lumps from where the pellets were removed, underweight ... we never knew his ears were such a lovely caramel color to match his caramel spots.  Today, his white coat sparkles, his amber eyes are clear, his disposition is affectionate and playful, and we now call him Sir Whyki of Cohasset (Massachusetts) where he has been adopted by a good friend of Abbie White-Thomas. Tell me this isn’t a fairtytale? Thank you to the many FCA volunteers who were involved with Whyki’s recovery and to our Culebra community for cheering him on.

Success Story: Books (cat)

Books, the cat, another of our success stories just appeared on our Facebook page, and with permission of Books' owner we copied the info, so that you can read about it under the "Success Stories" tab here on our website :)

Books, the Cat 

Success Stories: Noche (cat), Shadow and Noche (dogs)

You can read their stories by going to the "success stories" tab. Enjoy :)

Noche, the Cat...Culebra Beach Village rescue

Shadow and Noche, the dogs...Playa Larga rescues from 2013

Success Stories: Shake and Bake...Rita, Ricco, and Rocco

We just posted more success stories, so please read up on them under the "success stories" tab :)

Shake and Bake

Rita, Ricco, Rocco

Success Stories: Dewey (cat) and Nariz (dog)

Please pop over to our "success stories" tab and read about Dewey, the Cat (rescued from Culebra Beach Villas) and Nariz, the Dog (rescued from Tamarindo Beach). It will warm your heart to know that they are living happily in their loving forever homes in the States. Thank you to our Friends of Culebra Animals community, to all who volunteer their time and talents and to all who donate money to make sad stories turn into success stories :)

Mobile Vet Clinics 2015

Here are photo captures of Dr. Cruz Mobile Vet Clinic from 2015. We are so fortunate to have Dr. Cruz and his team coming over to Culebra every month to hold the clinics. FCA sponsors part of the clinics...including our TNR (trap-neuter-release) program. Many volunteers also help to make it happen. And of course our Culebrense community needs a special mention for taking the time to attend the clinics with their pets in order to give them a healthy and happy life. Thank you to all :) 

Blog updates

We are in the process of updating info on our website/blog here. The "BLOG" tab is the one where our readers will find the blog posts about our monthly activities. 

Please also check our FCA Page on Facebook for information, and if you like what you see please "like" us when you visit by clicking the link below.
https://www.facebook.com/friendsofculebraanimals 
Thank you for being a part of our efforts to help the animals of Culebra :) 

Updating our blog posts...Mobile Vet Clinics 2015

Cruz Veterinary Services -- June 2015

Friends of Culebra Animals sponsored its 4th straight month of veterinary clinics with Dr. Cruz, Rosarita, Dr. Sammy and Alvaris. We had a great turnout again. Over 50 animals were tended to during the 2-day clinic, including emergency cases.

There is a great deal of preparation for the mobile vet clinic that comes from Fajardo, PR, and for Friends of Culebra Animals. Dr. Cruz works the night shift in a San Juan Animal Emergency Clinic. Following his shift, he prepares his mobile unit for several hours for Culebra. Cruz Veterinary Services puts in 2 intense days here, working almost non-stop to cater to our animals. 

There are many people who you may never see working behind the scenes to make these monthly vet clinics happen. Our pets and feral animals are indebted to their dedication. Every time. At every clinic. 

Dr. Cruz and Rosita starting early to help pet owners.

Our ever reliable young volunteer, Justin. We couldn't do it without his help!

Friends meeting friends ... canine and people.

Justin is available to help fit your dog or cat with a new collar, harness or leash. 

Max was a street cat at one time, until 2 great people turned Max into an indoor cat. Max has been adopted and is heading to Canada next week -- June 23, 2015! What a beautiful change of events for Max.

We are waiting our turn for our last set of vaccinations. Then we can be sent to the States for adoption. There were 9 of us, and Friends of Culebra Animals is helping the last 5 of us.  Thank you to Janina Soto for caring for these pups.

Mama cat and her 3 offspring are here for sterilization. 

A happy ending to another successful veterinary clinic.