Caring for your Cat’s Teeth
Feline dental care is perhaps the most overlooked and under-treated area in small animal medicine. Cats are affected by many of the same dental problems that affect dogs, including periodontal diseases, fractured teeth, and oral growths. Cats are also plagued with issues mostly unique to felines such as tooth resorption and inflammation. More than half […]
Kidney Failure in Companion Pets
The kidneys do many things to help support the body. One primary role it plays is eliminating toxins that the body metabolizes daily. When the kidneys become begin to lose function, they cannot eliminate toxins from the body and a buildup is created. Additionally, there are other functions that are affected including blood pressure regulation […]
Ear Infections Caused by Yeast in Dogs
Yeast overgrowth can have many underlying causes but allergy is particularly common as is the dog’s ear getting wet. Add to that, the fact that yeast loves dark and most places and you’ll see that the dog ear almost screams for yeast to set up shop. For dogs that have recurrent issues with yeast, regular […]
Complete Control for Fleas and Ticks – Yard Treatment
If fleas and ticks have been a problem for you, there are three areas you have to treat to be successful in treating fleas. One is treating your pets with an effective product; two is your house with a growth regulator; and third is your yard. If you don’t have a fenced yard, it will […]
Choosing Quality of Life – Humane Euthanasia for Companion Pets and When is It the Right Time
Here’s a hard topic that at some point, all caring pet owners have to face, when is it time to make that quality of life decision for your ailing companion animal and how should you go about it? Humane euthanasia may be one of the hardest decisions you have to make. It is hard to […]
Bloody Diarrhea in Dogs (called AHDS or HGE)
The acronyms above stand for acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome and hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, respectively The term hemorrhagic gastroenteritis means inflammation of the stomach and intestine with bleeding. This kind of bleeding inflammation might be seen in patients with parvovirus infection, pancreatitis, inflammatory bowel disease or any number of other conditions but when the term HGE is used, it refers to a more […]
Papillomas of Dogs
Does my Dog Have Warts? Certain viruses are able to cause the growth of small round skin tumors commonly referred to as warts. Everyone who has ever seen a drawing of a fairy tale witch knows what warts look like, so when the family dog develops small round skin growths many people assume these, too, […]
Easy at Home Glucose Monitoring for Diabetic Cats and Dogs – FreeStyle Libre
Life just got a little easier for owners of diabetic companion animals. The Freestyle Libre glucose monitoring is a faster, easier, and less painful way to monitor your diabetic pet’s glucose levels at home. FreeStyle Libre is one of many “flash glucose” monitoring systems on the market. This system has been used by more veterinarians […]
Ovarian Remnants in Companion Pets
Whether the patient is a dog or a cat, ovarian remnant syndrome is suspected when a spayed female pet appears to be coming into heat. A spayed female has had her ovaries removed and should not cycle and should not display behaviors typical of heat, so if she is, a search for an estrogen source […]
Vestibular Disease in Dogs and Cats – Pet Vertigo
What is the Vestibular Apparatus? The vestibular apparatus involves the ear structures responsible for perceiving your body’s orientation relative to the ground (determining if you are upside down, standing up straight, falling etc.), this information is then passed to the eyes and limbs and tell us how to position one’s body to stay in balance. […]