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. […]
This Centers for Disease Control & Prevention fact sheet is designed to assist pet owners in answering questions related to leptospirosis in pets. Leptospirosis is a disease that can affect human and animals, including your pets. All animals can potentially become infected with leptospirosis. While for many years occurrence among pets was rare, the disease has been diagnosed more […]
Heart Problems Can be Diet Related Thirty years ago, veterinarians recognized deficiency of an amino acid (taurine) as the most common cause of dilated cardiomyopathy in cats. This is a very specific type of heart disease where the heart muscle stretches, gets thinner and cannot properly contract. Cats fed taurine-free diets were unknowingly given cardiac complications. Felines […]
Similar to introducing your dog to a new cat, interacting with smaller pets such as hamsters, guinea pigs, birds, or rabbits needs to be heavily supervised from the beginning. Some dogs are not capable of overcoming their prey drive and may always need supervision around these types of animals because their natural instinct may be to […]
Introducing a new animals to one another can be a little tricky. You want your current pets and your new pet to live harmoniously with each other. Remember, be realistic about your expectations. Some dogs just do not get along with other dogs. Other dogs have high prey drives, so their reaction to smaller animals […]
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 tooth resorption and inflammation. More than half of cats over three years old have tooth […]
Obesity has become an extremely important health problem in the Western world, not just for people but for dogs and cats too. Obesity in pets is associated with joint problems, diabetes (cats), respiratory issues and decreased life span. Recent studies show approximately 60% of dogs and cats in the U.S. are obese or overweight, making this an […]