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If your dog or cat has a lump, you may be relieved to know that there are a number of things that you can do at home. Most lumps are easy to feel. They may show up on the chest or along the back. Most lumps on dogs are benign, while lumps that appear on cats are often cancerous. Often… [Read more]
Raw Food Diets For thousands of millennia, our canine and feline companions have subsisted on diets of raw meats and human dinner scraps. Around 60 years ago, commercially prepared pet foods began growing in popularity, supplanting the more natural diets of our dogs and cats. The past 10 years, however, have seen a rise in raw food diets. Supplying your… [Read more]
What can you do to get your pet to start eating again? This can be a decrease in appetite, or it can be that your dog or cat completely stops eating. If this has persisted, then your pet may be lethargic, weak – although you should not wait this long for clinical signs to appear. The causes are varied. They… [Read more]
Acne is a skin condition that not only occurs in un-wanting teens, but also our dogs and cats. Acne is an infection and inflammation of the hair follicles; the result are small red bumps and pustules at the base of the hair. This condition occurs often in cats with their entire chin read and swollen. In dogs this is also… [Read more]
The pancreas is one of the key organs responsible for digestion of food, as well as production of insulin, helping to regulate blood sugar. It is found next to the small intestine (duodenum), and up beside the stomach. It is the digestive enzymes which cause the problems in pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is described as inflammation of the pancreas. The digestive enzymes… [Read more]
The Federal Government is trying to make House Calls by your veterinarian illegal. If not illegal, at least severely restrict them. A federal law called the Controlled Substances Act or (CSA) now says that it is illegal for veterinarians to use some very common medications away from where they are ‘officially’ registered- typically a veterinary clinic. These common medications are… [Read more]
