Spring Mushroom Toxicity Alert! My back yard is mulched, shaded, and loaded with ferns – the perfect place for spring and fall mushrooms to flourish. I gave up on growing grass long ago and I love the woodsy look, but I am always concerned because my Labrador loves to find… read more →
Real Life Emergency Room Essential Oils Toxicity Three weeks ago I wrote about Essential Oils toxicity for our pets and since have heard how shocked many of our clients were to learn that this really is a potentially fatal problem. I want to share this facebook post sent to me… read more →
Canine Flu Vaccine Recommended for Social Dogs Several years ago there were simultaneous outbreaks of canine flu in Chicago, Florida, Minnesota, Georgia, and other small occurrences nationwide. We ordered the Flu vaccine, which at that time protected against just one flu strain, and recommended it for dogs traveling with owners… read more →
Why All Cats Love Cardboard Boxes How many of us have purchased an expensive carpeted climbing tree for our cat, only to discover that Kitty’s favorite hide out is still the empty Amazon box from yesterday’s delivery? A Reader’s Digest article I read in my doctor’s office offered some explanations… read more →
Essential Oils Toxic for All Pets Essential Oils are the highly concentrated version of the natural oils in plants and have been used for thousands of years to improve physical, mental, and emotional health. In addition to aromatherapy and alternative medicine, today there’s a growing trend of using essential oils… read more →
Is Your Cat Left- or Right-Handed, or is he an ambidextrous cheerleader like this exuberant guy? A few weeks ago I reported on a scientific study of forty four cats that determined the majority of female cats were right-handed and the majority of males were left-handed. They show this predilection… read more →
Does This Tooth Need To Be Extracted? When you are looking at a tooth and it’s surrounding gums, often the answer just isn’t clear. We have been incorporating Digital Dental Radiography into our Dental Cleaning and Polishing protocols at PSVC for about a year, which now gives us a more… read more →
What Are The Care Requirements for Bunnies? Even though I have mentioned that rabbits are a great apartment pet, they do require some space to exercise in an indoor pen. You will need bedding that must be cleaned daily and kept dry, and there will be hay spread around the… read more →
Pet Rabbits – Are They Really So Exotic? (A two-part series) In the US, we think of “exotic” pets as any animal other than a dog or cat. Rabbits, birds, ferrets, reptiles, amphibians, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, hedgehogs, mice, rats, etc. are lumped together as exotics. The rabbit is the… read more →
There’s How Many Calories in my Pet’s Treats?? Last week I examined an overweight retriever mix whose owner had been measuring out the three cups of Healthy Weight Management dog food carefully and couldn’t understand why year after year he stays at 112 pounds. The usual culprit in many households… read more →