CAT SPRAYING

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QUESTION I RECIEVED CONCERNING CAT SPRAYING   “Dr Larry I have a question: is it possible for a male kitten not to be neutered fully? I have a male cat, neutered at 5 months, now 4.5 years old, still sprays in the house, walks around howling because I have contained him in the garden. I […]

SOME OF THE MORE COMMON REASONS FOR SNORING IN DOGS.

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Snoring in dogs   Snoring is a low rattling sound made during breathing when asleep. Snoring is the vibration of respiratory structures in the pharynx.In some cases the sound may be soft, but in other cases can be loud and unpleasant. A weakness in the muscles of the throat ,a misaligned jaw or tension in […]

MEMORIES

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MEMORIES This pic , kindlky shared with me by Irina , brings back vivid memories…. SNOOPY …… one of my rescues looked exactly this boy He lived to be almost 20 years of age   Still miss him ..he was the friendliest and most trusting soul in the world

Cats and fish

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There are MANY PROBLEMS with cats eating too much fish-cooked or raw.I will only deal with cats eating raw fish for the purposes of this answer. 1.Raw fish contains an enzyme called thiaminase .This can cause a deficiency in Thiamine(one of the Vitamin B vitamins) if you feed your cat too much raw fish. 2.Cats […]

Appreciation hugs

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Many of us have been fortunate enough to receive hugs from our pets .Every hug is beautiful and special but there is a very special type hug…. This is the “appreciation hug” – a hug which is given by an adopted animal or rescue animal to their new parent …it is the hug that is […]

The dangers of having a dog or cat with pink pigmentation or who are missing hair.

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The dangers of having a dog or cat with pink pigmentation or who are missing hair.   Do you have a white pet that spends time outside? Any pet is subject to sunburn, but it is very common in a white dog or cat . Other high-risk candidates include those dogs with poorly pigmented (pink) […]

Black Cat Myth.

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Black Cat Myth.   This may not apply to us in South Africa and we may not celebrate Halloween like they do in America, BUT unfortunately you get people who sacrifice black cats in satanic rituals and use their body parts for certain things. Or it is a belief that black cats take your soul. […]

Snuffles

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This cat came into our clinic with red gummy eyes and crusted eyelids. She had a history of being found as a stray kitten 7 months ago with a snotty nose , sneezing and watThe owner told me that about 2 weeks ago, her cat had developed painful red eyes which over the last few […]

Do dogs smile??

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You can tell just as much about a dog’s state of mind by the commissures as you can by a wagging tail or an excited bark. There are at least two very common “smiles” that dogs perform. There is the “submissive smile,” which closely resembles a snarl, with the front teeth bared behind tight lips. […]

Microchipping your pet

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It is a sad fact that hundreds of dogs and cats go missing every year. These same pets are found, rather bedraggled but perfectly healthy and handed into local animal shelters who then search desperately for the animal’s owner to no avail. Many of these pets have been equipped with dog identification tags or collars […]