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Have a look at the rabbit’s teeth in the picture above. What you can see are the lower incisors coming out of the mouth and almost touching the nose. What you can’t see are the upper incisors curling inside the mouth in a similar way.
Much further and any one of them will create a painful wound and prevent eating. Horrible! Why this happens is due to a fact that surprisingly few rabbit owners know.
Continue reading “Overgrown Rabbit Teeth: Trimming vs Removal”
The photo above shows the typical appearance of a lump on a rabbit. Just like this one, most rabbit lumps are found on the head or neck.
There’s only one common cause, and you need to know what it is.
Continue reading “Help! My Rabbit Has A Lump”Essential facts:
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Hair loss, itching and skin wounds are one of the most common and frustrating skin conditions of rats.
Continue reading “Causes Of Itching, Scratching & Hair Loss In Rats”
Does your dog growl or snap at the vet? Just look at this one-star review of a decidedly one-star experience.
There’s a new health scare in dogs and cats. Four common flea and tick treatments are being linked with nervous system disorders like muscle tremors, twitching, unsteadiness and even seizures.
Most of the discussion so far has been from the USA, but Australians have a unique perspective on this. The drugs we’re talking about are the best chance we’ve ever had to end the greatest fear of many pet owners: tick paralysis.
Continue reading “Do Popular Dog Tick Treatments Cause Seizures?”
When I was a young vet, I used to say what everyone says: that you can’t bath dogs very often.
How wrong I was. If I wasn’t lucky enough to work with the right people (and have the right dogs) I might never have woken up. You need to hear this too: every day I see dogs that could be much better if only their owners knew the truth.
Continue reading “How Often Can You Bath A Dog?”
When I was young, like all kids, I wanted to know why everything happened. Having vets as parents, I can distinctly remember asking why male cats needed to be desexed.
“It’s because otherwise they fight so much that they get run down and die early.”
With the benefit of hindsight, this is pure folk wisdom. People could see that fighting was associated with sickness, but not yet why. Then, in 1986, hot on the heels of the discovery of the human AIDS virus, researchers in the USA put two and two together and found a feline AIDS virus in cats like these. We call it FIV.
Continue reading “Feline Immunodeficiency Virus & Your Cat”
Are you thinking of getting a puppy from a pet shop?
Or do you wonder if it’s OK to buy a puppy from a pet shop.
Or does your pet store puppy have the any of following symptoms?
Then you need to read this.
Continue reading “Giardia Infections In Pet Shop Puppies”Do pets improve problem behaviours and social skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)? If you ask a dog website this question, here’s what happens: “More and more, studies are showing how amazing dogs can be for these children.”
While I do believe pets can be helpful, statements like these are misleading.
Continue reading “Autism Spectrum Disorder & Pets: The Evidence”