Category Archives: Veterinary Medicine

I’m a huge advocate of using water fountains for both dogs and cats. Fountains keep the water well oxygenated and encourages pets to drink more. This is especially important for cats, as having originated as desert dwellers, they tend not to drink enough and can easily become dehydrated. Dehydration can have serious medical consequences. Most […]

Did you know cats need blood donations just like people do? (And dogs as well!) Usually, these are people’s pet cats who are part of doing a good deed for other cats, or cats who live at veterinary hospitals as “greeters” and office pets. A reader asked me about it… here are the facts. Q: […]

Your pet comes in licking his chops well before mealtime. Uh-oh. What has he gotten into? Chances are, it’s something that’s not good for him. Last year, the Top 10 toxins ingested by pets were over-the-counter medications, medications prescribed for humans, insecticides, human foods that are toxic to pets, household items, veterinary medications, chocolate, plants, […]

Are rabies vaccinations necessary for cats who don’t go outside? One of my Facebook followers asked just that question. Here’s my response! Q: Does my indoor cat need a rabies vaccination? It’s not required by law in our state. I want to protect her, but I worry that she’ll get cancer from the vaccine or […]

Some things are good — dogs, for example. Some things are bad — Ebola virus springs to mind. And some things are a mixture of both — like neutering our dog, QT Pi Becker. That might surprise you. For decades I championed and did early spay/neuter. All of our other dogs (Quixote, Quora, Gracie, and […]