Category Archives: Veterinary Medicine

I travel a lot, and often see a Flabrador Retriever playing a vigorous game of fetch with their highly-motivated owner. People take the Chuck-It and throw the tennis ball across the ditch, over the stream, and into the bushes, where the corpulent canine’s exquisite nose will sniff it out, after which he’ll grab it, swim […]

Dogs love to chew — and it’s good for them, too. But not all canine chew objects are created equal, and not all of them are safe. Here’s what I told a reader who wrote asking about cow hoof chews. Q: Are cow hooves safe for dogs to chew on? My dogs love them and […]

We humans have all had a stray eyelash get onto our eyeball, and we moan and groan like there’s a rosebush rubbing on our cornea. It’s uncomfortable. It hurts. I know, because I’m a big baby about it. I take action immediately and won’t stop until the tiny hair is out. There’s a condition is […]

What should a parrot’s poop look like? And what do you do if it flunks the test? Here’s what I told a reader. Q: My bird’s poop looks more liquid than normal. Do birds get diarrhea? What should I do? A: Good question! If your parrot eats seeds, his normal fecal droppings probably are dark-colored […]

We’ve promised our granddaughter, Reagan, that she can adopt a kitten in the spring. The events of that day will certainly be captured on smartphones and seared into our consciousness, but we also want to make sure, before we let the kinetic kitten down and he takes off in turbo mode, to protect him against […]