An estimated 10,000 animals die each year from anitfreeze poisoning. Why do animals ingest anitfreeze you may ask? Ethylene glycol is the culprit. Ethylene glycol has excellent heat transferring capabilities which is great for your vehicle but unfortunately when used in antifreeze products it has a sweet smell and naturally has a sweet taste which [...]
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Its no secret that cats love this time of year too!
Brush your dogs teeth today! February is National Pet Dental Health Month! Humans are not the only ones prone to periodontal disease! Periodontal infections have been linked to diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease and other life threatening disorders. Do you know the best way to prevent periodontal disease? If you brush your teeth than [...]
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Monday, the West Hollywood City Council voted unanimously to approve a new ordinance that bans the retail sales of dogs and cats at pet shops. The West Hollywood ordinance is similar to the one passed in South Lake Tahoe, CA in 2009. One of the underlying goals of the new ordinance to close off a [...]
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Juliet Pennay was in France studying French as Hurricane Ike approached the Gulf Coast in September 2008. Meanwhile, her cat Simon was living with Pennay’s mom and getting ready to evacuate to Pennay’s uncle’s house to avoid Hurricane Ike. As Pennay’s mom was preparing to evacuate the Houston-area, Simon the cat ran-off and was nowhere [...]
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Effective today, December 1, 2009, Diamond Pet Foods has offically changed their voluntary recall of Premium Edge Finicky Adult Cat and Premium Edge Hairball cat food into a recall. The voluntary recall was issued September 23, 2009.
Look around your local grocer’s diary section and it doesn’t take long to figure out that Probiotics are all the rage. Recently I was introduced to a new probiotic unlike any other. Dr. Jeffrey Hillman, D.M.D., Ph.D. and the people at Oragenics have just released a new product called Teddy’s Pride® Oral Care. While Teddy’s [...]
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It’s official, the Swine Flu virus (H1N1) is not just for people and pigs. A veterinarian at Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine has diagnosed and successfully treated a cat with the swine flu virus. This is the first confirmed case in the United States of swine flu in a feline. Several members of [...]
Here in the United States rabies is almost an afterthought and the type of thing you see in a movie like Cujo but in other parts of the World it is very much a reality. Even though rabies is 100% preventable it is still killing one person every 10 minutes globally, or approximately 55,000 people [...]
The Houston SPCA made one the largest animal seizures in its history September 23, 2009. Responding to an anonymous tip, Houston SPCA officals went to a home just outside of Houston and discoverd 1,045 animals living in deplorable conditions. The animals included dogs, ponies, birds, hamsters, ducks and turtles. The owners claimed they raise the [...]
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