In the September 1, 1993 issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, a letter to the editor appeared, entitled "Of Mites and Man". This letter was submitted by Dr. Robert A. Lopez, and is (ostensibly) a description of the sensations he experienced after deliberately infecting himself with ear mites in 1968. According […]
Monthly Archives: November 2006
You won’t ever see a dog or cat with an ear like this. [Click the picture for a better view] Now, the inside of their ear canal gets to looking like this mess, but on the outside they look pretty much okay. That is, until they scratch it raw. They’d love to stick something down […]
An aural hematoma is one of the most painful-looking conditions I know of. Aural means ear and hematoma means bloody swelling. The pinna is the floppy, outside part of the ear (as opposed to the ear canal, the tube going down and in to the ear-drum). The pinna is a 3-layer sandwich of skin, cartilage […]
Ear mites ARE my favorite ear problem. Why? FIrst, they are so cool to show people under the microscope. Unlike most other microscopic things (that just look like some variation of a blob), these guys are obviously bug-like and they move. I’ve got a little eyepiece camera that plugs into the USB port on the […]
It’s hard to believe how warm it’s been the last few days. One more thing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. The rain has gone away for a few days, allowing the farmers to harvest again (about one month late). I can’t believe I have been able to get in three motorcycle rides in one […]
You always know when a client is having a problem with his dog eating poop. The conversation invariably starts with this question: "Do you think there might be something missing from Fido’s diet?" What would prompt them to think that Fido has a nutritional problem: Poor hair coat? Skinny? Dull eyes? Poor muscle tone? Poor […]
For the first time since we got married in 1976, my wife and I spent Thanksgiving apart. She and our daughter joined my wife’s sisters and some friends for a trip to New York City. They watched the Macy’s parade in the rain and got tickets for Late Night with David Letterman. In fact, all […]
Baby is a ten-years old mixed breed dog who weighs about twenty pounds. She shares her home with two nice people, and two nice dogs, a six-years old Chihuahua and a sixteen-years old Chihuahua. Baby’s owners had been taking her to another veterinarian for a chronic cough. She had been coughing for over two months. […]
I’m slacking a little on the posting lately, as my kids are home from college for a few days and I’m trying to make the most of the time when I’m not working. Tonight, I went on a date with my wife to see "Happy Feet". We had a good time. Of course, we are […]
The problem with getting older is that you have to push yourself a little. The body either gets stronger or weaker (sorry,no staying the same). The only way that it’s going to get stronger is with regular, strenuous exercise that gets you out of your comfort zone…way out. Strenuous means that you are straining a […]