Warning: Gross pictures at the bottom When you go outside to start your car, bang on the hood, honk the horn, and check around to see where the cat is. You might check under the hood. Every year, kittens are born in the spring and summer. Whether wet or dry, the weather is hot. Then […]
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I have posted before on this very subject before. Today's case is just too much for words (unless, like myself, you've got a way with words). Little miss Backtrack here is in a pretty precarious situation today due to several serious medical problems. I didn't get to ride my motorcycle on this beautiful day, as […]
So here's another set of questions about heartworm treatment where the answer bears repeating. This is a continuation of a dialog that began in a previous post about heartworm treatment. This fellow is out east and has adopted a stray, and unfortunately, the dog has heartworms. At present, he doesn't feel that he can take […]
Here's part of an email that was primarily about an aural hematoma. However, the hematoma started with a wound. My Scottish Terrier received a small bite on the ear by a raccoon, I immediately gave him a bath and got him to the vets. His vaccination had expired so I now have him at an […]
Here's Mimo. He and his house-mate Perry are boarding at the clinic for a few days. "While they're here I want to get their vaccines up to date, and Mimo needs his teeth cleaned. He has really bad breath." The admitting staff asked if he had any other problems. "Well, he vomits a lot, but […]
You know, there are many times when the description you get over the telephone doesn't convey an accurate picture. Maybe the owner doesn't have the scientific vocabulary. Maybe they are in distress about their pet's condition, and they exaggerate. Something that looks terrible to them may not look so bad to me — after all, […]
So said Indiana Jones in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (and we see why in "Last Crusade"). My own feeling about snakes is that I have no problem with them as long as they are not poisonous. I'm not a great naturalist, though, so I'm unlikely to make a positive identification in the field. Fellow […]
Here it is the middle of July, and this beautiful weather is like an oasis in the desert. After a much needed rain Wednesday night, the high temps are down to 80, and the humidity is down to 40% (versus the usual mid to high 90's and 90% humidity – think "jungle", even in the […]
What's wrong with this picture? Look closer. Yes, Scruffy just has one ear (one ear pinna – the floppy part- anyway) . Why, you may ask, does Scruffy just have one ear? Why, because I surgically removed it, that's why. A few weeks before, Scruffy's owner complained that the ear was stinky and painful […]