How to Encourage a Cat With Kidney Issues to Drink Water Naturally One of the most frequent and sorrowful questions a vet gets from cat owners diagnosed with chronic kidney disease is “How do I get my cat to drink more water?”. It’s one of the most fundamental challenges and one of the most important…
How to treat feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) at home What Every Cat Owner Needs To Know And How To Help Your Kitty at Home Feline urinary Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD) is a terrifying and often frustrating disease for both owners and their beloved kitties. When you can see your cat in pain,…
Bowl Nothing’s more concerning (or confusing) for a loving cat parent than witnessing your male feline hovering above his water bowl, eyes wide, but refusing to drink. If you’re observing this behavior, there’s a reason and you need to listen. Unfortunately, if you’re experiencing this issue, especially with your boy cat, it’s most often a…
When Your Dog’s Back Legs Give Out Recognizing the Signs of Nerve Weakness There is one symptom report of the backyard that pet moms and dads bring to the veterinarian, time and again. Something which really tears us veterinarian’s to heart? That the rear legs are ” giving out “, it appears. You watch the…
Dog back pain how to ease stiff neck and tight muscles with massage As a pet lover, we don’t like seeing our canine friends struggling to move, or being stiff, and especially with hind and neck pain. Pain and stiffness generally relate to back pain in our dogs, a common symptom, but often caused by…
How to Recognize the Subtle Signs of a Knee Injury or ACL Tear in Your Dog As a veterinarian, one of the most common and devastating conditions that I see on a daily basis is a cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) injury. To most everyone, this is commonly known as an ACL tear, the same type…
Non From my perspective as a vet, nothing pulls on the heart strings like an aging dog struggling to get around their hardwood, tile, or laminate floors. Whether due to hind leg paralysis, advanced arthritis or simply due to aging related frailty, crossing the slick flooring at home can seem more treacherous than negotiating an…
If you’re reading this, it’s likely that you’ve been roused from sleep by the usual and ever so familiar sound of your senior dog’s nails clacking on the floor. It’s 2:00 AM, your dog is walking in circles, and probably in very tight little, rather senseless circles at that. It has probably occurred to you…
Orthopedic The look in a pet’s mom or dad’s eyes when their much loved canine can’t get rid of the pain brought on by hip dysplasia is what veterinarians notice daily. That is why there may possibly be a lot more orthopedic canine bed solutions obtainable that there is actual science down all around their…
How Often Should You Bathe an Indoor Cat This is one of the MOST common questions I get from cat loving parents. Perhaps you’re feeling ashamed of your infrequent baths, or perhaps you’re currently battling an enraged beast of a cat in the bathtub, silently questioning why you ever agreed. “I know my cat doesn’t…