This isn't just for your cat's benefit either. A healthy and happy cat is less likely to do things like pee on your stuff or tear you to shreds when you try a nail trim.
Before your new puppy arrives, there are a few things you need to get sorted.
We’re going somewhere now that no-one really wants to go – your dog’s bum.
Cats are masters of hiding pain. So here we're going to look at how to get around this and help our arthritic cats.
Let’s look at a condition that’s often dismissed as just part of old age.
If your cat seems to be frequently trying to hack up a hairball or you can hear wheezy breathing, then it’s possible your cat has feline asthma. This can have serious consequences but is also highly treatable.
Dogs with acute back pain appear stiff and often yelp when moving or being touched. They can also tremble, pant and seem unsteady on their legs. Chronic back pain on the other hand may only show up as talking more…
Most (non-flea) insect bites/stings in pets are due to bees. We do also see wasp and ant stings.
Beransa is a monthly injection designed specifically for dogs with osteoarthritis. It contains bedinvetmab, a monoclonal antibody that binds to and neutralises nerve growth factor (NGF)—a key molecule involved in the…
If your dog regularly brings up yellow coloured fluid in the early hours but then happily eats breakfast and gets on with her day, she might just have something called bilious vomiting syndrome (BVS).
These breeds are all brachycephalic – they have been bred to have a normal sized lower jaw and a short (compressed) upper jaw.
Cats have about half the cancer rate of dogs. But the cancers that cats get are more likely to be malignant. This combined with the fact that cats tend to hide illness well means that when we find cancer in cats it's…
But you might chose to when you’ve looked at the pros and cons.
Cat parvo (otherwise known as panleukopaenia) is caused by feline parvovirus. It's a small, single-stranded DNA virus (in case you're into virology and want to know how it replicates).
Before you start the hands-on part, stand back and watch your pet. How does she move around? What is her posture like? What is her gait like? How noisy is her breathing?
Chin acne in cats is known by several different names: feline acne, chin folliculitis and chin furunculosis. It’s not a teenage thing.
Choking is difficulty breathing due to something blocking the upper airway (ie throat or windpipe). The blockage could be caused by:
Bronchitis refers to inflammation (-itis) of the large airways (ie the trachea and bronchi).
Let’s have a look at what it is, why it occurs and what you can do about it.
Despite all the info out there, confusion abounds. Here’s some facts.