Health & Wellness

our pitt-whippet mix recently broke her leg. of course, she wants to run and play. it's hard enough to keep her calm when we are there. she's always been pretty high-anxiety, but now that she can't run around it's even worse. sometimes rawhides work,… more ›

I have a 3 year old cat the has lukemia and has lost function of his hind legs in the beginning of March. He is not eating on his own, but still pulls himself all over still knows where his litter box and water is. He still knows when people come i… more ›

I have been upset by the loss of poor Eight Belles all day. Was she too young? Obviously she must have had stress fractures. I've heard talk that perhaps the track needs to be softer along with other changes being made. I just wanted to see what othe… more ›

I November we adopted a stray cat that was living outside of our house. We tried to find an owner, but when we didn't, we decided to keep him. We do not know his exact age, but our vet thinks he is about 4 to 6 years old. He had a large, raised bu… more ›

My 13 yr. old sheppard mix female has had allergy problems all her life. She was tested and has multiple environmental allergies. We tried shots for awhile but they didn't help. She has been on prednisone for several years with good success and no me… more ›

My cat Caesar is somewhere in the area of 9 or 10 yrs old. For years, he has loved the Friskies Hairball treats and now he won't touch them. The same goes for his catnip mouse. He used to love to roll on the ground and play with his mouse that you fi… more ›

Ok so she got spayed almost a week ago....and at her injection site is really swollen...like a big lump. My mom showed her to our neighborhood vet while i was at class, and she said its fine, just to keep an eye on her as long as its not like leaking… more ›

need some words of wisdom, some advise anything. my dog daisy (beagle) has been diagnosed today with a IVDP. if anyone has been thru this with there dog please drop me a line. i have been trying to research it on the net . (interverbral disk p… more ›

My little Roscoe has some chin acne. I had brought it up to the vet at his last appt. and she had advised I keep his bowls (he has stainless bowls) clean. I have been washing them twice a day and he still has acne on his chin. I have also been cleani… more ›

I keep hearing that buying pet food with a high amount of glutton, corn starch, and meat-by products are bad. (you can see from the order og ingrediants: high to low)More people are leaning towrds raw diets.

My cat Buddy was born outside and still likes to go outside during the day. We took a stool sample to the vets and he has hook worms and round worms. We gave him his first dewormer a few days ago. Another one in a couple days. How do we prevent him f… more ›

I have three cats who always throw up their food. They each throw it up at least twice a week. I thought it was because they were eating to fast. Am I right?

i have two dogs, a rabbit, and i help my neighbor with nine of her rabbits and i know that the typical way to treat bleeding toenails is to clean it and put cornstarch or flour on it. is there a less messy way? the other day i was over at my neighbor… more ›