Archive: Sep 2020

If you’re one of many people who made ‘eating healthier’ a New Year resolution for 2023, have you thought lately about what you’re feeding your pets?  The pet food industry is huge, and with shelves and shelves of c…

With the weather remaining cold over winter, it is important to wrap up warm when we go outside. Those of you more familiar with colder climates may know the risk frostbite poses to humans. What about dogs? Is frostbite…

“She’s doing really well, thank you!” Sid* beams, as he carefully put the cat carrier down on the vet’s table. “She’s just in for her annual check-up and vaccinations.” He opens the carrier and peers inside. “Come on out…

Feline Dysautonomia, otherwise known as ‘Key-Gaskell Syndrome,’ is a rare condition of the autonomic nervous system. To understand how the disease affects cats, it is helpful to have an idea of what the autonomic nervous…

Even though many people have aphobia of rats, they really do make fantastic pets. Rats are often described, temperament-wise, as 'small dogs' as they are interactive, have plenty of personality and enjoy playing with toy…

If you’ve spent any time with horses, you’ve probably been nudged - possibly quite hard! Sometimes its obvious why, but a lot of the time there seems to be little or no reason. This can be a confusing, frustrating or eve…