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Posted in Exotic Pet Health, Pet Health on Jun 9th, 2008
Whew!! Do you feel that? Here in weather-fickle Massachusetts, it was raining and in the upper 50s on Friday. What a change on Saturday when temperatures skyrocketed to 90. Today it’s already 93, and tomorrow is supposed to be even hotter! Looking at a map from weather.com, it looks like there aren’t too many places […]
Posted in Dog Health, Dogs, Pet Health on May 29th, 2008
As I was settling in to watch some of the always entertaining Colbert Report last night, Stephen Colbert introduced a segment entitled “Pet News”, wherein he introduced a product known as Slentrol - an anti-obesity medication for dogs. Apparently, Slentrol is the first medication of its kind that’s a prescription pill directly targeted toward combating […]
Posted in Cat Health, Dog Health, Exotic Pet Health, Pet Health on May 23rd, 2008
In the spirit of the long weekend coming up for Memorial Day, I thought it would be the perfect time to talk about what foods you shouldn’t feed your dog or cat. With so many people barbecuing and spending time with their families (and pets!), it’s a prime time for table scraps. While you and […]
Posted in Pet Health on May 13th, 2008
Sounds like the opposite of what you’d want to be eating with an acronym like BARF, doesn’t it? But believe it or not, there is an approach to nutrition out there for cats and dogs known as the BARF diet, and what it actually stands for is Bones and Raw Food. Some other sources also […]
Posted in Cat Health, Pet Health on May 8th, 2008
Growing up, we always had cats in my house. First came Snickers, who was around before I was born. She was a sweet little thing and passed away when I was in 5th grade. The following year, we returned from our trip to the shelter with the goal of getting an orange striped kitty, and […]