Given the secret lives of pets, and their propensity to vacuum up and swallow anything, digestible or inedible, natural or man-made, palatable or not, it’s not unusual for vets to see pets off-colour… Read more
Archive for the ‘Gastrointestinal’ Category
Tummy Troubles? What to do…
Saturday, March 6th, 2010The secret lives of pets: forensic medicine
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Without any direct verbal input from the patient, diagnosis of complex disease in animals may demand a forensic approach. Pets, both indoors and out, are quietly trying to kill themselves, or hide… Read more
Bones of contention
Monday, September 21st, 2009A natural part of the diet of carnivores in the wild, bones fell off the metropolitan menu over the last century due to perceptions of risk. They are a digestive hurdle on which pets rarely come to… Read more