In one sense, Russell is a very lucky boy. So far, in 6 years, he has survived a blow from a car, several venomous snakebites, obstruction on bladder stones, and secretly snacking on rat poison. If… Read more
Archive for the ‘cat’ Category
Advantage? Not for Bees, Perhaps
Sunday, August 8th, 2010A recent study published in the Journal of Toxicology has revealed higher levels of environmental persistence and sensitivity of bees to Imidacloprid, the active in Advantage and Advantix, than… Read more
Gulf Oil Spill: Now Killing Pets Too
Sunday, July 25th, 2010If the grotesque images of oil-soaked wildlife weren’t depressing enough, now the economic impact of the BP oil spill is landing large numbers of pets on welfare death row. Full article in the New… Read more
Interspecies Affection
Sunday, July 4th, 2010When the Oxidant is Onion, and Effect is Anaemia
Thursday, July 1st, 2010The humble onion has always seemed the most unlikely of toxins but, it’s true, they can kill both dog and cat. Yet many pet owners have long fed onion-bearing leftovers to dogs with no apparent… Read more
Feline personalities
Monday, May 17th, 2010If there was just one family of animal I could empower with speech, and psychoanalyse, it would be the feline. Their behaviour can be chilling: stroke, nuzzle, lick,… Read more
Herd Immunity, Whooping and Kennel coughs
Monday, May 10th, 2010Herd immunity is the protective firewall you enjoy when enough of your social circle is vaccinated. Even if you’re susceptible to a disease, you can’t catch it, because there isn’t anyone to give it… Read more
Stories of freakish pet injury or death
Thursday, April 29th, 2010This is a cumulative list of horror stories of pet ownership: accidents, rare but predictable, from which we can learn and try to avoid; and the totally freakish, nobody could foresee. There’s… Read more
Lily toxicity in cats: clarification
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Recently a client threw me a question that had me stumped, and curious. Are all members of the lily family toxic to cats? Online message boards had the answer in minutes. If you’re a cat… Read more