Dogs and Dames

Grabbed from link Filed under: Pet Health, Animal Sites We Love PDXdj, Flickr Via Vetstreet February is Dental Health Month, which means it’s time to lavish some attention on your pet’s teeth. It’s important to take proper care of canine and feline teeth, because if left untreated, plaque and tartar buildup can progress to painful [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Ask A Vet, Animal Sites We Love sfllaw, Flickr By Dr. Ernie Ward, via Vetstreet Try this little experiment: Ask a four-year-old to lie very still in a room by himself for six to nine hours, with no games, no books and no human interaction. Sure, he can look [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Cats, Ask A Vet, Animal Sites We Love Brimley, Flickr By Dr. Patty Khuly, via Vetstreet Some cats have a curious habit of licking themselves when they receive pets and gentle scratches, while others will attempt to lick the air. A small percentage of felines will even bite or scratch [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Cats, Ask A Vet, Animal Sites We Love Ella Mullins, Flickr By Dr. Patty Khuly, via Vetstreet It’s no secret that cats are impressive sleepers. In fact, they typically get between 10 to 16 hours of shut-eye each day. That’s more than most mammals–except for bats and opossums, who are [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Animal Sites We Love, Ask the AKC jurvetson, Flickr By Dr. Patty Khuly, via Vetstreet The entire canine genome has been mapped. How cool is that? Somewhere around 24,000 genes and their respective locations have been identified on a dog’s 78 chromosomes. Even cooler: the many ways we’ve put [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Cats, Ask A Vet, Animal Sites We Love dr.regor, Flickr By Dr. Marty Becker, via Vetstreet Q. Are laser pointers safe? My cat really goes crazy when I get his out to play. A. As with so many other things, I have to give an answer and a caveat. For [...]