Pet Health
5 Ways to Spoil Your Pet This Holiday Season
The holidays are a time for family, friends, and fun. But for pet owners, they can also be a time to spoil their furry friends! There are so many ways to make your pet's holiday season special. In this blog post, we will discuss five of the best ways to spoil your pet...
Update: FDA Alert on Oral Flea/Tick Preventatives
We have been able to get in touch with the FDA and some of the manufacturers of the oral flea/tick preventatives that fall into the isoxazoline class – Bravecto, NexGard, Simperica and Credelio. Here is some more clarity regarding the Alert and what it means in...
FDA Alert – Oral Flea/Tick Preventatives
On September 20th, the FDA came out with a public Alert regarding the potential for neurological adverse events related to flea/tick preventatives within the isoxazoline class – essentially all of the currently available oral flea/tick preventative products (NexGard,...
A Rabbit’s Nest! What To Do:
It's that time of year (Spring is in the air!) and the rabbits are doing what rabbits do best: breeding. This means you may come across a rabbit's nest or two in your gardens, planters or yards. Every year, wildlife rehab centers are overwhelmed with well-meaning...
Is My Pet Too Old for Anesthesia?
As a veterinarian, I am often faced with this question when discussing procedures that involve sedation and/or anesthesia. There has been a long-held notion – and a lot of misinformation around the internet, etc. – that age is an anesthesia risk. It’s not entirely a...
Why do we booster, or re-administer vaccines?
It takes energy for the body to maintain immunity against a pathogen, which is a waste in the eyes of the body if that pathogen is no longer considered a threat. Therefore, your body’s immunity against a pathogen will fade over time if it is not re-exposed or...
Why Vaccinate?
There is no point to vaccinating against every disease out there. Vaccines have a cost to produce and administer, and – although rare – can have risk(s). So why vaccinate at all? Vaccinations are recommended for diseases that are particularly severe,...
Vaccination Risk(s)
Nothing is perfect – including our immune systems - and vaccines are not without their risks, although they are exceptionally rare. Allergic Reactions: These are rare in pets – less than 1% of vaccinated pets – but just like a pet can have an allergy to pollens or...
How Vaccines Differ from Drugs
A common question we are asked is why pets of different sizes need different doses of medication(s), but the volume of their vaccine(s) are the same. It is a very good question! When doctors or veterinarians are prescribing or administering a drug, their goal is to...
How Vaccines Work
If you are a history buff, you may know that the first vaccine was developed by a man named Edward Jenner, when he found that exposing humans to a cowpox blister – from cows! – protected the exposed human from developing a devastating disease at the time –...