With the arrival of today's mail, Sophie was faced with another decision: Do I pay the credit card bill or do I heed the warnings provided in the reminder received from the veterinarian about Bubbles?
The teenage girl sat in the floor of our examination room sobbing loudly. I evaluated the kitten's problems as her father and older sister sat on the bench, waiting.
Thankfully, the warm days of summer have arrived. With the beautiful weather, so beckons the call to go out on the water. Many of you choose to take your canine friends along for the boat ride. Be sure to follow a few common sense guidelines:
The thyroid is a two-lobed organ in the trachea's middle to upper region in many species.
With summer approaching and temperatures on the rise, Coast veterinary hospitals more heat-related injuries or hyperthermia.
Veterinary medicine is constantly evolving. It evolves from within as medical techniques or understanding advance and it evolves due to external forces such as client demands.
It's spring planting time, and one of the things gardeners and landscapers should consider when choosing plants for inside or outside the home is the potential toxicity of certain plants to animals and humans.
Have you had the opportunity to see a veterinary specialist in a discipline that your general practice veterinarian thought appropriate for your pet's case? The last time I wrote on this subject, there were no advanced-degree veterinary specialists on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (2002), but we now have a few established. In larger cities and in conjunction with veterinary schools, there are many specialists to help pets in many medical disciplines. Today I'll share a bit about what veterinary specialists...
Blossom made quite an entrance into the veterinary hospital today; no, it wasn't her bark "hello" as she stepped into the examination room or the sound of her owner's voice that was so memorable - it was her odor.
Most doctors will admit there are a few diseases that we learned about in medical school that can send a cold chill up your spine when you merely mention their names.
Few things in this life are more difficult than losing a beloved pet. It doesn't matter whether a pet has blessed you for just a few years or has been your companion for 12 or 14 years, or longer, it is a special bond that will forever remain in your heart.
