Are Vitamins and Supplements Necessary For Cats and Dogs

We as humans, try to eat fairly well balanced meals. If you are like our family, you gulp a few vitamins and supplement pills every morning in hopes of staying healthy.

Since our pets no longer head for the woods to find their source of food, they too, need additional “health insurance” by means of vitamins and supplements.

Not even the very best canned or dry food made for cats and dogs is perfect. There is not a 100% balanced and complete food to be found anywhere, no matter what the label says. Pet food for the most part is processed by heat and as we know heat destroys vitamins and enzymes. Even frozen and freeze-dried pet foods are not the “100% perfect food” to feed your pet.

What are some of the alternatives you should be looking for to insure your pet’s health? I am not suggesting that you give your pet a hand full of pills to swallow. I am aware of how much fun it is to give a cat a pill. Even have the scratches to prove it.

No, I just want you to be aware that there are areas of health to consider when planning your pet’s diet and that their food should include certain elements. If the food you are serving does not provide these things, then it is a good idea to consider this list and possibly add these supplements.

Read more

My-pet-medicine.com Need help we looking more volunteer (Veterinary ) to help answering question from the visitor, because this website receive many question every week. Visit this page to help us

Broken tail ( cat )

question :

My Cat had his tail broken 2 months ago and now he is unable to use the restroom properly. His butt is swollen. I wondered that it might hurt him to poop, and that’s why he can’t use it correctly. His tail is paralized and a bone, where the tail and the back connect, is sticking up. Can u please help me?

answer :
Hi,

A broken tail is painful and may certainly interact with normal urination/defecation. However, following amputation and allowing reasonable time to fully recover, the problem should be sorted. I suspect that your cat may have contracted a pelvis injury at the same time as the tail incident. This would be very common especially if the patient suffered a road traffic accident.

I recommend that you ask your veterinarian to review the x-rays (he most probably x-rayed your cat prior to the tail amputation) and re-check for a small pelvic fracture. I would like to note that it is very possible to miss a small, non-displaced fracture without being incompetent.

Should there be a fracture, be re-assured that it usually heals nicely following simple cage rest of about 6 weeks duration.

However, if the hypothetic pelvic fracture did not heal properly and triggers a narrowing of the pelvic opening, then ongoing constipation is possible. The use of liquid paraffin to help fecal passage may help.

Best wishes, Julien

http://vetstoria.co.uk

Calming Eating Habits We Learn From Our Pets

Watching my cat is calming and relaxing in itself. She usually has a preference of wet or dry food and her water.

Her own special area on the kitchen floor, with a plastic placemat.

My cat also has portion control because she eats what she wants and leaves the rest to dry out, or get stale. She takes her time to clean her dish. Then she will vocalize if she what’s more, and she sits by her dish patiently, some times, more urgently other times.

She drinks from her water dish in a relaxed manner and without messes or spills.
Read more

Flea Control For Animals - Protect Your Pet

Fleas have been irritating our pets for many thousands of years and ruining pet health along the way. They are extremely heat and cold tolerant and can carry diseases that can harm both us and our pets. People spend billions of dollars each year trying to combat these tiny creatures. It was the flea after all that almost destroyed an entire continent of people in the Middle Ages!
Read more

Saving Big Money on Pet Care

By using preventative pet meds, you can decrease your pet’s chances of getting sick from disease carrying insect bites and reduce the risk of your dog developing heartworm disease. These medications are usually given monthly and can become very expensive, as time goes on. You need to make sure that you have the meds on hand, when it is time for the monthly dose, meaning a trip to the vet’s office for pickup. By purchasing your pet’s preventative medications online, you can cut costs and save precious time, while still keeping your pet happy and healthy.
Read more

Why Do Dogs Eat Dirt?

Our furry friends are considered to be members of the family. Responsible pet owner would ensure that the pet is given nutritious food to ensure their health. This will prevent diseases and prolong the life of the pet. But are we sure we are giving our dogs food that meet their nutritional needs? Sad to say, a lot of commercial foods are deficient in fundamental nutrients.

Experts theorize that this is one of the reasons why dogs eat dirt. Isn’t it frustrating to see your pet eating dirt when you are sure that you are providing him with enough food? This behavior of our canine friends is perplexing. It is necessary to understand the reasons behind this peculiar attitude as this could have harmful consequences to the health of our furry friends. Anti freeze in the dirt could lead to poisoning. Dirt eating would result to parasite infestation as the dog would surely get intestinal worms. Canine parvovirus infection is also a possibility.
Read more

The True Cost of Pet Health Care

Like most things these days, the price of pet care is increasing. However, unlike the price of gas, which is set by supply and demand, the cost of caring for your pet is driven by an increasing expectation for the quality of care.

The advancements in high-tech diagnostics now provide for a faster and more accurate diagnosis, which in turn allows your veterinarian to provide the appropriate treatment faster.
Read more

Preventing Doggy Accidents

It can sometimes be quite unavoidable, yet it does happen, however how you handle it is what it all comes down to.

If you have carpets when this happens, the carpet can and will most likely stain. However, some carpet cleaner spray, and some elbow grease and get rid of that stain in a jiffy. Now, if you clean it up, even with the cleaner, the dogs sense of smell may still detect his scent there, and go there again, and again, and again. Now, to make him not go there, its best to spray that area with a vinegar type spray, that will keep him from going in that area. Of course, this is just a temporary solution to a greater problem. You must start potty training your doggie, or re-potty training him if he has had a relapse.
Read more

Next Page »