by petpack | Jun 17, 2024 | Companion Animals, FAQs
Whats the topic for today? I thought I would talk about a few Christmas dangers to avoid over the holiday period. What sort of dangers? Things we’ve talked about before but I thought were worth mentioning again as they are more common at Christmas time. What is the...
by petpack | Jun 17, 2024 | Companion Animals, FAQs
Whats the topic for today? Keeping cats out of trouble whilst you are away on holiday What sort of trouble do you mean? I’m talking about the sort of trouble cats get into when they fight Cats fight a lot don’t they. Why do cats fight? Cats are very territorial...
by petpack | Jun 17, 2024 | Companion Animals, FAQs
Whats the topic for today? I just thought I would talk about some facts about cats. Some informative facts but some just for fun too. Ok fire away then… OK fact 1. Did you know that cats can not taste sweet things? Because they are carnivores their taste buds...
by petpack | Jun 17, 2024 | Companion Animals, FAQs
Whats the topic for today? 3 legged cats and dogs. You mean animals that are born with 3 legs? No I’m going to talk about amputation of a badly injured limb as an alternative to euthanasia. What situations do you see where the limb needs amputating? There are...
by petpack | Jun 17, 2024 | Companion Animals, FAQs
Whats the topic for today? Acromegaly in cats. Acro what? What is that? It’s an over-production of growth hormone caused by a tumour of the pituitary gland. That sounds serious. What problems does it cause? Lots of problems. It causes the bones and organs of adult...
by petpack | Jun 17, 2024 | Companion Animals, FAQs
Whats the topic for today? I’m going to talk about neutering male dogs but first I just wanted to emphasise to everyone out there that we are still very much in the middle of a parvo virus outbreak. Yes Stuart talked about that a few weeks ago. Have things not...
