vafnana | July 29, 2009
just a little fyi, if you didn’t know. 42 teeth in dogs, 30 teeth in cats. dogs have few taste buds, cats have fewer and they cannot taste sweet flavors. When dogs and cats eat, they swallow their food without tasting it, the food reaches the stomach in chunks. Digestion is fast in the stomach. Transit time of digested food is 24-48 hours in dogs and 24-36 hours in cats.
vafnana | July 26, 2009
I heard this from a maltese breeder the other day. 15 drops of peppermint oil in a cup of water, mix well, spray on washcloth, do not spray on dog or cat. Rub onto the skin of belly, armpits and behind ears. This breeder swears that she hasn’t seen a flea or tick. If nothing else, your pet will smell minty fresh!
remy | July 22, 2009
fleas can be a real problem. the steps to be flea free: 1) treat your home by flea bombing and/or sprays, including rugs, linens, towels, throwing away vaccuum bags, etc. 2) the same day for treating the home, treat the animals with the products that are available but DO NOT USE COMBINATIONS OF PRODUCTS, this could be hazardous to your animal’s health. 3) treat your pet every month with a flea product. These three steps will ensure you will not have a flea problem, providing you do not come in contact with another animal with fleas or bring one in your home with fleas.
vafnana | July 19, 2009
About one month ago, my dog became extremely sick with symptoms such as severe pain in the head and neck area, she yelped in pain just by looking at her. Her temperature was normal, she was eating and drinking, but very anxious and constantly pacing, not resting for a minute, then started seizuring. The symptoms were classic of dog meningitis, the only way to confirm this was a spinal tap and my doctor referred us to a neurologist, of course this happened on a weekend, so we decided on treating the pain, swelling and putting her on antibiotics and sent in blood work. The results, her white blood count was very high indicating that she either had an auto immune disease or a tick borne disease, but was negative on all tick borne diseases. Everyday she was getting better on the antibiotics, and stopped seizuring. Two weeks later we sent more bloodwork in, her bloodwork came back positive for ehrlichia, a tick borne disease. We finished off all meds, weaned her off of prednisone and phenobarbital and she is 100% back to normal! We are seeing more tick related illnesses in the New England area, please use tick prevention.
