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  • Foreign bodies......another trip to the emergency vet

    Working at a clinic I sure saw a lot of different things that dogs, cats, ferrets and other animals swallowed that didn't quite make it out the other end.  The top of the list include the rubber cap off a crutch, a bag of balloons, a pair of underwear, numerous colors of socks, the plastic nob from the cord of a venetian blind, a whole ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by bloglady on February 27, 2008

  • Valentine's Day......

    Valentine' s Day usually means chocolate and an increase in chocolate poisonings in pet.  And the better the chocolate the more poisonous it can be. Larger amounts of chocolate, particularly of the most toxic type, can bring about epileptic seizures in some dogs, and in all dogs, can kill. Poisoning of dogs by chocolate is not as uncommon as ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by bloglady on February 5, 2008

  • Some simple first aid tips

    Following the last post on how to make a simple first aid kit for your pet I thought I would share some simple tips. For cats and dogs: Vital Statistics The normal resting heart rate for a cat is 150-200 beats per minute while a dog (size dependant) is between 60-120 beats per minute.  The larger the dog the slower the heart rate.  ...
    Posted to The PetSource Blog - Scribbles 'n Bits (Weblog) by lorrainehug on July 19, 2007