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Healthy pets see their vets! #GetHealthyHappy

4 The Love Of Animals

What makes a healthy pet? According to a recent petMD poll, nearly 2 in 10 pet owners hadn’t visited their vet for a routine checkup in the past year. Sure a visit to the vet can be a bit stressful sometimes, but it’s so worthwhile! missing your pet’s yearly check up is like missing 5 years of checkups!

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do you take your pets for yearly checkups?

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its happened multiple times where i’ll be talking about how my cat has a vet appointment, someone says “oh no, is he okay?”. i guess some people only take their pets when there’s an issue? I have a family dog that we take yearly for checkups and i bring my cat annually too. when i tell them its just a checkup they’re surprised.

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Can A Hawk Carry Off Your 12-Pound Pet?

10,000 Birds

No hawk can carry off a 12-pound pet. No hawk can carry off a 3-pound pet. That did not stop a New Jersey animal shelter from publishing this rabble-rousing flyer on Facebook, all written in alarming red capital letters: PARK RANGERS AND VET OFFICES ARE PUTTING OUT WARNINGS. The answer is: no. I had no idea!”

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Tune in to “Aloha Vet” on Nat Geo WILD

4 The Love Of Animals

Not your typical veterinarian, he treats both wild and domestic animals, and when islanders need help with their pets and livestock, he’s the one they call. He’ll even pilot the … Continue reading → The post Tune in to “Aloha Vet” on Nat Geo WILD appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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Do exotic (within reason) animals live a happier life with humans?

Reddit Animals

I have been thinking about this for awhile after I saw some people online with things like a pet skunk and even someone with a barn owl. I have always held the belief that most animals should be in the wild because that’s their natural habitat and they can get the stimulation and environment they need.

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Pets Aplenty Blog Tour

4 The Love Of Animals

Pets Aplenty is a humorous book written by Malcolm Welshman, a retired vet who has worked at London Zoo, in a small animal hospital, and as a consultant dealing with exotics. This is actually the third book in his vet series. You are sure to find a favorite character among the animals, and the people, in the story.

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Vet-Stem

4 The Love Of Animals

About a year ago I posted information about the launch of a new stem cell therapy for dogs ( Vet-Stem ). Since the launch Vet-Stem has treated more that 1800 dogs and more than 5,000 animals total. This too is good news for pet owners whose only options previously were either an expensive and invasive surgery or euthanasia.

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