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How to Identify Food Intolerances in Pets

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For new puppies that are under the age of 1-year, many vets will recommend probiotics, which can be purchased online via a Canadian drug store and dispensed in your pet’s food in order to establish gut balance and good digestion early on. Food allergies and food intolerances affect our pets much the same way they strike humans.

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Diabetes and Vetsulin Recap

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I somehow became the non-vet, go-to person regarding dogs and diabetes, I suppose due to my frequent blogging about Violet Rays (left), my greyhound who has been through diabetes, blindness (then cataract replacement), glaucoma and retina detachment. My vet's other clients, however, often had the opposite problem, and hypoglycemia resulted.

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Pet Foster Care Helps To Smooth Adoption Process

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Fortunately, pet foster parents offer a solution to this issue by allowing pets the time to adjust to a home life with human companions before they find their forever home. VCA Animal Hospitals run several Shelter Partnership Programs with animal shelters and humane societies all across the U.S.

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What To Do If Your Dog Gets A Cold

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Sneezing, runny nose, headache, even fever: these are the things that we human beings experience when we have a cold. But having a cold is not just exclusive to us humans as our beloved pet dogs can get a cold too. It is pretty simple for the symptoms are pretty similar to what we experience. Spotting The Problem.

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On the Vetsulin "Recall"

Animal Person

I alerted my regular (non-specialist) vet of this and though he didn't treat me like a crazy person, he didn't do any research, either. Last night, my vet called to update me. Other times, nine was too much and Violet would come close to crashing. He just figures I know what I'm doing. Supply is limited.

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A Hamster’s Story: The making of a novel

4 The Love Of Animals

Like he was the human and she was the hamster. And when she did have time for Hamlet, Emmie cried and pleaded with her mom to take him to the vet. As if the vet had a cure for old age. Hamlet’s organs were shutting down – it was the humane thing to do. I would take him to my house that evening since the Vet was closed.

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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

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Turns out the founder of TRC and many the vets who worked in clinic were falconers as well. Falconers must always keep their birds somewhat wild so if they get separated or the bird flies off never to return, it can still survive on it’s own without human intervention. I learned that I knew nothing of falconry.

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