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Constable fluffs for sure
Just call me procrastinator.
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Just wanted to ask how trash bag is doing? Also does he have a new name now or na?
Trash Bag is sort of called Pancake now (short for Murder Pancake), but only when he’s good. When he is a bit naughty it’s straight back to Trash Bag. Trash Bag and Wonka mostly spend their day like this:
Wonka’s Diary: Another day of being relentlessly stalked by the miniature black demon. I know not from which layer of hell it spawned, only that it is a miniature version of myself composed entirely of shadows, with five times my speed and unnatural agility. It can even jump onto tables! The humans do nothing to restrain the demon despite my wailing.
I am as yet unable to discern its motives. It mimics my every action, it is always behind or around me. It steals my food and toys and it is too fast for me to stop. I cannot keep track of it, yet when my focus lapses and I fall into the sweet surrender of sleep, I awake to find the demon curled around me, cleaning my head or sniffing my butt.
This mystery may forever remain unsolved.
Trash Bag’s Diary: Got onto tall thing today! Discovered what beds are for today! Learned that small screams in kitchen equal food today!
Followed Big Cat. Big Cat knows best places, best food, has best toys. Even shares!
His tail is so fun! I wuv him and will follow him everywhere.
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SPLs are placed in animals that require frequent topical ocular medications. The SPL is placed beneath the eyelid at the level of the conjunctiva. The tubing runs back and is typically woven into the mane to maintain stability. When medications need to be give there is an injection port at the end of the tubing for administration. This route is significantly easier than struggling with a horse to apply medications directly to their eye every two hours. #cranialcruciatus #veterinarymedicine #spl #equine #ophthalmology #horse #topical #vetmed #veterinarian #medicine #veterinaria #vetlife #vetblr #vetstagram #dvm #4vm #eyes #clinicalrotations
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RABBIT HEIMLICH MANEUVER!
You never know when your rabbit may have an emergency, so it’s good to always be prepared.
I am sharing a linking from “The Bunny Guy” on how to perform a proper heimlich maneuver which can be used if your rabbit is ever found chocking. Signs of chocking include:
1. The rabbit pointing it’s nose to the air 2. Gurgling noises 3. Labored breathing 4. Turning blue 5. Pawing at the noise/mouth area And, in my personal experience, increased mucus.
This really works and it helped me save a foster’s life. But I wasted valuable time looking up this information before I proceeded to try and help clear his airways.
Memorize this now, and give your bun the best chance in surviving an emergency situation.
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Ever seen the inside of a horses’ mouth? This picture was taken before the upper teeth were floated. As you can see the teeth along the upper arcade are slanted with sharp edges & points along the cheeks. Floating teeth helps to reduce these slants & provide a better grinding surface for equids. Poor dentition can lead to various ailments including choke or colic from being unable to properly masticate food. 🐴🐎😬#cranialcruciatus #veterinary #medicine #vetmed #dvm #veterinarian #vetblr #vetlife #equine #horse #equid #dentistry #floating #prevetativecare #animalhusbandry #oralcavity #teeth #dentalarcade #dentition
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So (at least here in the US) there are multiple types of rabies vaccine (1 year, 3 year & rabies/distemper). Now, I have a lovely cat, but she gets horribly, HORRIBLY sick when she gets the 3 year or the mix vaccine (to the point that she actually froths a little & gets a very high fever) but when I try to explain this to our vet they say there is no difference between the 3 year and 1 year vaccine. Perhaps you can shed some light on this mystery? QT: I came for breeds, stayed for everything.
You should probably ask someone in a country that actually has rabies. It’s been 6 years since I’ve even touched a vial of rabies vaccine, and they’re strictly for export only.
In Australia we don’t routinely vaccinate for rabies, because we only have the bat lyssavirus. So it’s one major aspect of veterinary medicine that I’m not overly familiar with, not compared to vets actually working in the countries where it’s endemic (poor, brave souls).
With DHP vaccines there’s no difference between 3 year and 1 year versions of certain brands, at all. They’re labelled as different products due to licensing regulations for prescription products, but in some brands they are literally identical, only the company wont guarantee three years immunity from a 1-year product.
Vaccine adverse reactions can and should be reported to the vaccine manufacturer, but I don’t know enough specifics about rabies vaccines. Perhaps an overseas vet will be willing to add some information?
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Feline facial abscess; because who doesn’t live for abscesses in veterinary medicine!
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‘You wanna know how I got these scars?’ This 17 years old lady had a non-healing ulcer that didn’t respond to conservative therapy, so we chose surgical excision. (Note: she is intubated and under anaesthesia, cats’ eyes are open while they are anaesthetised so they need to be thoroughly lubricated, and the reddish brown 'thing’ on her face is povidone iodine solution, not blood)
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Itching is a PAIN!
The itchy dog or cat can be a real PAIN in the butt. Causes of pruritus (itchiness) can be:
P: Parasites! Common offenders include mites, such as demodex or sarcoptes, which can be commonly referred to as mange.
A: Allergies. Food allergies, environmental allergies, contact dermatitis, and most commonly… FLEA ALLERGY! If you pet is scratching and has hair loss around its rump… Check and treat for those pesky fleas!
I: Inflammation, infections, immune-mediated (autoimmune diseases like Lupus or Pemphigus)
N: Neurogenic
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Anonymous asked:
It's only spring where I live, but it's already starting to feel like summer with its ridiculously high temperatures and I'm currently living in a building where the a/c likes to break at really inconvenient times. What are signs of overheating to look out for in dogs and cats? It's never been an issue before, but just in case I want to know what to look for so I can catch any warning signs early
Signs of heat stress, before a patient develops heat stroke, include:
- Panting
- Seeking cold areas
- Redder gums or ears, other other areas of the body that usually have pink, exposed skin
- Vomiting, sometimes
- restless, agitated
- fatigue and lethargy
The next stage, heat stroke, can include
- Muscle tremors
- More vomiting
- congested, purple gums
- coagulation (blood clotting) disorders
- bloody diarrhea
- confusion
- collapse
- Seizures
- death
If you suspect a pet has heat stress, provide them with ample cool air and cool water. Ice is not recommended because is can cause peripheral vasoconstriction. If you can take their rectal temperature then that’s ideal, but cooling until their breathing normalizes is a good start.
If you think our pet has heat stroke, get it to a vet clinic while you are providing cool air and water. If it has a coagulopathy already it’s in serious trouble, and you have no way of telling that at home.
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Anonymous asked:
How do you feel about outdoor cats? (or indoor outdoor cats. basically cats that are allowed to wander.) is it illegal where you live? if so, do people follow the rules? if not, do you think it should be illegal?
First, I would like to relay a conversation that I have at least once a day.
Me: Is your cat a strictly indoor cat?
Owner: Yes, but he goes outside sometimes during the day.
That is not the definition of a strictly indoor cat.
Outdoor cats are permitted under some local council jurisdictions, but there is increasing push to restrict their activities. Some locations have a cat curfew, some estates have an indoor only policy (and all pets must be desexed), and some locations are pushing to prevent ownership of pet cats at all (mostly islands).
There is a large population of stray cats and semi-owned cats. These cats might get fed by multiple people on the street, but nobody steps up to claim ownership of the cat. Nobody gets it desexed or gets veterinary treatment. Nobody goes looking for it if it goes missing, they assume it ‘went home’.
Our local council is pushing for more people to take responsibility for these cats, largely cutting down on adoption paperwork. They’re also allowing businesses and factories to take ownership of semi-owned local cats so long as they’re desexed. The feral colony living of McDonald’s dumpsters is an example. The council can’t force these people to keep barely tame cats inside, but they’ll settle for seeing them desexed. Folks wont hand cats over to the council if they think they’re just going to be put to sleep.
The simple facts about cats permitted to roam outside are these:
- They devastate local wildlife populations. Even well fed pets will hunt. If you would like to see the approximately 50 animals removed from one feral cat’s stomach, there is a picture here. It’s a bit gore-ish. They kill a lot.
- They do not live as long on average as strictly indoor cats.
- This is mostly due to increased viral transmission and accidents - fights, dog attacks, hit by cars etc.
- There is a portion of the human population that deliberately go out of their way to harm cats. Shooting in rural areas, running them over with cars, putting out milk with paracetamol (acetaminophen), etc.
- People will also ‘kidnap’ friendly cats that they find on the street and ‘assume’ are lost so decide to keep them. I know one lady that picked up a cat on the street on holiday, drove four hours back home, and then presented it to me where I found its microchip. She did not get to keep the cat she kidnapped.
- Cats with white faces are far less likely to develop squamous cell carcinoma.
Cats are safer if they’re confined to their home or properly secured cat runs. Both safer for them and it prevents their devastating affect on our environment. I would prefer to see them all contained, though I doubt that will happen. Society’s view of cats and how we keep them would need to change before that happens. Currently they’re perceived as low value pets because they’re so easy to acquire.
Note that a cat on a harness still counts as contained, because they’re not able to free-roam, as do cats in a secure enclosure.
Society is perfectly happy to contain and entertain its dogs. We should be capable of doing so for our cats.
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My pap found this kitten in my parents backyard. Tried all weekend to find him a home and no one wanted him. Kind of fell in love and now he’s part of the family. Everyone meet Beaker.
We added another baby to the family. I need help!
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i wonder if my pets have like a proper language and when i try to speak back to them im just speaking jargon
like for example my cat always speaks to me when I come home and i meow back to her and she’ll meow again & even though i don’t think twice about it to her it’s probably a situation where it’s like
her, meowing: “im glad you’re home”
me, meowing back: “tax benefits”
her, meowing: “why do u always do this”
cats actually have a human-specific language. cats don’t often meow at each other and seem to use subvocal communications that humans can’t hear to chat cat-to-cat. however, cats seem to use what humans would call “shout-until-you’re-understood” to speak to humans. so basically, it’s more like:
“I’M GLAD YOU’RE HOME!”
“tax benefits”
“NO, I’M GLAD YOU ARE HOME”
“waffle iron”
“IT’S OKAY. I LOVE YOU TOO, MY DUMB HUMAN”
The domestic house cat’s wild ancestors have a much harsher voice, too. The going theory is that early cats mimicked human infants which tripped humans’ nurturing instincts, and then selective breeding did the rest.
We make a big deal over how dogs have developed the ability to understand human expressions and tones (and let’s be fair, that is in fact awesome), but cats are possibly the only species that has changed their vocal language to try to communicate with us.
I became one of those people and made an Instagram for my dogs. Check it out? @diesel_and_titan
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Tick season is already in full swing and it’s going to be one of the worst years for ticks and lyme disease. Make sure your pets are on flea/tick/heartworm prevention and get your dogs vaccinated against lyme!
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When you try to talk about veterinary medicine stuff with non vet med people
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Owners came in with a 6 years old mixed breed dog claiming she hasn’t pooped in 3 days and has been feeling a ‘little under the weather’. Upon asking about the pretty obvious mass in between the thighs, they casually answered that it had been growing for the past 4-5 weeks, but it didn’t bother her. We did an ultrasound of the inguinal hernia, and we were almost sure it did not contain intestines (the exam revealed extremely dilated and fluid-filled segments, and, apart from a firm, but not painful abdomen, the dog did not show any signs of shock that could suggest intestinal involvement), we drew blood, did a quick biochem to assess the hepatic and renal parameters, we stabilized the patient and prepped her for surgery. Although the ultrasound gave us a good picture about what we might find, we were still surprised after we opened her up. The hernial ring was so tight, and the uterine horns were so dilated, we had no other choice but to remove them piece by piece. It took us no less than two and a half hours, a very careful anesthesia monitoring, a few litres of saline used for flushing and fluid replacement and a hell lot of self control when it came to remaining polite towards the owners. The dog weighed 18kg when it came in, and we removed almost 4kg of puss-filled uterine horns. (Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures)