Why Choose a Holistic Veterinarian?

Holistic veterinarians are different from conventional veterinarians. Animal health care in general is split. There are conventional vets, holistic vets and, more recently, integrative vets. While many principles are shared among practices, methodologies are often quite different.

Traditional veterinary practice (conventional) is much like what Western medicine is for humans. The focus is aimed at determining what the problem is and then trying to solve it.
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Your Best Options For Hamster Care and Problems

Hamsters can make wonderful pets. But it is important to know what you are getting into before you decide to bring one into your home. Here are a few tips to keep in mind.

Basic hamster care

Hamsters in the wild eat grains, vegetables, seeds, grasses, insects and fruit. So in captivity, they need a broad selection of different kinds foods to obtain all of their essential nutrients. Since they naturally store food in the pouches of their mouth, it may not be necessary to provide food everyday. It is also important to remove uneaten food from the cage periodically so that it doesn’t spoil.
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Preventing Struvite Crystals in Your Dog Or Cat

Depending on the size, bladder stones or struvite crystals can be removed surgically or dissolved by the use of diet. Struvite crystals are common in normal urine and can cause infections. When the crystals are present in large amounts, they can form stones.

The struvite crystals or stones can have a recurrence, so after they are removed your thoughts need to turn to prevention. Some pets are inclined to recurring bladder infections and may form new struvite stones over and over again. Stones can form as rapidly as two weeks, so finding ways to prevent struvite crystals are necessary for the health of your dog or cat.

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15 year daschund sudded started to pant heavily

Question :

I have a 15 year daschund. All of a sudded started to pant heavily and try to
gag. I brought to the Vet and he said his heart was fine and thought it was his
teeth or back. My dog has been on antibiotics for 1 week and also steroids.
After a week, he started panting , breathing heavy again. I got
more antibiotics
but after another week they sypmtoms are appearing again. He still eats and
drinks but is starting the sytptoms again. Does he have a respiratory infection
or is he
having pain in his back.
He breaths heavy but not yet puffing through his mouth yet as he did the first
time. thx

answer :

Dear Anita,

The panting can indicate on respiratory problem?, especially located in the pharyngs, the windpipe or even in the lungs.
The syndrome of reactivating the panting after finishing the antibiotic terapy indicates on wrong terapy. More precisly either the antibiotic is too weak, the dose is too low or the duration of therapy is too short. Please check with your vet those parametars. In your case 1 week could be too short, especially in heavy infections.
Also examine the swallowing and tonsilles for tonsillitis.
Perform bacerial cultures of smear taken of the laryngs or the tonsilles or administer a broad spectrum antibiotic such as amoxicillin or other. Please advise your vet..

Best wishes,

Damjan

Damjan Pavlovski DVM

Pet Health Symptoms - What to Watch For

To insure that your pet will be healthy in the years ahead, it is essential to have them visit their vet at least once each year. While pet health symptoms provide useful information about the health status of your pet, it is essential to have the veterinarian administer timely vaccinations, do a routine check and run necessary lab tests. These help to prevent against later disease or illness and can provide you with the opportunity to treat them as early as possible. You’ll also want to prevent spreading of illness onto you or those you care about, as there are some diseases that can be passed to humans.
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Cat Dander Problems? - 5 Ways to Reduce Cat Dander

Cat dander (tiny flakes of dead skin) is constantly being shed by your cat. Dander is invisible to the human eye because it is so tiny-approximately 2.5 microns, with a micron being defined as 1 millionth of a meter. Cat dander is light-weight so it travels easily and once airborne becomes a trigger for those with dander related allergy and asthma. What a choice to have to make—keeping your cat or being able to breathe! But whether you are allergic or not, here are 5 ways to reduce cat dander so you and your cat can co-exist and live happily ever after.
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Intestinal Parasites Common in Pets

Intestinal parasites are one of the top killers of our pets, especially puppies and kittens. Everyone has heard of roundworms, hookworms, and tapeworms, but there are three other common intestinal parasites that pet owners should know will affect their pet’s health. They are coccidia, whipworms, and giardia. Symptoms of these parasites can be quite similar including nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, and anemia. Most of these parasites are spread via contact with the same ground that has been previously defecated on, but there are some exceptions. But let’s look at the most common parasites that affect pet’s health.
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Treats That Can Kill Pets

There are many tasty treats that humans enjoy on a regular basis, despite the fact that some of them are not particularly good for them. While you may be aware of the adverse affects that these foods have on humans, you may not realize just how devastating they can be to your pets. In fact, in many cases, foods that are simply unhealthy for humans can be downright dangerous to pets. Here is a look at just a few of them.
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