Fleas are responsible for a variety of problems associated both with our pets and with humans. They are responsible for spreading parasites to humans called tapeworms if the fleas are ingested. One of the most detrimental problems associated with fleas on your pets is what is known as flea allergic dermatitis (FAD). FAD is one of the three most common causes of allergies in pets. FAD has also been proven to be responsible for making other allergies worse such as food and inhaled allergies. Since pets are often allergic to the saliva of the fleas it only takes one bite to cause this reaction.
Getting rid of fleas can be a very difficult and expensive mission. The only way to properly get rid of a flea infestation in your home and on your pets is to understand the flea cycle. Using a multi module approach to killing the flea population will make sure you do not have any more flea problems.
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We as humans, try to eat fairly well balanced meals. If you are like our family, you gulp a few vitamins and supplement pills every morning in hopes of staying healthy.
Since our pets no longer head for the woods to find their source of food, they too, need additional “health insurance” by means of vitamins and supplements.
Not even the very best canned or dry food made for cats and dogs is perfect. There is not a 100% balanced and complete food to be found anywhere, no matter what the label says. Pet food for the most part is processed by heat and as we know heat destroys vitamins and enzymes. Even frozen and freeze-dried pet foods are not the “100% perfect food” to feed your pet.
What are some of the alternatives you should be looking for to insure your pet’s health? I am not suggesting that you give your pet a hand full of pills to swallow. I am aware of how much fun it is to give a cat a pill. Even have the scratches to prove it.
No, I just want you to be aware that there are areas of health to consider when planning your pet’s diet and that their food should include certain elements. If the food you are serving does not provide these things, then it is a good idea to consider this list and possibly add these supplements.
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question :
My Cat had his tail broken 2 months ago and now he is unable to use the restroom properly. His butt is swollen. I wondered that it might hurt him to poop, and that’s why he can’t use it correctly. His tail is paralized and a bone, where the tail and the back connect, is sticking up. Can u please help me?
answer :
Hi,
A broken tail is painful and may certainly interact with normal urination/defecation. However, following amputation and allowing reasonable time to fully recover, the problem should be sorted. I suspect that your cat may have contracted a pelvis injury at the same time as the tail incident. This would be very common especially if the patient suffered a road traffic accident.
I recommend that you ask your veterinarian to review the x-rays (he most probably x-rayed your cat prior to the tail amputation) and re-check for a small pelvic fracture. I would like to note that it is very possible to miss a small, non-displaced fracture without being incompetent.
Should there be a fracture, be re-assured that it usually heals nicely following simple cage rest of about 6 weeks duration.
However, if the hypothetic pelvic fracture did not heal properly and triggers a narrowing of the pelvic opening, then ongoing constipation is possible. The use of liquid paraffin to help fecal passage may help.
Best wishes, Julien
http://vetstoria.co.uk
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