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Any feline veterinarian asked to chat about their workday will surely mention some of the frustrating maladies that come through the door like clockwork: recurrent feline upper respiratory illness, stubborn overgrooming, and longstanding urination “out of the box”....

So, it ended up happening precisely as predicted… the New World Screwworm crossed casually over our southern border in the first week of June and attacked a U.S. calf. That incident was followed by dozens of additional cases in sheep, goats, and pet dogs, with reports...

Pregnancy is such a stressful and worrisome time of life. There’s intense excitement over all that the future has in store, but there’s also this gnawing paranoia that you, the mother-to-be, might trip up on some minuscule thing and somehow destroy the rest of your...

If you have ever visited the intersection of Pregnancy and Cat Ownership, you probably are familiar with the idea, at least, of toxoplasmosis. Toxoplasma is a parasite with a complicated life story that is capable of infecting virtually any warm-blooded animal,...

Well, if your prescriptions are all tablet and capsule, it’s really much less of an issue. Store them properly, out of reach from children and household animals. Dole them out behind closed doors and sitting at a desk or table, so that a dropped tablet won’t get...

It’s time now for the final four, pharmaceuticals prescribed for human skin that can easily kill the family pet through a single unfortunate incident. As you will recall, dogs and cats routinely place themselves in harm’s way by ingesting objects that pique their...

Transdermal medications, as we learned previously, are meant to absorb into and distribute themselves throughout the body. Creams, sprays, and patches containing steroid hormones such as estrogen or testosterone absorb very easily through the skin, because of their...

In preparation for our short series on topical pharmaceuticals, let’s first understand some basics about this kind of medicine. The word “topical”, in this context, refers to a drug that is applied to the outside of the body. These are meant to act on the immediate...

When you see a loose cat on the street, are you looking at a feral or a stray? Aren’t those the same thing? If you’re a cat person, this distinction is probably going to become relevant at some point. The two types of animal are actually very, very different. Stray...

The “spectrum of care” concept may have been born out of budget constraints, but there are many other reasons we might need to weigh Plan A against Plan B or Plan C. Sometimes the care limits are defined by something totally apart from finances. For example, a handful...