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Tag: Cats

  • New Year’s resolutions

    New Year’s resolutions

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    According to a study conducted by the team behind fitness app Strava, the day people are most likely to give up on their New Year’s resolutions is 19 January. I’m not usually one for resolutions; I’m more inclined to give something up for lent, because that has a finite time period – unless, like last…

  • A Merry Christmas for all the family

    A Merry Christmas for all the family

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    Little things you don’t consider until you spend every waking moment looking at, thinking about, or learning about animals, is how one of our favourite times of year might impact the smaller members of our families. Awareness is rising on just how traumatic Guy Fawkes night can be for our furry friends, but there is…

  • With teeth marks

    With teeth marks

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    Christmas blog number two, and what is there left to consider after the chocolates of last time? Well, this is going to focus on the issues around turkeys. Huge, frozen turkeys – the symbol of all that is wrong with the festive season. A species defined by a single day. As I write this, thousands…

  • The Twelve Days of (Vet) Christmas

    The Twelve Days of (Vet) Christmas

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    For those on call at Christmas time, you may feel like you’re playing out-of-hours bingo with the usual emergency scenarios, as well as the the additional festive dangers. Instead of bingo, I have revised a familiar Christmas song to reflect what we are likely to be seeing over the festive period…     On the…

  • Two cats: a tale of diametric treatments

    Two cats: a tale of diametric treatments

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    I thought I would take well to emergency work; I’m a night owl, and when animals crashed or bled in general practice I kept my cool and worked logically, but quickly, to discover the problem and fix it – or at least, attempt to. I had recently left my post as clinical director, and picking…

  • The only way is ethics: neutering

    The only way is ethics: neutering

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    I thought now would be a good time for a brief reprise on my series about ethical dilemmas involving animals, and not because I like the pun in the title. Okay, a bit because of that… In the UK and US, at least, we regard the neutering of canine and feline patients as routine (as…

  • Managing client expectations

    Managing client expectations

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    After last month‘s look at consent and jigsaw identification, I thought it would be good to share something I edited out of that blog. Namely, besides navigating the law and the code of conduct, you also need to manage clients’ expectations of how you use their case online. Firstly, I’ll say you can run a…

  • Hidden heroes

    Hidden heroes

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    I’m sure we all know some of the crazy places “stray” animals end up – ducks nest in strange areas, cats crawl into tiny hidden spaces and can’t get back out, and, recently, a stray dog shut down Waterloo train station. I’m sure you all have more stories on where pets and wildlife have been…

  • Unable to escape

    Unable to escape

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    As I scrubbed flea tablet-induced cat vomit from the floor for what felt like the hundredth time, I thought maybe I should just learn my lesson and do battle with spot-ons instead, no matter how much my cats scowl at me for days afterwards. Or, worse still, I could try a collar, but I suspected…

  • Dishing the dirt on anal glands

    Dishing the dirt on anal glands

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    It’s strange that the second thing people always say when they hear you’re a vet (the first is generally to inform you how much money you’re earning) is “oh my goodness, do you have to stick your arm into a cow?!”, as if it is the most disgusting thing another human could possibly do. That…