Toxic foods for your pet! It goes without saying that I’d make a terrible vampire, I love garlic far too much to ever be repelled by it! This delightful little fact about myself means that my beloved pooch misses out on a lot of my table scraps. Why, you may ask, well it’s because garlic […]
Archives for October 2014
Claw Wars
Clawing in cats is a natural, instinctual behaviour that helps remove old claw sheaths and acts as a marking behaviour. As many frustrated cat owners will testify, these natural behaviours are all well and good until they involve systematic destruction of your furniture! There are several options that owners can adopt. Firstly, provide a highly […]
Desensitise Sensitive Areas
Many animals have particular areas of their body that they consider private and would prefer to keep that way. Unfortunately as Veterinary Surgeons we are often forced to invade this privacy and go into those forbidden zones. Taking a rectal temperature, clipping nails, examining down ears and checking teeth can cross the boundary for some […]
High Pressured Felines
Just like us, our feline friends can suffer from high blood pressure. This is usually a condition of older cats and can occur on its own or secondary to other elderly cat diseases such as kidney failure and hyperthyroidism (an over active thyroid gland). Whatever the cause, the end result is a consistently high blood […]
A Fond Farewell
A long standing and distinguished career now draws to a close, with a heavy heart we must announce that vet nurse Julie is retiring after over 20 years of service to Mornington Veterinary Clinic. Sad as we all are to say goodbye to Julie, we can look back fondly at the years of laughter and […]
Breakthrough in Cat Allergies Brings Cure Even Closer
A cure for allergic reactions in cats and other pets may only be a few years away, thanks to the discovery of the biological underpinnings that cause them. Australia and New Zealand have the highest prevalence of asthma in the world, and as our countries become more industrialised, the percentage of population afflicted tends to grow higher. 15 to 30% of people with […]