“I’ve been following the bathing instructions you detailed yesterday and my dog still smells bad after a few days. What is causing that?” The exact answer, which would identify a primary cause, requires an examination, but the odor comes as…
“But, Dr. Randolph, it’s the same thing as last time, why can’t I just get the medicine?” The problem with this reasoning is that “it” is too-often not the same as last time. An example occurred just today. Fritzi’s owner…
Allergy patients. You gotta love ‘em. Why? Because if you didn’t love them they would drive you completely up the wall. Take Mojo for example. I saw him just a week ago for a routine examination, heartworm test, fecal flotation…
Convenia passes another test. Bayou recently came to us with an embarrassing problem: BO. Body Odor. He, well, stank. Bayou had a bacterial infection of the skin called pyoderma. It is a common problem, usually secondary with a primary underlying…
Extenuating circumstances. They affect just about everything in life, don’t they? Our pets are not exempt from extenuating circumstances, either. Take Black, a sweet, middle-aged Labrador retriever. Black has a little lump on her right rear leg, down low, past…
Poor Fritz. Wednesday night, between church and choir practice the preacher and his wife took me aside. Uh-oh! What had I done now? “Jim,” said Melinda, the pastor’s wife, “Fritz has this nasty place on the side of his head…
As the use of Convenia long-acting antibiotic injection widens many MyPetsDoctor.com readers are writing in with questions about it. “Can it be used for upper respiratory infections?” “Can it be used for urinary tract infections?” “Can it be used for…
Food Allergy can be one of the greatest everyday diagnostic challenges in the practice of veterinary medicine. Food allergy, in dogs and in cats, can look like so many things. And can, at the same time, look like nothing you’ve…
Demodex cati is the mite responsible for Demodicosis in cats, and is a “cousin” mite to Demodex canis, the causative agent of Demodicosis (red mange) in dogs. Demodicosis is an uncommon condition of cats and is more likely to occur…
Having recently discussed the four types of mange affecting dogs, MyPetsDoctor.com thought it only fair that we discuss the three types that cause problems in cats. We will cover one today and one next time and the third in this article. Notoedres…
