Grape Toxicity Dogs
GRAPES ARE TOXIC TO DOGS!! And, so are raisins and currants. While grapes are a healthy and tasty snack for us, they can cause kidney...
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carlingmatejka
Mar 23, 20221 min read
Why do pets eat feces??
Coprophagia: the eating of feces! This can be a common behavioral complaint that I get from pet parents. Unlike rabbits, which need to...
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carlingmatejka
Apr 19, 20211 min read
What is a Cherry Eye?
A cherry eye is the common term for prolapse of the 3rd eyelid gland. Dogs and cats both have an “extra eyelid” located inside the lower...
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carlingmatejka
Mar 28, 20212 min read
The Anemic Pet
Anemia is not a disease but, instead, refers to a decrease in the number of circulating red blood cells (RBC), hemoglobin (Hb), or both....
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carlingmatejka
Jan 13, 20212 min read
Kennel Cough
Kennel cough (KC) is also called tracheobronchitis OR canine infectious upper respiratory COMPLEX. It is referred to as a COMPLEX because...
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carlingmatejka
Jan 13, 20212 min read
How a single egg ends up with TWO YOLKS
First I need to ask you...I need to ask you first… How does a chicken leave the hen-hen house? Obviously, though the eggs-it. Okay, okay…...
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carlingmatejka
Jan 7, 20212 min read
Mad Cow Disease or BSE
MAD COW DISEASE or Bovine spongiform Encephalopathy continued Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or Mad cow disease is considered a...
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carlingmatejka
Jan 6, 20212 min read
Mad cow disease OR BSE
LETS TALK ABOUT testing for BSE or mad cow disease! Many of you may remember the devastating early 2000’s and the impact that BSE (Bovine...
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carlingmatejka
Jan 3, 20213 min read
Euthanasia
This sounds like such a depressing topic to bring up. But, its not. We are so lucky in the world of veterinary medicine that we have the...
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carlingmatejka
Dec 24, 20203 min read
Hormones in meat
There is 𝗡𝗢 𝗦𝗨𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 as 𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗘-𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗔𝗧! 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘: hormones occur naturally in animals, people,...
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carlingmatejka
Dec 13, 20201 min read
DENTAL EXTRACTIONS
NEWS FLASH: Your pet DOES NOT need to show dental PAIN to have dental disease! Think of your dogs teeth as little icebergs. We can only...
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carlingmatejka
Dec 13, 20201 min read
ACUTE PANCREATITIS
The pancreas is an organ that sits really close to the stomach and the beginning of the small intestine. It is all about secretion! It...
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carlingmatejka
Dec 13, 20202 min read
THINGS DON’T ALWAYS GO AS PLANNED...
It’s interesting how social media has a way of portraying people’s lives as “almost perfect”. Usually, we tend to post about when things...
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carlingmatejka
Dec 13, 20201 min read
FEMORAL HEAD OSTECTOMY (FHO)
An FHO is a surgical procedure that attempts to restore pain-free mobility to the diseased or damaged hip joint. We do this by removing...
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carlingmatejka
Nov 16, 20203 min read
The cat with extremely thin bones
A 6 month old kitten presented to me for a 1 month history of lethargy, not wanting to move, falling over, and acting painful. Before...
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carlingmatejka
Oct 22, 20202 min read
ETHEL UPDATE
Well.. the plot thickens. Welcome to the world of veterinary medicine when as soon as you think things are going right, something decides...
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carlingmatejka
Oct 18, 20203 min read
How an ear infection causes neurologic signs
More about Ethel… she’s just such a special dog so I can’t stop bringing her up! I wanted to explain why she was showing signs of facial...
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carlingmatejka
Oct 10, 20202 min read
REFEEDING SYNDROME - why you need to be careful feeding starving animals
When you see an emaciated animal, the first thing you want to do is feed it as much as much as you can. But, this is actually SUPER...
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carlingmatejka
Oct 2, 20203 min read
GASTROPEXY - a life saving preventative surgery
A gastropexy is a preventative procedure to “tack” the stomach in place to prevent it from twisting in the abdomen. If the st omach...
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carlingmatejka
Sep 28, 20202 min read
This little girl...
This little girl was raised by a farming family. A family that was dedicated to feeding the world. A family that never stopped working...
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