Puppy Power There are so many cute pups about at the moment that I thought it was time for a behavioural refresher. Inside a Puppy’s Brain It is all grey and squishy with lots going on. Finding focus is not easy. Put simply they repeat behaviour that they get something out of. For example, pups […]
For Our Feline Friends Milton Village Vet’s 100% companion animal focus makes us the ideal first choice for any pet owner looking for a cat friendly vet. As my feline medicine lecturer told us at Sydney Uni, “Cats are not small dogs!”. At Milton Village Vet we have a separate cat ward and immediately separate […]
Skin wounds under tension do not heal well. Luckily, canine and feline skin has amazing elasticity and, unlike humans, lacks firm attachments to bone, muscle and underlying connective tissue. “Oh S—t” Moments Every oncological surgeon has these. My membership training taught me to focus on “first time wide margin excision of cancers” and to preoperatively […]
Mate versus Mate Physical confrontations between familiar dogs can be distressing for owners, particularly if both dogs live in the same house. It is normal to feel sorry for the victim and angry with the aggressor but any owner intervention can unwittingly complicate an already volatile situation. Dogs and Humans Dogs, like people [but unlike […]
Tick, Tick, Tick………BOOM Milton Village Vet has treated multiple tick paralysed patients over Winter. Even more worrying, are the large number of juvenile paralysis ticks owners are finding on their pets. Erroneously called “bush ticks”, most are the larval [6 legged] and nymph [8 legged] stages of the paralysis tick. Bush or Paralysis Tick? These […]
The Mutant Virus that Refuses to Die Despite decades of attempted eradication, veterinarians to this day still struggle with the severe disease caused by parvovirus in dogs and cats. Parvoviruses, unlike most viruses, survive amazingly well in the outside environment and are highly resistant to disinfection. Virus particles in soil can remain “infective” for up […]
The Cat Conundrum Unlike dogs or people our feline friends are not socially obligate. This doesn’t mean that they cannot form significant relationships with other cats, people or dogs, rather that they don’t necessarily need them to survive and that they readily adapt to a solitary lifestyle. Choose the right kitten The main socialisation period […]
When Anxiety Attacks! Most of the owners of the behavioural cases we see want both the problem behaviour to stop happening and their pet to be “happier”. They realise that their pet is rarely relaxed or comfortable and that this is affecting their pets’ behaviour. Anxiety disorders are the most common cause of behavioural problems […]
“Grieving is the act of affirming or reconstructing a personal world of meaning that has been challenged by loss” (Neimeyer 2000) At Milton Village Vet our vets and nurses deal with grief issues on a daily basis. Most of our chosen companion domestic animals have shorter lifespans than us so an average pet owner will […]
Not All Lumps Are Born Equal! Finding a new lump on an older pet can be a worry. Tumours of the skin and subcutaneous regions are the most common tumours affecting dogs and second most common in cats but glandular, cystic and inflammatory lesions can look and feel very similar. So what should you do […]
