Banfield and AHA Team Up for Pet Emergency Preparedness!
Download this great simple poster published by Banfield Pet Hospital and the AHA on pet emergency preparedness! Good to laminate and post with your pet first aid kit! Banfield AHA emergency PDF My top 5 things to put in an emergency pet first aid kit? A fresh, unexpired bottle of 3% hydrogen peroxide. This isn’t for cleaning wounds necessarily, but rather for inducing vomiting if your dog gets into something poisonous! Accidental poisonings in our pets occur thousands of times a day across...
Read MoreReview of Cycle Dog Trail Buddy Bowl | Dr. Justine Lee Product Reviews
I recently purchased the Cycle Dog Trail Buddy Collapsible Dog Travel Bowl from Earth Friendly Pet Company. I wanted to check out products that were ecofriendly, BPA and lead free, and compact. This bowl is perfect for camping and backcountry trips – it’s super light, water proof, easy to clean, leakproof, and folds flat/compact. It’s made from reclaimed inner tubes, and is food grade lined and free of BPA, phthalates, PVC, and lead. It’s also made in the USA, which is...
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My Dog Just Ate An Asthma Inhaler. Is It Poisonous? | Dr. Justine Lee
Asthma, which can be seen in humans, horses, and cats, can be life threatening without treatment. In cats, clinical signs of asthma include: coughing (which sounds like “hacking up a hairball” in cats) shortness of breath open-mouth breathing exercise intolerance difficulty breathing blue gums acute death In veterinary medicine, an acute asthmatic attack requires a visit to the emergency veterinarian for oxygen therapy and medications to alleviate the bronchoconstriction (e.g.,...
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EPA and Reckitt Benckiser Inc. Reach Agreement to Cancel Certain Rodenticide Products
Wowza! Reckitt Benckiser, makers of d-CON, just lost their lawsuit against the EPA (or what they called “settles”). The EPA issued a mandate back in July 2011 to remove anticoagulant rodenticides (ACR) off the market, and several large mouse and rat poison companies have fought this. So what does this late breaking news mean? It means that Reckitt Benckiser has to remove d-CON off the shelves. While this is good for wildlife (who are often poisoned accidentally by these mouse...
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Pet Rescue Rx | Dr. Justine Lee
I recently had the opportunity to interview Dr. Glenn Buckley, the veterinary founder of a new online pet pharmacy called Pet Rescue Rx. I was intrigued about what he was doing, as there’s so much controversy in the veterinarian-versus-Walmart pharmacy sales right now. When I saw that a veterinarian started an online pet pharmacy, I wanted to further investigate! NOTE: In full disclosure, most veterinarians don’t support Walmart or online pet pharmacies; they often see serious...
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