Marijuana poisoning in dogs | Dr. Justine Lee, DVM, DACVECC, DABT, Board-Certified Veterinary Specialist
As a board-certified emergency critical care veterinary specialist and toxicologist, I see a lot of marijuana poisoning in dogs. More and more pets are getting into marijuana due to the legalization of medicinal marijuana, resulting in accidental ingestion in dogs. You can hear more at my radio show on Pet Life Radio ER VET. Well, according to the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, the only non-profit Animal Poison Control Center in the world, there was a 765% increase in calls about pet...
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What to do if your cat eats something poisonous | Dr. Justine Lee, DACVECC, DABT, Board-certified Veterinary Specialist
If your cat just ate something poisonous, unfortunately there is nothing you can safely do at home! While we can safely induce vomiting in dogs when they eat something poisonous, there is nothing you can do for cats at home. (For dog owners, check out this “How to induce vomiting in your dog” video here). While cats vomit all the time at home, getting them to vomit up poisons is actually difficult. Keep in mind that there is A LOT of misinformation on Google about how to inducing...
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Veterinary student debt | Dr. Justine Lee, DACVECC, DABT, Board-certified Veterinary Specialist
Who is stressed about veterinary student debt? I was! When I graduated from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine back 20 years ago, I graduated with 6-figure debt. I was grateful to my parents for covering my undergraduate (of which I only attended for 3 years, while also being a Resident Advisor to get free room and board). But the stress from graduate school debt was overwhelming. #ad During veterinary school, I did everything I could to help pay off my unsubsidized student debt...
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5-FU topical chemotherapy poisoning in dogs | Dr. Justine Lee, DACVECC, DABT
My dog chewed my 5-FU. If this happened to you, get to your veterinarian or emergency veterinarian STAT, even if it’s in the middle of the night. That’s because this topical medication is deadly to dogs (and cats) when ingested. Even CNN talking about this after the FDA had multiple reports of dogs DYING from this topical human chemotherapy cream. 5-Fluorouracil (abbreviated 5-FU), commonly known by the brand names Efudex®, Carac®, Adrucil®, and Fluoroplex®, is a chemotherapy...
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Sudden blindness in dogs | Dr. Justine Lee, DACVECC, DABT, Board-certified Veterinary Specialist
My dog can’t see. My dog suddenly went blind. If this happened to you, it’s one of the most devastating, saddest things ever. I occasionally will see in the the veterinary ER, and most pet owners are devastated to hear the words “Your dog is blind.” If your dog all of a sudden went blind or lost his vision, it could be a disease called “Sudden acquired retinal degeneration syndrome” (often abbreviated SARDS). This is an acute problem in the retina (the back...
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