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Ticks: What You Need to Know
While most pet owners know all about fleas, many are not educated on the other main external parasite posing a risk to our pets in the warmer months: TICKS! Like fleas, ticks feed on the blood of their host animal and they like a variety of hosts (dogs, cats, rodents, rabbits, cattle, small mammals).
Fleas: What You Need to Know
There are over 1900 species of fleas. The species that we are most concerned about with our pets, found in 99% of cases, is called Ctenocephalides felis. This flea is not specific to cats, as the “felis” name may suggest, but will also affect dogs, rabbits, and multiple other species.
9 Common Myths of Animal Health
#1: Female cats and dogs should go through one heat cycle or have one litter of puppies before being spayed. There is no evidence showing any health benefits from allowing cats and dogs to experience a heat or a litter before being spayed. This common belief is helping add to the overpopulation issue shelters and […]
Beginner’s Guide to Pet Rabbit Care
Rabbits are becoming more popular as house pets. However, many adopt new pet rabbits without first researching the proper way to take care of them, and because of that they end up with various health issues that could have been prevented. Here are all of the things you need to know if you want to […]
