Xylitol is a sugar-alcohol, known as a polyol, which is used as an alternative sweetener. Even though it is a natural substance extracted from hardwoods, it is posing a greater risk for our pets. This sweetener is found in more products than you would imagine and ingesting small amounts can cause hypoglycemic shock and liver failure, leading to death in your furry family member. In people, xylitol is slowly absorbed. However in pets, it is … Read More
Why We Recommend Dental Diets Today we had a 7 year old miniature schnauzer in for a dental cleaning and examination. He has been eating Hills TD diet and doing great on it. Upon examination we could clearly see how the TD diet had been benefiting him. Here is a picture before we had done any cleaning. What this picture shows us is that his chewing teeth (the biggest teeth in the back half of … Read More
We recently have had several cases of pyometra present to our clinic. Most recently, an 8 year old unspayed black lab cross. She came in and had not been eating well for 6 days, and vomited any time she tried to eat. She had a foul discharge at her vulva area, and was quite lethargic. Upon radiographs, this is what we found: She was immediately placed on intravenous fluids, and intravenous antibiotics. We performed an … Read More
A 5 year old male neutered pomeranian presented with a history of several days of not eating, drinking water then vomiting bile, and diarrhea. He was depressed, lethargic and had a very distended, painful abdomen. An x-ray was taken… The grey haze in the abdomen indicates that it is filled with fluid. An abdominocentesis was performed ( fluid taken from the abdomen)…. The yellow fluid indicated bile, and the diagnosis was a ruptured gall bladder. Unfortunately, bile in the … Read More
A year and 2 month old border collie presented with vomiting The history was that she began vomiting 2 nights previously, not wanting to eat and seemed uncomfortable. The owner also noticed greater than normal stomach sounds, with no bowel movements. There was a history of the dog eating pistachio shells. We proceeded with a physical exam and xrays, including a barium series. The red circle shows the abnormal barium movement through the intestines. What could it be? … Read More
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