What affects us affects cats
UK Veterinary Care Costs Rising: Over Half of Pet Owners Skipping Vet Visits, Raising Alarms. In a concerning trend that highlights growing barriers to pet healthcare, more than 50% of UK pet owners have reportedly skipped essential veterinary visits over the past year due to rising costs. This statistic, emerging from recent industry surveys …
Introduction: Personally, this disparity between dog and cat attendances at veterinary clinics has been obvious for a long time. In my personal view the reason why dogs are booked into vet clinics more often than cats is because there is a closer bond between dog and person – IN GENERAL – than there is …
An anonymous UK vet recently claimed that they have to earn more per pet patient. It was reported on the BBC evening news. It caught my eye but is in alignment with many earlier reports on the vet business in the UK which has allegedly tended to become greedier thanks to corporate buyouts of …
This is an idea that makes some sense but which is rarely if ever discussed online. Cats have good memories and it is argued that they can link bad experiences to one or other of the human genders. Perhaps the word ‘hate’ is too strong. Perhaps some cats might become ‘wary’ of women where …
The purpose of this infographic is to ensure that all cat caregivers are fully au fait with the importance of claws to the domestic cat. Sometimes I think millions of cat owners (hardly caregivers) in the United States forget these nine aspects of feline behavior which are integral to their existence when they declaw …
My title to this article stems from a story in The Telegraph newspaper of yesterday which reports on a male veterinarian who ended his life because, in part, he was so distressed about a minority of relatively wealthy owners requesting that he euthanize their companion animals rather than treat them because the treatment would …
A study from Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences found that during a full moon there is a slight increase in veterinary visits for cats and dogs which on the face might be considered a little puzzling but I have provided some suggestions. These were emergency veterinary visits and the …
This is about the euthanasia of companion animals versus assisted dying of people and that all important slippery slope. There’s an interesting article online today (The Telegraph) about an excellent veterinarian who loved his work (and still does to a certain extent) who it appears to me became somewhat disillusioned because he was asked …
