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Can a vet determine cat breed?

PoC avatarPosted on March 15, 2020 by Michael BroadMarch 15, 2020

You might think that the answer to the question depends on where you live but although the response will vary the outcome will probably be the same. If you walked into a vet clinic in the UK and asked the … Continue reading →

Posted in Veterinarians | Tagged DNA, dna testing, purebred cats, USA veterinarians, veterinarian

Example of heartless pet owner at vet’s clinic and kind assistant’s response

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Intro: This is a comment from a visitor to PoC on the page about the relatively high suicide rate of people working in animal rescue. It is poignant and worthy of being re-published as an article. I worked for a … Continue reading →

Posted in human stress | Tagged vet tech, veterinarian, veterinary nurse | Leave a reply

5 ways people cut bits off cats to ‘improve’ them

PoC avatarPosted on January 24, 2020 by Michael BroadJanuary 24, 2020

When a lot of people feel that they have to cut bits off a cat to modify them it is one sign of the failure of cat domestication. It is a lack of acceptance. In two of the five cases … Continue reading →

Posted in surgery | Tagged cat anatomy, surgery, veterinarian | 2 Replies

Pictures of rescue cats who have lost their ear flaps to infection and haematomas

PoC avatarPosted on January 22, 2020 by Michael BroadJanuary 22, 2020

There are two nicely optimistic pictures of cats without their ear flaps on the internet both of which come from Facebook rescue organisations. They both lost their ear flaps (pinnae) because of infections and haematomas. I wondered how it had … Continue reading →

Posted in ear mites | Tagged cat ear infection, cat rescue, community cat, ear mites, humane society, surgery, veterinarian | Leave a reply

Vet injects cat with euthanasia drug instead of rabies vaccine

PoC avatarPosted on January 19, 2020 by Michael BroadJanuary 19, 2020

Spring, Texas, USA (Houston area): ABC13 reports a terrible animal hospital accident which is heartbreaking for the cat’s guardian and difficult to read for a cat lover. Michelle Olson and her husband had picked up their cat Sophie from the … Continue reading →

Posted in negligence | Tagged animal hospital, Cat News, euthanasia, Texas, USA veterinarians, vaccines, veterinarian | Leave a reply

What happens when your cat is put to sleep?

PoC avatarPosted on December 25, 2019 by Michael BroadDecember 25, 2019

It depends on you, the cat owner, as to what happens when your cat is put to sleep. You decide when your cat is put to sleep. And you decide what happens after that. You select the veterinarian. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in euthanized | Tagged cat euthanasia, cremation, euthanasia, euthanasia cats, individual animal cremations, veterinarian | Leave a reply

Pictures of Maximus the broken and dying stray cat will break your heart

PoC avatarPosted on December 7, 2019 by Michael BroadJanuary 26, 2020

I literally cried when I saw his little face. What a fighter. Someone needs to give him a home for Christmas. – Lisa Franks, a commenter The pictures of this poor, dear, stray cat have made people weep. But they … Continue reading →

Posted in rescue cat | Tagged cat rescue, FIV, stray cat, veterinarian | 3 Replies

Spaying cats is good for them but low estrogen in humans is bad for us

PoC avatarPosted on October 19, 2019 by Michael BroadOctober 19, 2019

All the reports state that spaying female cats is a good thing for cats and humans. They say the operation does not change her basic personality. It makes her less irritable at certain times of the year. There’s less chance … Continue reading →

Posted in spaying | Tagged cat spaying, female cat, spaying and neutering, spaying cats, veterinarian | 1 Reply

Different ways for vets to learn how to deal with angry cats

PoC avatarPosted on October 2, 2019 by Michael BroadOctober 2, 2019

Here are two videos showing how vets and veterinary staff deal with angry cats in their care. The interesting aspect of these instructional videos is that the first is using a real patient and the second uses role play (and … Continue reading →

Posted in Video | Tagged aggressive cat, cat video, veterinarian | 2 Replies

Horrible: video of young cat submitting to a lime sulfur dip for ringworm

PoC avatarPosted on September 19, 2019 by Michael BroadSeptember 19, 2019

When you look at it, it is a rather distressing video. I don’t like to see it but it has to be done because the young cat that you see in the video is one of 85 cats who have … Continue reading →

Posted in ringworm | Tagged cat ringworm, fungal infection, veterinarian | Leave a reply

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