Animal health advice and resources

Petfacts - health tips

• 10 Facts About Birds
• 10 Facts - Cancer
• 10 Facts About Gerbils
• Acanthosis Nigrans
• Signs of Advancing Renal Failure
• Reactions to Medicines
• Aflatoxin in Peanuts
• Aggression in Dogs - Object Guarding
• Aggression and Euthanasia
• The problem of Aggression in Dogs
• Late Onset Aggression in Dogs
• What is an Allergy ?
• Hair loss (Alopecia) - Cats
• Hair Loss in Rabbits
• Alternative Therapies
• Amino Acids
• Amphibian Environment
• Anaemia
• Causes of Anaemia
• Anaesthetic Deaths
• Anal Sacs
• Animal Bites
• Anorexia
• Rabbits That Stop Eating
• Anthrax
• Antibiotics
• Anti-Emetics
• Antifreeze Poisoning
• Antihistamines
• Antioxidants
• Arthritis
• Gene Therapy and Arthritis
• Arthroscopy
• Ascites or Dropsy
• Aspergillosis
• Aspirin
• Feeding Athletic Animals
• Atopy
• Atrial Fibrillation in Dogs
• Autoimmune Diseases
• Avian Flu H5N1 Virus
• Barking and Howling Dogs
• Vision in Dogs
• Behavioural Problems in Cage Birds
• Egg-binding in Birds
• Feeding Captive Birds
• Handling Birds
• Vomiting in Birds
• Water and Birds
• Feeding Wild Birds
• Zinc Poisoning in Birds
• Bladder Tumours
• Bleeding - mouth
• Blindness in Pets
• Blinking
• Bloat
• Avoiding Bloat in Dogs
• Blocked Noses
• Pre-anaesthetic blood screens
• Blood Pressure
• Blue Eye
• Body Heat
• Booster Vaccines
• Breast Cancer in Dogs
• Dog Breeds and Incontinence
• Brushing Pets Teeth
• Bucking Horses and Ponies
• Budgie Beak Overgrowth Deformity
• Feeding Budgerigars
• Burns
• Caffeine Poisoning
• Calories in Old Dogs
• Cancer
• Anti-Cancer Diet
• Cancer and Dog Breeds
• Canine Distemper
• Cannibalism in Dogs
• Worms in the Urinary Tract
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Carnitine
• Castration
• Casts and Splints
• Cat Vaccines
• Cat Booster Vaccinations
• Cat Flu
• Catnip
• Cats Rubbing Against People
• Colour Vision in Cats
• Cats Scratching Furniture
• Cats Fighting Dogs
• Cats and Rodents
• Cattle Vaccines
• Cat Vaccines
• Changing Foods
• Charcoal
• Chasing Cars
• Destructive Behaviour - Chewing
• Destructive Chewing - Puppies
• Cheyletiella
• Chicory in Pet Food
• Children and Pets
• 10 Chinchilla Facts
• Chipmunk - Feeding
• Chocolate Poisoning
• Choking
• Chylothorax
• Clams as Pets
• Diseases of the Claws
• Cleft Palate and Supplements
• Clipping nails
• Cod Liver Oil Supplementation
• Cod Liver Oil Supplementation
• Colic
• Colitis
• Feinting or Collapse
• Colostrum
• Difficulty Defaecating
• Contact Dermatitis
• Contagious Diseases
• Copper in Foods
• Eating Faeces (Coprophagia)
• Corneal Scratches
• Corneal Ulcers
• Coughing
• The Cruciate Ligaments
• Cryptorchidism
• Night Blindness in Briards
• Cushings Disease
• Cystic Ovaries
• Daffodil Poisoning
• Dandruff, Dander, Scurfg or Scale
• Dangerous Wild Animals Act
• Dilated Cardiomyopathy DCM in the
• Deafness
• Deafness in Old Pets
• Dental Disease
• Destructive Behaviour
• Splint Bones and Dew Claws
• Diabetes mellitus
• Treatment of Diabetes
• Diarrhoea
• Dietary Fibre
• Digging
• Dislocations
• DNA and Dog Evolution
• Dog Breeding Act
• Dog Chews
• Human Health Risk From Dog Chews
• Dog Health
• Dog Breeds and Cancer
• Dog Vaccines
• Drips
• Buying Drugs From Pet Shops Or Chemists
• Excessive Ear Hairs
• Cats Scratching Ears
• Electrocardiography
• Eclampsia
• Ectropion
• What is Eczema ?
• Elbow dysplasia
• Elbow Dysplasia Scheme
• Energy and Food
• What is Enteritis ?
• Entropion
• Epidural Analgesia
• Nose Bleeds (Epistaxis)
• Swelling of the legs in Horses &
• Equine Herpesvirus
• Equine Influenza
• Equine Rhinovirus
• Equine Vaccines
• Disease Risks in Europe
• Exercise and Pets
• Facial Paralysis
• Neonatal Puppy Death - Fading Puppy
• Faecal Smell and Diet
• False Pregnancy
• Fats
• Feather Plucking in Captive Birds
• Feeding Insects
• Feedback on Veterinary Fees and Services
• Feline Lungworm
• Feline Panleucopenia
• Fin Rot
• Feline INfectious Peritonitis (FIP)
• Fireworks
• Fish Swimming Up-side Down
• Fish in Winter
• Fits (Seizures) in Pets
• Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)
• Feline FIV ("AIDS") Update
• Flank and Tailbase Biting and Sucking
• Flea Control
• Fleas
• Fledglings
• Fly Attack
• Additives in Pet Foods
• Pets and Foot and Mouth Disease
• Foot and Mouth Disease
• Fractured Ribs
• Frostbite
• Feline Spongiform Encephalopathy
• Feline Spongiform Encephalopathy
• Fungal Infections
• Furunculosis and Cyclosporin
• Garlic
• Gastritis
• Genetic Disease Control in Dogs
• Genetic Screening
• Breeding Gerbils
• Seizures in Gerbils
• Pregnancy Duration
• Gingivitis in Cats
• Giving Insulin to Pets
• Glaucoma
• Goat Physiology
• Eating Grass
• Grazed Footpads
• Excessive Grooming in Cats
• Haematoma
• Haematuriapf
• Haemoglobin
• Hair
• Hairball Diets
• Hairballs
• Hair Clipping During Anaesthesia
• Hair Loss in Old Dogs
• Excessive Hair Shedding
• Bad Breath (Halitosis)
• Hamsters - Dead or Alive !
• Harvest Mites
• Head Pressing
• Head Tilt
• Heart Failure
• Heart Rate
• Hibernation
• Hip Dysplasia
• The Hock
• Holidays in Europe
• Holly Poisoning
• Home-made Rations
• Hookworm
• Horner's Syndrome
• Horner's Syndrome
• Horse Bots
• Travelling Horses
• Myositis in Horses
• Water Requirements of Horses and Ponies
• Worming Horses & Ponies
• "Hot Spots"
• House Dust
• Loss of Housetraining in Cats
• Giving Human Drugs to Pets
• Hydrotherapy
• Heat Stroke (Hyperthermia)
• Thyroid Deficiency
• Food Intake in Ill Animals
• Infertility
• Inguinal Hernia
• Insects - Drowning
• Insect stings, bees, hornets, wasps, ants
• Insulin
• Interdigital Cysts
• Iodine
• Intervertebral Disc Protrusion
• Scleral Jaundice
• Kennel Club Health Foundation Fund
• Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, Dry Eye or
• Kennel Cough
• Kidney Failure
• Laminitis
• Laryngeal Paralysis
• Lead Poisoning
• Legislation and Animal Owners
• Leishmaniasis Outbreak
• Lick Granulomas
• Licking Wounds
• Lifting Puppies and Kittens
• Linguatula Serrata - Tongue Worm
• Lipoma
• Liver Disease
• Lung Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Lungworms in Cats
• Lymphosarcoma
• Malignancy
• Determining the Best Time For Mating in
• All Meat Rations - Dangerous to Pets
• Cost of Medicines
• Melanin
• Malignant Melanoma Vaccines
• Metaldehyde Poisoning
• MIcrochipping Pets
• 10 Facts about Giant African Black
• Morning After Treatments
• Mites and Ticks on Reptiles
• Acute Moist Dermatitis (Hot spots)
• MRSA in Pets
• Muscle Wastage
• Myxomatosis
• Nausea
• Neoplasia
• Atrophy
• Neutering and Obesity
• Stray Dogs and Neutering
• New Tank Syndrome
• Pets on News Years Night
• Breed Differences in Nutrition
• Obesity in Pets - 10 Reasons to Avoid It
• Toys in Obesity
• The Oesturs Cycle in Bitches
• Old Animals
• Diets for Old Dogs
• Omega 3 fish oils
• Organ Transplantation in Pets
• Osteochondrosis (OCD)
• Otitis
• Overeating (Overnutrition or Polyphagia)
• Pain
• Removing Paints from Pet Haircoats
• Low White Blood Cell Counts in Cats
• Paralysis
• Parrot Fever
• Canine Parvovirus
• Patella Dislocation
• Pet Insurance
• Pet Food and Health
• Choosing a Pet Food
• Dangerous Pet Foods
• Pet Food Sales
• Pet Insurance
• Pet Populations
• Petrol Poisoning
• Pet Smile Month
• Pet Travel
• Pheromones
• Pica in Reptiles
• Pig Vaccines
• Platelets
• Pododermatitis
• Polycystic Kidney Disease in Persian Cats
• Polydactyly
• Increased Thirst (Polydipsia)
• Increased Appetite - Polyphagia
• Increased Food Intake (Polyphagia)
• Polyuria
• Dogs Can Predict Epileptic Seizures
• Predicting Epileptic Fits
• Pregnancy Diagnosis
• Problems during Pregnancy
• Pressure Sores
• Preventing Disease in Kennels and
• Primates as Pets
• Prostate Cancer
• Prostate Disease
• Protein
• Protein and Canine Aggression
• Pruritus
• Pruritus
• Pulmonary Oedema
• Pupil Size and Shape
• Pyometra
• Pyrethrin Poisoning
• Ear Mites in Rabbits
• Feeding Rabbits
• Mastitis in Rabbits
• Viral Haemorrhagic Disease (VHD) of
• Rancidity
• Fish as Cat Food
• Raw Foods
• Raw Foods
• 10 Signs of Reproductive Disease
• Analgesia in Reptiles
• Feeding Reptiles
• Feeding Reptiles
• Reptiles and Chelonia - Hypothyroidism
• Reptiles and Salmonella
• Anorexia in Snakes
• Reptiles - Environmental Temperatures
• Resorption
• Recognising Respiratory Distress
• Respiratory Rate
• Retinal Dysplasia
• 70% of Pets Are Not Protected by Vaccines
• Rickets
• Ringworm
• Road Traffic Accidents
• Rodenticides and Pets
• Runts
• Salmonellosis
• Treating Equine Sarcoids
• Sarcoptic Mange
• Screening Programmes
• Separation Anxiety
• Sheep Vaccines
• Drug Side-effect Register for Animal
• Drug Side-effects
• Simian Herpes Virus B
• Skewbald & Piebald
• Changes in Skin Colour
• Healthy Skin
• The Sense of Smell
• Smelly Dogs
• Smoke Inhalation
• Snoring
• Snuffles in Rabbits
• Social Behaviour in Dogs
• Neutering Bitches - Advantages
• Neutering Bitches - Disadvantages
• Spaying and Pyometra
• Treating Broken Backs
• The Spleen
• Spleen
• Spots on Fish
• Sprains
• Corticosteroids
• Stick Throwing
• Straining
• Strains
• Strangles
• Stray Animals
• Cats - Lower Urinary Tract Disease
• Stud Tail in Cats
• Sudden Blindness
• Sudden Death in Small Mammals
• Sunlight and Pets
• Swimming
• Tail Biting in Gerbils
• Tail Chasing
• Tails
• Tail Tip Trauma
• Tanks and Pets
• Tapeworms
• Teeth in Different Species
• Tetanus
• The Animals Act
• AAnimals Act
• The Farriers Act
• The Zoo Licensing Act
• Thyroid Diseases
• Ticks on Pets
• Toad Poisoning
• Toe Pain
• Tonsils
• Feeding Tortoises and Turtles
• Toxoplasmosis - Risk from Cats
• Training 1 year old dogs
• Transplantation
• Travel Sickness
• Trembling
• Distortion of the Nose
• Poor Ability to Exercise
• Pink or Red Urine
• Split Nails
• Weight Loss
• Yellow Eyes
• Tuberculosis
• Tyrosine Deficiency and Coat Colour
• Ultrasonic Cat Deterrents
• Umbilical Hernia
• Abnormal Urinating Behaviour in Cats
• Urination in Old Animals
• Behaviour - Submissive or
• Collecting Urine
• Urinary Incontinence
• Urine Leakage in Older Dogs
• Bladder Stones
• Vaccinations
• Post-vaccination Arthritis
• Vaccine - Risks
• Pets and Vegetarianism
• Vesicles
• Veterinary Dispensing
• Equine Viral Arteritis
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin D
• Vitamin E
• Vitiligo
• Vomiting
• Bloody Vulval Discharge
• Warts
• Wasting Disease in Kittens
• Water
• Harmful Water
• Weight Loss
• You Are What You Eat - A Myth
• Where to buy a Rabbit?
• Where to buy a reptile?
• White Cats and Ear Cancer
• White Cats Are Not Albinos
• White Faeces
• White Spirit
• Keeping Pets Outside in the Winter
• Playing with Wires
• Worming to Minimise Human Health Risks
• Wounds
• Surgical Wounds
• Boxing Day Exercise
• Merry Xmas - Leftovers !
• The Dangers of Xmas Pud
• XRay Dangers
• Your Legal Responsibilities as an Animal
• Zoonoses