Some cats will eat anything, others, like Delilah, are picky and have to be tempted. The first thing is to check the reason for their apparent lack of appetite – are their teeth alright? A trip to the vets for a dental check up is needed. Most cats over middle age need teeth […]
There are many different ways to keep these gentle, versatile and friendly animals. It all depends on whether you want a milking goat, a pet goat, a kid to rear or maybe you would like to give a ‘golden oldie’ goat a good home. Goats are not as tough as you would think so […]
It’s not difficult to tell the sex of the puppies shown above. The girl, on the right, has a smaller and more feminine face. The boy dog, on the left, already looks a chunky lad. If you have no preconceived ideas on whether to have a male or female dog it’s as well […]
Vaccinations are essential and life saving injections, they have transformed the health of our pets and put an end to the misery and fatalities caused by distemper (and other diseases) in dogs and feline flu and feline enteritis in cats. There are some dogs however, and thankfully only a few, who are allergic to […]
We sometimes take dogs for granted and forget what complex creatures they are. In many ways they are better developed than humans and well adapted to the natural world in which they used to live. Understanding dogs is the key to living in harmony with them and caring for them in the best possible […]
It’s kitten time again, most cats give birth in the spring, although the maternity wing does seem to be filling up later this year. The weather has a lot to do with kitten births and the hard winter meant that pregnancies have been later. We have several litters of varying ages and all […]
Most dogs don’t eat snails and slugs – but then there are some dogs who eat anything. The problem is that the slugs you find in your garden carry the lungworm larvae, if your dog ingests them, and this can happen accidentally when they pick up toys, there is a real danger that […]
The ponies had a visit from the farrier a few weeks ago, now it’s the turn of the dentist. Their teeth can grow sharp spikes if they are not worn down by munching on coarse food. A domesticated diet doesn’t always prevent this and if their molars do become ragged, it is very […]
Such an appealing face! Nolene begs very prettily when she thinks that biscuits are around but if we were to give her chocolate cookies we would be poisoning her instead of treating her. Chocolate is a poison to pets – It can be fatal to dogs–but did you know that different chocolate products carry different […]
We have had a lot of dogs come in as strays over the Christmas and New Year period and most of them haven’t been claimed. When they are untrained or in bad condition, it usually the reason they have been abandoned. It’s not generally that people don’t like dogs, just that they can’t […]