http://virtuavet.wordpress.com Online All-Original Pet Health Consultations, Coaching and Philosophy Tue, 21 May 2013 03:01:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/4fbc7964b717ba077c345aff76d40b0b?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://virtuavet.wordpress.com http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/5-ways-to-tell-if-your-pet-has-hidden-fleas/ http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/5-ways-to-tell-if-your-pet-has-hidden-fleas/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 00:03:32 +0000 virtuavet http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/?p=4090 ]]> http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/5-ways-to-tell-if-your-pet-has-hidden-fleas/feed/ 5 virtuavet tabby cat lays on her side and attacks the corner of Doc Truli's exam room bench. Short-haired guinea pig looks at camera winningly. 8 week old maltese puppy passed out on his faut sheepskin dog bed right in the middle of his first exam! http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/dogs-have-spring-allergies-6-year-old-pekingnese-allergy-success-story/ http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/dogs-have-spring-allergies-6-year-old-pekingnese-allergy-success-story/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 16:04:22 +0000 virtuavet http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/?p=4076 ]]> http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/dogs-have-spring-allergies-6-year-old-pekingnese-allergy-success-story/feed/ 8 virtuavet Harry, the Pekingnese dog, has dry dull full and dull, allergy eyes with sticky goo on the eyelid margin each morning. This dog has hot, red, greasy neck skin, bald ear tops, and short head fur because of infections secondary to allergies. This picture shows the inefected neck skin that feels like chicken skin and hangs in greasy folds. After a month of treatment, this dog's eyes are brighter and the neck skin is still bald, but no longer hot and greasy. Harry's body fur is patchy, with big bare spots, and the skin is hot to toucvh and flinches from itchiness. Harry feels so good at 2 months that this picture is out of focus because he plays all the time! After 2 months of treatment, this pekingnese has long, silky fur on his head and neck. After 2 month sof treatment, Harry has long, silky fur on his back! http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/9-year-old-pomeranian-demonstrates-tartar-patterns/ http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/9-year-old-pomeranian-demonstrates-tartar-patterns/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:52:09 +0000 virtuavet http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/?p=4068 ]]> http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/9-year-old-pomeranian-demonstrates-tartar-patterns/feed/ 0 virtuavet 9-year-old cream Pomeranian needs tooth surgery 2 molars, 1 shows tartar on the lip side, one shows shiny enamel in the tongue side http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/ring-tailed-lemur-broken-paw/ http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/ring-tailed-lemur-broken-paw/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:12:00 +0000 virtuavet http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/?p=4052 ]]> http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/ring-tailed-lemur-broken-paw/feed/ 1 virtuavet Beautiful, thick, plush fur covers this energetic lemur. Tricky the lemur sits on Doc Truli's shoulder. This was totally his choice, not Doc's! The "pointer-finger" on Tricky's left paw was bent nearly in half. Tricky, the lemur sleeps peacefully under anesthesia with a medium-sized breathing mask over his face to ensure he stays asleep! The x-ray shows a complete, transverse, 1/4 inch displaced fracture of the lemur phalanges. This toe fracture is unlikely to heal on such an energetic, active animal as a lemur The paw is shaved and prepped with surgrey sterile prep, the fracure has been reduced, so the toe is smooth and aligned. This x-ray shows the toe lined up straight with a metal pin in the medullary cavity to hold it. This x-ray shows the paw top-to-bottm, proving the bone is straight from top to bottom and side-to-side, which is essential for proper healing. 4-weeks post-op, Tricky the finger is only slightly swollen and aligned and firmly joining. Grey and white with black tail stripes, ring tailed lemurs like to sit on people's heads http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/the-cure-for-kitten-colds/ http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/the-cure-for-kitten-colds/#comments Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:18:40 +0000 virtuavet http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/?p=4041 ]]> http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/the-cure-for-kitten-colds/feed/ 2 virtuavet Healthy Cat Lethargic Kitten Tabby Cat Eye Problem Cat Dehydration SQ Fluids in a Cat Cat with a Good Appetite Baby Doll Face Ragdoll http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/himalayan-kittens-first-check-up/ http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/himalayan-kittens-first-check-up/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:24:22 +0000 virtuavet http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/?p=4035 ]]> http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/himalayan-kittens-first-check-up/feed/ 4 virtuavet seal point, flame point, and torti point himalayans kittens wait for their 8 week check-up Two himalayan kittens with smushy faces tiny himi kitten with a paw seemingly half the size of his head! http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/how-to-fix-a-cats-painful-mouth/ http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/how-to-fix-a-cats-painful-mouth/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:01:23 +0000 virtuavet http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/?p=4020 ]]> http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/how-to-fix-a-cats-painful-mouth/feed/ 2 virtuavet Ginger Cat sleeps under anesthesia tartar, gingivitis, red, sore, painful gums in a 16-year-old cat Cat molars with yellow, hard, rough tartar covering the tips of the teeth Lower back molars in 16-year-old ginger cat have holes in them and red, sore gums close up of the upper fourth premolar in a 16-year-old cat with painful gingivitis and painful teeth causing tooth grinding X-ray of a cat's upper front teeth showing broken off roots below the gumlines. x-ray shows a black void in the back root of the 2-root lower molar. Another rotten tooth x-ray. The gums are bumpy, fragile and bleed easily when touched because of advanced plasmacytic stomatitis http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/sugar-glider-catches-toenails-on-pouch/ http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/sugar-glider-catches-toenails-on-pouch/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:05:48 +0000 virtuavet http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/?p=4009 ]]> http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/sugar-glider-catches-toenails-on-pouch/feed/ 0 virtuavet Glider turns her head to regard Doc Trui with one eye. Close-up of her big brown nocturnal-seeing eyes. Just a face and a bushy tail poke out of the protective fuzzy blanket. Typical sugar glider turns her back to me in disgust because she does not know me or trust me. This glider is missing 3 of her 4 left front toenails. They got stuck in her blankets and pulled out of her foot! Shy sugar glider suspiciously sniffs and orange slice http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/5-year-old-golden-retriever-mix-needs-leg-amputation/ http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/5-year-old-golden-retriever-mix-needs-leg-amputation/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:01:47 +0000 virtuavet http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/?p=3985 ]]> http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/5-year-old-golden-retriever-mix-needs-leg-amputation/feed/ 0 virtuavet 5-year-old Golden Retriever mixed breed dog looks sweet and kind Chronic, open non-healing ulcerated sore on a dog's paralyzed paw Post-op picture of the right shoulder area where the leg used to be attached. A nine inch incision with 45 stitches is all that remains. The scapula (or shoulderblade) was left intact in order to help protect the ribcage int he future. A large, encircling bandage wraps the whole torso to cover the amputation incision. This reduces swelling and discomfort post-op. Beautiful, calm Golden mix wakes after anesthesia for major surgery. An admittedly fuzzy picture of Kayleigh 3 days after surgery. She was moving so fast, the picture is not in focus! Kayleigh gets on the electric lift scale table for a weight check 3 days after surgery. 2 weeks after surgery, the incision is clean and dry with a crusty linear scab. The scapula was left in place, and the support muscles atrophy from disuse over time, so the bone sticks out a little under the skin. Close up of the surgery site and her pretty face 3-legged Retriever mix waits at the veterinary hospital door to jump in the truck and go home! http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/feline-oronasopharyngeal-polyp/ http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/feline-oronasopharyngeal-polyp/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:24:12 +0000 virtuavet http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/?p=3971 ]]> http://virtuavet.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/feline-oronasopharyngeal-polyp/feed/ 8 virtuavet short-haired tabhy at asleep on Doc Truli's surgery table 2-year-old tabby cat has ear surgery to remove polyp blocking the ear canal This side view of a cat skull x-ray looks normal This x-ray shows thickening of the bone surrounding the inner ear of a cat 1 cm (1/2 inch) squishy pink tube of polypoid inner ear mucusal lining removed from a cat's ear canal