Pet Heaven Trial to be Continued … in October!
Another article dealing with this supposed trial can be found here.
This all seems to be stemming from a few grieving pet keepers; and, in my humble opinion, a veterinarian that brought this upon himself.
Pet Heaven
Link to Pet Heaven related newspaper article and commentary.
TeeTu – Rest in Peace
TeeTu, or as he had recently become known as, our Chi-Rat, left us last night. He was an ornery little cuss, and we loved him dearly for that. He was our oldest boy, but that did not slow him down. Nothing did, at least until last night.
After work, Mrs.R and I came home to TeeTu in [...]
To The Vet, Or Not To The Vet?
That is NOT the question!
Good intentions are one thing, poor judgement is something altogether different.
It is quite a common thing to find on forums, especially pet related forums, backyard vets and other wannabe medical professionals hiding behind the screens of the Internet. Now that is an extreme point of view and fortunately it also seems to be [...]
Pain Medication Guide for Pet Rats et al.
Recommendations for Analgesia in Rats and Mice
Oral:
Drug name*
Species
Dose
Frequency
Controlled substance?
Aspirin
Rodents
100-400 mg/kg
1-2X per day
No
Meloxicam
Rats
1.0 mg/kg
Daily
No
Buphrenorphine
Rodents
0.01-0.02 mg/ml drinking water
Daily
Yes
Buphrenorphine
Rodents
0.5 mg/kg in jello
Daily
Yes
Carprofen
Rodents
5-10 mg/kg in water or jello
Daily or once post-operatively
No
Ibuprofen
Mice
30 mg/kg—4.7 ml Children’s Motrin in 500 ml water
Daily
No
Ibuprofen
Rats
15 mg/kg—2.35 ml Children’s Motrin in 500 ml water
Daily
No
Ketoprofen
Rodents
5 mg/kg
Daily
No
*Because of its potential for abuse, use of Buphrenorphine in water would [...]
Good Bye Sweet Pea!
Our little girl passed today. It’s been a long few weeks as we helped her valiantly fight a very difficult and aggressive bacterial infection. Our vet did all he could, we did all we could … Sweet Pea did all she could to fight and stay with us.
She spent most of the day in my [...]
A Fortunate Find
The best doctor in the world is the veterinarian. He can’t ask his patients what is the matter-he’s got to just know.
~~ Will Rogers (1879 – 1935)
I believe Will Rogers would have had Dr. Alaa Aziz of Aquitaine Animal Hospital in mind if he was able to say this today.
We discovered Dr. Aziz quite by [...]
