Feline Medicine

From "young animals don't feel pain the same as adults" to "my Lab peters out after a short walk," Dr. Robin Downing sets the record straight.

It doesn't take a massive effortor investmentto look at your hospital from cats' perspective.

Help your veterinary clients teach their fanged friends to tolerateand maybe even likehaving their teeth brushed.

We looked at the evidence in our own practice and took a whole-team (and client-education) approach to making the big change to stop performing declaws.

Association aims to address the behavioral needs of cats and reduce stress-related eating problems in cats.

Puppies and kittens are gifts that keep on giving (and taking your things and ripping them to shreds). Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Julia Albright provides some points for potential pet-gifters to ponder before placing a new companion under the Christmas tree.

It's easy to be convinced of a diagnosis by a single two-dimensional image. Get the whole picture by obtaining additional angles.

Usually found in shelter situations, dermatophytosis can be hard to diagnose before cats are released to their new homes. Is there a better way than fungal culture?

Occasional hairballs and vomit are a part of every cat owners life at one time or another. But maybe your hospital can help cats with proper diet, lifestyle changes and diagnosis and treatment. And you can tell clients about it right now with these social media posts.

Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Lisa Radosta shares tips for dealing with antagonistic tabbies.

Print this PDF to educate your veterinary clients on the dangers of outdoor living for domestic housecats.

Help your clients keep out of a sticky situation when they have a pet that needs injections by advising them of proper disposal technique.

When it comes to diagnosing that crusty veterinary patient with otitis, Dr. Laura Wilson says youre gonna need to put your best cytology slide forward.

Let's get to the heart of the matter: Veterinary teams need the most up-to-date information on diagnostics and communication techniques to protect pets' delicate hearts. This toolkit provides the resources you need. (With an educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim)

Time to switch your scrub cap out for your teaching cap. Heres an in-depth look at how to talk your veterinary clients through at-home administration of subcutaneous fluids.

This modality provides "a great window" into the search for heart disease, says Dr. Bonnie Lefbom.

Help enforce the importance of parasite prevention for new kitten owners with this printable handout.

In multicat homes, keeping a healthy cat from eating a hyperthyroid cats food can be a struggle. Is it hurting the healthy cat to eat this food long term?

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Add some oomph to your heartworm prevention conversations with these tips.

Educating veterinary clients on the ins and outs of congestive heart failure can be tough. Heres help.

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A panel of feline experts fashioned the guidelines to ensure a safer session for cats undergoing surgery.

Fear of human drug abuse has affected our work in veterinary hospitals. Here are some alternatives to opioids you should use whether or not we ever get our preferred pain relief drugs back.

Pets are family, and whether youre walking a veterinary client through their first euthanasia or their fifth, these are the most important things to keep in mind.

Two-year-old Bengal cat named Fridgey is recovering well.Image courtesy of Lauren Bruce.

New owners of kittens need help navigating all those kitten chow choices. Help them with vetted advice from this veterinary nutritionist in this handy client handout.

These bad-boys of the toxicology world are dangerous to pets. Heres how to handle these cases.

The my cat doesnt go outside excuse wont cut it anymore. Heres how to convert those resistant veterinary clients.

According to this reader, not only is this better for the cat, but your veterinary client retention rates become healthy and strong as well.