Top 10 Reasons to Adopt an Adult Cat
Top 10 Reasons to Adopt an Adult Cat 1. The cat you adopt has no surprises. Adult cats are fully mature and have become the cat that they will be, in both size and personality. The tiny kitten you adopt one day could turn into a small mountain lion. Also, the extremely playful, rambunctious kitten could turn in to be the biggest couch potato. With adult cats you know how active they are and their likes and dislikes on the day of adoption, not a year later. 2. Kittens are naughty! Most people know it comes with the...
Read MoreWhy Heat Can Be Deadly
The hot summer heat means sandy beaches, golden tans, and worst of all, heat stroke. Heat stroke occurs when your pet’s overall body temperature becomes hotter than normal. Many respiratory, cardiac and organ functions rely on a normal body temperature to function properly. Because of this, heat stroke is deadly. Symptoms of heat stroke include vigorous panting, dark red gums, dry mucus membranes (such as eyes), unwilling or unable to get up and dizziness. Once you notice these symptoms in your pet, they...
Read MoreWhy Heartworm Pills are SO Important
When you bring your dog in for his annual check-up, do you ever wonder why we insist on heartworm testing and then sending you home with heartworm pills? As the name implies, heartworms are parasitic worms that live and grow in the heart and lungs of your dog. Heartworms are passed in the larvae stage to your dog through the bite of a mosquito. Think about how many times you are bitten by a mosquitoes on a single summer night, your dog gets bitten just as much. Each of those bites have the possibility of infecting...
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