We’ve recently written about Reiki for dogs and hydrotherapy for dogs as excellent alternative treatments for dog joint pain. Now comes a story about a New York veterinarian offering acupuncture for dogs. Michelle Bousquet said acupuncture helped relieve her own sciatic pain and now she’s using it in her veterinarian practice to help animals with […]
The Asian Water Monitor (varanus salvator) is a challenge to keep as pet even for herpers used to handling lizards. Herpers are people involved with reptiles and amphibians. It comes from the word herpetology which is the study of reptiles and amphibians. This lizard’s native habitat is southern Asia from India east to the […]
Dogs have tonsils just as we humans do, two, one on each side at the back of the throat. Tonsils are part of the body’s lymph system and are a catch-all for infection. Tonsils serve to protect the body against bacteria and viruses and can become inflamed and/or infected causing tonsillitis. When this happens, tonsils […]
