Urinary Incontinence Urinary incontinence is the uncontrollable leaking of urine. It is involuntary and usually occurs while the dog is resting or sleeping. There is muscular tissue at the base of the bladder like a valve which the dog controls. Hormones strengthen the muscular tissue. While urinary incontinence can occur in both male and female […]
Resiniferatoxin is made from the sap of a Moroccan cactus-like plant. It is a plant that contains the chemical that makes chile peppers hot. Researchers have tested resiniferatoxin (RTX) on dogs suffering with the severe pain of osteosarcoma. The chemical destroyed the pain-sensing nerves that control a type of heat-related inflammatory pain although it has […]
Science Daily reports that a recent study shows that even healthy cats exhibit symptoms of illness when their routine is changed. The study drastically changed the routines of both healthy cats and cats with feline interstitial cystitis, a chronic illness, and found that all the cats exhibited the same symptoms of sickness behaviors, and just […]
