Hairballs, like everything else in medicine, actually have a fancy name: trichobezoars. Tricho means “hair,” and bezoar means, “a clumping of material held together in the gastrointestinal tract.” In other words, [...]
Dog/cat nail trims are important. We know trimmed nails help save our floors, furniture and sometimes our skin and… nail trims are good for our pets too. But why do so many dogs [...]
The Big Bad Wolf on Pet Grooming Keeping your dog and cat healthy means paying regular attention to bathing, grooming and brushing. Even pets with short hair will benefit from this often [...]
Most cats are meticulous groomers and in this daily process, they swallow hair. Hair in the digestive tract is not digestible and it will form a clump known as a trochobezoar. Most [...]