Fat Dachshund Reminds VirtuaVet of a Purina MisLeada’
This dachshund is morbidly obese!
The Scoop on Fat Dogs and Purina Dog Food
Picture fit, thin, healthy, happy yellow Labrador Retrievers galloping along a sandy shoreline, their paws splash in the surf , their long red tongues lolling out the side of their mouths. Happiness and health exude from their every golden fur on their hairy, shaggy, tail-wagging fit bodies.
That’s a beautiful Purina dog food commercial that implies feeding Purina Dog Food will keep your dog fit and trim and healthy. The narrator states that a study shows that dogs that eat Purina stay fit. You know the ad if you watch American television.
Doc Truli always laughs when that ad comes on with the suggestive voice over. You really think Purina food alone made those dogs so healthy and happy. read more…
Ringworm Fungus Infects Mangrove Kitten
Candy Apple Green Glow of Ringworm Fungal Infection
Quick, Basic Ringworm Diagnosis
A tiny, short-haired white green-eyed kitten with a grey smudge on the top of her head toddled across the examination table and butted her head into my outstretched palm. What a sweetie!
“I found her starving in the mangroves by the State Park,” said her new daddy. “We call her Sissy.”
Sissy had fleas, earmites, a huge belly full of worms, and a round reddish-sore almost bald spot on the underside of her belly. A quick turn out of the lights and turn on of an ultraviolet “UV” Wood’s lamp, and a few seconds later, there was our answer. Sissy glowed from a fungal infection. 50% of ringworm infections glow; 50% do not! read more…
10-Week Old Kitten with Lump on Neck
“I just noticed a lump on June’s neck on the left side below her chin. Last night, it was bigger and she was sleepy and didn’t want to eat dinner. Today the bump is smaller and she looks brighter, but she can’t meow anymore,” said June the Kitten’s worried mom. “What is going on?”
"Are you going to help me, doctor?"
