New Custom-Made Chicken Flavor Chew Tablets
Post-Op Painkillers for Small Dogs and Cats
Medicine never tasted this good! We have found the answer for tiny dogs and cats who do not like syringes and pills and yucky medicine. Especially after a major dental procedure or other major surgery. We have medicine made into flavorful Chew Tabs.
Romeo, the long-haired black and white Chihuahua had three rotten molars extracted earlier today. He just scarfed-up a custom compounded chew tablet of post-op pain medication!
“I can hardly believe this little guy had oral surgery and is actually eating that Chewie only a few hours later!” says Doc Truli. “It must taste amazing!”
Doc Truli Cares About Pain Control
We do not want your pet to experience pain or discomfort. Some pain may be inevitable, after all we also serve as an emergency room for community pets. Rest assured, our primary concern is the comfort and well-being of your pet. Always. These new Chew Tabs deliver good medicine in a tasty, friendly manner.
Enjoying her new home and the perks!
Remember Miss Peanut? She was adopted by a client this month!
We just received this awesome photo of Miss Peanut enjoying the perks in her new home! What a happy Dachshund!
We really love what we do!
Trifexis
Trifexis is the most complete dog preventative monthly tablet veterinary medicine has ever seen!
Ever heard of it? The fabulous Comfortis (pronouced Come-FOR-tiss) flea pill for dogs combined with the safe and effective milbemycin= Trifexis(pronounced Try-fex-iss). Now you do not have to give Comfortis and a different heart worm prevention! You can just give one monthly product!
Did You Know?
Trifexis active ingredients are Spinosad and Milbemycin.
Trifexis is a once-a-month yummy flavored tablet for dogs that kills fleas and prevents heart worm infection. It also prevents and controls the intestinal worm infections: hookworms, roundworms, and whipworms.
Call All Pet Care Hospital and ask or mention the new flea and heart worm pill Trifexis at your next check-up to learn the ideal preventatives for your pet. You will save time and money!
Letter to Our Clients,
The most up to date, progressive parasite prevention products include Trifexis, Revolution feline, Advantage Multi, Advantix, Comfortis, Heartgard Plus, Interceptor & Preventic.
We have decided to phase out supplying the following: Advantage and Frontline.
In our attempts to better serve you, we occasionally find it necessary to re-evaluate which veterinary products best fit with our practice standards.
We would like to stress that the efficacy of these products was not a factor in this decision. Our goal in making this change is simply to improve our ability to provide you with the best service possible. Eliminating the above products will allow us to stay on top of new developments in veterinary medicine by making room for newer products as they come to market.
For those of you who wish to continue using these products, Advantage & Frontline are readily available over the counter at the large pet stores. We will happily approve prescriptions, just give us a call and we will help you set up your own online pharmacy account 877 DR TRULI
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause however we believe that our decision will improve our ability to provide all of our clients with the most up to date progressive veterinary care.
Thank you,
Dr. Springer
Trifexis Warning
If your pet undergoes an off-label treatment, typically used for treatment of demodectic mange, with the drug ivermectin, you must not use spinosad, one of the active ingredients in Trifexis. Serious, and possibly deadly side-effects have been reported from the combination of spinosad and ivermectin.
Trifexis Reference
All Pet Care Hospitals Flea & Tick Page
Pharmaceutical Industry Today official news release
Note August 15, 2011:
Many people have been commenting on this website asking about their personal dogs. If you are not a registered client of Dr. Springer aka Doc Truli, we cannot answer medical questions regarding your pet. Please, please, call your family veterinarian for personal advice!
Clindoral Treats Periodontal Stage 2-3/4 Teeth
Clindoral Saves Teeth
The Problem With Pet Dentistry
Here’s the problem: your dog or cat or ferret has terrible breath. You can see yellow-brown calculus clinging to the teeth. You might even see bright red sore gum lines above the yellow tartar. You feel guilty that you waited so long to take care of the problem. You do not want your pet to loose any teeth. You are not a fan of anesthesia. Not for yourself, not for your children, not for your pet.
Did I get that all right? Pretty close? Yeah, I’m good like that.
So, up until now, your vet has put your pet under anesthesia, cleaned the teeth, and maybe pulled teeth that were hopelessly damaged. That’s fairly standard. News flash: There is no way around the anesthesia requirement for proper, effective tooth care in pets. read more…
Harvey the Guinea Pig
Guinea Pigs Need Surgery, Too (Sometimes)
Harvey peered at Doc Springer through the mesh in his carrier door. His
cheeks bulged back and forth as he chewed his Timothy hay. His orange
and white ruffled fur stuck out different directions on hs shoulders
and haunches.
Three children watched their 2 1/4 pound pet and nervously offered
their questions.
“The oldest Guinea Pig I’ve known was Einstein. He lived in Maine, USA. I didn’t believe he was nine. But when we calculated the time since the kids met him as their kindergarten class pet and took him home at the end of that school year, well, nine years had passed!” said Doc Springer. read more…
VirtuaCat
VirtuaCat
Doc Truli’s Short List of Causes of Sudden Kidney Failure: Get to an Animal Hospital Right Away!!!!!
- Antifreeze – ethylene glycol poisoning
- Lyme Disease Vaccine
- Lyme Disease rickettsial infection
- Leptospirosis bacterial infection
- ***Cats**** (Remember this at Easter and Christmas) – Eating Lilly Plants, any part of the plant, even one bite causes sudden, kidney failure in cats. No cure; they die!
- ***Dogs*** Raisins, grapes and currants. Possible only a few of the fruits could cause it!
“VirtuaCat, being a lazy Himalayan pussums, barely notices floral arrangements on the dining room table. Still, we have a rule in our house: no lilies in or near the property, ever!” says Doc Truli.
Symptoms of Sudden Renal Failure
- excessive thirst and urination
- incoordination, called ataxia (legs not organized right)
- weakness
- nausea and vomiting
- tremors, usually whole body
- rapid breathing and heart rate
- diarrhea
- convulsions and seizures
- paralysis
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The ultimate dog Halloween “look.”
No, really. This Chihuahua woke up with red irritation in the whites of his eyes. He was blinking and squinting and tearing and it just wasn’t a good situation.
First, little Romeo had his eye pressures measured. Normal. So, no glaucoma! That’s good news!
Nothing looked wrong with the corneas on the physical examination, but before prescribing any medication which could potentially make a corneal scratch or ulcer worse, a fluorescein dye test was needed. (People get this, too!)
The dye looks orange when you open it up. Then, mixed with sterile saline or tears, it turns a green-yellow color. Turn out the lights, turn on a black-light, and viola! Halloween doggie!
“A normal corneal surface on the eye repels liquids and dust and washes away irritating little what-nots that can damage your eyes. If the dye sticks anywhere on the surface of the eye, then you’ve identified a defect in the surface,” says Doc Truli.
Ever get sand or dust in your eye? Hurts, right? Corneal ulcers and scratches are super painful. People even call in sick to work from a corneal scratch. Ask your veterinarian if any of the medication they’ve prescribed helps with the pain.
Romeo’s flourescein dye washed off the eyeball readily. No ulcers or scratches. A plain old cause of conjunctivitis (usually non-contagious in dogs BTW). Some eye drops and a few days out of the sun and Romeo was as good as ever!
Weight Loss, Vomiting, and Intermittent Soft Stool in a German Shepherd Dog
Frisko panted nervously and looked up at the Doc from underneath steady eyebrows. He doubted he needed to see the doctor. After all, dogs vomit occasionally, right? The 5-year-old male black and tan German Shepherd Dog thought he had everything under control. Except he lost 6 pounds in one month! Oops! Rapid weight loss in a dog for no good reason warrants a trip to the animal hospital.
