If your cat is trending toward the chubby side, or if your hefty kitty is in need of some serious weight loss to improve his or her health, your vet may recommend a special weight management cat food. The Meowing Vet and Great Pet Care provide prescription and non-prescription weight management cat food options for … Continue reading Weight Management Cat Food: 10 Vet-Recommended Options – a collaboration with Great Pet Care
Dogs and cats can develop diabetes mellitus, commonly referred as simply "diabetes," the same as their human counterparts can. Diabetes is more complicated than merely having high blood sugar and can seriously impact our pet's overall health. As part of National Pet Diabetes Monthย in November, The Meowing Vet explains the causes, signs, and therapies of … Continue reading My Pet Is Sweeter Than Yours: Diabetes Mellitus in Dogs and Cats
Obesity is not only a growing problem in people, but our dogs and cats are also at risk of expanding waistlines. We love to love our pets through food. Consequentially, pet obesity statistics are on the rise as are veterinary health problems secondary to carrying around excessive body weight. The Meowing Vet explains the health … Continue reading When Your Pet Has a Muffin Top: Fighting Pet Obesity in Dogs and Cats
What doย you do if your dog yelps in pain and suddenly starts holding up one of his or her back legs? Chances are, your dog has injured a cranial cruciate ligament (CCL or ACL) in the knee, the most common cause of hind limb lameness in dogs... and a common injury in human football players … Continue reading Cruciate Ligament Damage: When Your Dog Sustains a “Football Injury”
In July 2017, The NoBowl Feeding Systemโข was re-branded underย Doc & Phoebe's Cat Co. as Doc & Phoebe's Feeder. A warm welcome to contributing guest writer, Dr. Liz Bales, veterinarian and creator of The NoBowl Feeding Systemโข for cats! Dr. Bales (known in the veterinary community as The Catvocate) joins The Meowing Vet to explain … Continue reading Doc & Phoebe’s NoBowl Feeding System Is the World’s First Indoor Hunting System for Cats!
Your fat cat may be contentedly singing "My Lovely Lady Lumps" to herself all day long, but you and I both know that while we want our pets to have good self-esteem,ย obesity is a health concern in ourselves as well as our pets. Obesity-complicated illnesses range from arthritis and orthopedic injuries, spinal disc disease, diabetes … Continue reading Life Hack: Pet Edition #2: Weight Loss Tricks