The other day one of my clients with a diabetic cat called to discuss his cat’s recent weight loss. His kitty is a senior and he also sees another veterinarian whose clinic is closer to his home than my clinic. Since I haven’t seen him in 4 or 5 months, and since he hasn’t had full […]
This week I received an email from one of our readers asking what to expect as her cat seems to be going into diabetic remission. So I got out my crystal ball and… Wait! I don’t have a crystal ball. How it plays out varies from pet to pet. I suppose what I can share with […]
This week my neighbor told me she was having a psychologist come in to her business to discuss personality types and how staff can better communicate with each other based on personality types. Years ago, when I worked at a veterinary practice that had 17 doctors, we did the same thing. It was fun and helpful. […]
This week I had interactions with two of my favorite diabetic patients. They both happen to be in transition. One is a senior Labrador who travels throughout state parks here in south Florida with his humans, doing volunteer work. I only get to see him a few times a year in person, because he and his […]
Yesterday a friend asked me, “Why does my cat hate me after I put on his flea preventative each month?” I laughed and told him because his cat was a cat. I remember once putting a topical flea medication on one of my cats one morning before I headed off to work. When I got home […]
I was out to dinner with one of my favorite vet clients last week and he asked me what differences exist between human diabetes and pet diabetes. I honestly couldn’t come up with any huge difference other than the fact that humans have longer lifespans than dogs and cats, so veterinarians get to treat fewer of […]
Ah, summer time! Thoughts of BBQs and lazy Sundays in a hammock come to mind. The last thing you want to do is go to your family vet because Fluffy has fleas and is keeping you up at night with the constant licking and chewing. If Fluffy is also a diabetic, you have a tougher road […]
Type 1 diabetes is a relative or complete lack of insulin production. Type 2 diabetes is a result of insulin resistance – insulin is present, but not functioning properly. We typically tell clients that dogs are type 1 diabetics and cats are most often type 2 diabetics, but in all honestly both dogs and cats can […]
One morning as I was laying sod in my yard here in South Florida I was dripping sweat and it was barely 10 am. I came in twice to guzzle water. It got me thinking about diabetics in the summertime heat. Heck, if I can lose so much water while being perfectly healthy, imagine how much […]
As the owner of my own veterinary practice, I know the importance of staying up to date on the latest and greatest tools and technologies in the industry that are designed to make the practice of veterinary medicine easier and more accurate. With that, comes a lot of reading!