Cat & Bird Clinic

Generally, only adult fleas are found on pets. Females commonly lay eggs inside the house in cracks, crevices, and carpeting, or outside in damp areas. Over the lifespan of a female flea several thousand eggs can be laid. The eggs can hatch and become larvae as early as two weeks after being laid and then they enter a pupae stage.

We all want clean water for ourselves and our pets. Many homes have turned to reverse osmosis systems, or to purchasing bottled water. Below are the findings from a long study conducted by the World Health Organization from the 1970's through the early 2000's, concerning the effects of drinking demineralized and reverse osmosis water.

Avian nutrition has only been well researched for approximately 25 to 30 years for most companion species. Most species have a particular dietary niche which makes a general dietary recommendation difficult. Avian practitioners have found though that all birds enjoy variety in their diets both physically and psychologically.

Similar to egg binding, Peritonitis (an indicator of internal laying), is a distressing issue that can occur with laying hens. Internal laying is a disorder where the yolk of the egg, rather than being laid in a normal manner, is not taken up by the oviduct and instead is deposited in the abdomen. This can be a genetic use, but often times it follows an incidence of infection or trauma to the oviduct, such as a thin shelled egg breaking inside the hen.Internal laying by itself is not always an issue Occasionally a hen will lay internally for no apparent reason and the yolk will simply be absorbed back into the body without complications if there are no bacteria present.