The Home Pet First Aid Kit and the First Ten Minutes: A Clayton Heights Guide

A home pet first aid kit has one job: to get your dog or cat to a veterinary team safely. It is not for handling an emergency at home, and the most useful thing in it is a card with Avon Animal Hospital’s number on it. Everything else controls bleeding, keeps an animal still, and… Continue reading The Home Pet First Aid Kit and the First Ten Minutes: A Clayton Heights Guide

Candles, Diffusers and Scented Products: A Clayton Heights Guide to Autumn Air and Pets

Once the windows close for the season, everything you add to the air stays in it. Candles, wax melts, plug-ins, sprays and essential oil diffusers all become more concentrated indoors from October onward. Cats are the most affected, because their liver handles several of these compounds poorly. A few small changes take most of that… Continue reading Candles, Diffusers and Scented Products: A Clayton Heights Guide to Autumn Air and Pets

High-Rise Syndrome in Surrey Cats: Summer Balcony and Open-Window Safety

High-rise syndrome describes the injuries cats suffer after falling from windows or balconies, which happens more often in warm weather when Surrey households open up their homes. Cats do not always land safely. Screenin