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As medical knowledge and ability continue to expand doctors find that there is too much to know about each of the particular aspects of medicine for any single person to be completely proficient in all of them. These days if you stub your big toe your general practitioner may send you to either the right big toe specialist or the left big toe specialist depending on which is indicated by the injury.
There was no question there was something wrong with 2 year old Tabby Cat’s mouth. His family had let him out in the exam room for about two minutes before I came in, and already the entire room smelled like a sewer. His people were sitting on the bench with scrunched faces, trying to tolerate the stench without passing out. Not only had Tabby’s bad breath progressed to the level of room-clearing, he was now drooling and refusing to eat.
So, you have a furry new addition to the family. Enjoy the time spent playing and cuddling, (and housetraining and prying off the curtains) but remember that there are a few medical details that need to be attended to in order to get your new puppy or kitten off to a good start.
Lots of people grew up reading the tales of James Herriot, a country veterinarian in rural England in the 1930s and 40s. However charming the country folk were, what most of us don’t have a sense of nostalgia for is the incredibly limited type of medicine that was practiced at the time, which generally consisted of "I hope this drench I am giving to your cow to rid her of parasites is at least a little more toxic to the parasites than it is to the cow."
In honor of February being dental health month this article is a continuation on the discussion of dental health awareness with our pets. This week let us talk about some ways to keep our furry friends out of the veterinarian’s office with some preventative oral hygiene.