Choosing a food dish for your canine companion

You have a dog in your life who needs you to understand that some pet supplies will be better at meeting her needs than others. How can you choose the right food dish for her?

Your dog needs you to consider the type of food she eats as well as how much she consumes in one sitting. This will help you determine the size of her food bowl as well as what you can choose for shapes. Keep in mind how you will keep this clean for your pet too. Your little fur ball will need to be able to choose a dish that she can easily eat from and will be able to be placed in a convenient area of your home for her to get to when mealtime comes around. Your local veterinarian London, ON can offer additional suggestions.

Bumblefoot In Pet Rabbits

Bumblefoot is technically called ulcerative pododermatitis. The condition is characterized by a skin infection that commonly affects the rabbit’s feet (back) and hocks. Because of the location and symptoms that are manifested, bumblefoot is also called “sore hocks”.  

Without proper medical intervention, the infection can penetrate deeper into the tissues of the skin where it can be filled with pus and there is severe inflammation. When this happens,  serious complications can set in such as  swelling of the tissues of the joint (synovitis) which can progress to infection of the bone marrow (osteomyelitis). Death of bone tissues and breakdown of bones can occur when there is loss of blood supply to the bones. 

There are many potential causes of ulcerative pododermatitis. These include the following:

• Pressure sores
• Excess friction and exposure to constant moisture
• Exposure to urine, feces, soiled litter
• Obesity
• Excessive feet thumping

Sudden changes in your pet’s health and/or behavior should be checked out by a veterinarian London, ON veterinarian sooner rather than later o click here.