Michael Deakins
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Cold Weather and Your Pet
- By Michael Deakins
- Published September 10, 2007
- Health & Wellness , Safety
- Unrated
It's Fall, and Winter is just around the corner. Everyone is getting prepared, putting up storm windows, changing the anti-freeze in their cars, and exchanging summer clothes for winter woolens. But what can we do to help our four-legged friends? Here are a few ideas to consider.
Ticks, Yuck
- By Michael Deakins
- Published June 6, 2007
- Health & Wellness
- Unrated
You're at home. It's a quiet spring evening, and you are sitting in the living room running your fingers through the fur of your companion, your pet. Suddenly you feel a small lump under his or her fur. Is it a cyst, a scar, or a wound? No. To your dismay, when you look closer, you find that there is a bug on your pet. It's round or oval, sized from 1/16" to almost, 1/4" in diameter. You try to pick it off, and find that it's firmly attached to your pet. It's got its head buried in your loved one's flesh!