By A Vet

This page has been missing from the site for kind of a while and is linked from some printed material in my clinic. “Bad Air” refers to the quality of air that’s present in Fulton, Dekalb and Cobb County Georgia. It’s bad. Really bad. AIR-AND-PETS Note: 06/26/2024 Literally every link to the EPA reports on … Read moreBadair

Heartworm Positive How to Treat Heartworms in Dogs Every dog is different. What if your dog is diabetic, also? Would it get the same treatment as a normal dog? What if your dog is a 13 year old couch potato. Would it be treated the same as a 3 year old sled dog? Every case … Read moreHeartworm Positive: How to Treat Heartworms in Dogs

This is an entirely TRUE biograph of the experience of a young lady working at a Pond Center and dealing with the repercussions of a Koi Herpes Virus outbreak. She recalls the losses of the fish and then the aftermath for the business, in lives lost and the realization that many businesses won’t deal with … Read moreMy KHV Story: A True Recollection of a Garden Center Outbreak

By “subscribers” I just mean, owners of the new book “Saving Sick Fish” by Dr Erik Johnson available here. I digitized part of my fish health library. I posted it online with the door locked so I’d be able to read the books from time to time waiting on my fiance to finish some shopping … Read moreDoc’s Fish Health Library Available to Subscribers

Odd things, in Veterinary medicine when a Mastocytoma shows up. Let me catch you up. Here’s some highlights if you’re looking at a Mastocytoma / Histiocytoma diagnosis with a pet of your own: Dog seldom die of Mastocytoma. Dogs seldom die of Histiocytoma Histiocytomas and Mastocytomas often appear identically. Mastocytomas are “Graded” on a scale … Read moreMastocytoma, Histiocytoma, Veterinary Experience with Canine Mastocytoma Neoplasia

Surgery Recovery Suits have a few features to look for: These features are IMPORTANT You might need one with full front leg coverage You might need one with full hind leg coverage. And you just might need to protect the dog’s trunk or soft parts like the following one: So one feature is leg coverage … Read moreSurgery Recovery Suits Instead of Cones: Recommended and Which One?

Conserving SeaTurtles in Fresh Water – It Can and Should Be Done. The TL;DR – Sea Turtles can survive and thrive in fresh water. They would be safe from a globe full of fishermen who harvest as many as they can catch. Breeding sea turtles could at LEAST be done artificially but it’s possible they … Read moreConserving SeaTurtles in Fresh Water – It Can and Should Be Done.

The River Otter is a rather large predator of fish of all kinds. In a pond they are devastating because the fishing is so easy. Their fishing style is detailed below. River Otters tend to live on river banks and if your pond is near a river, your odds of a terrible encounter increase radically. … Read moreHow To Get Rid of River Otters

https://www.savingsickfish.org/hexamita-spironucleus-infections-discus-oscar-hole-in-the-head-treatment/ There really isn’t a species of fish that is immune to hexamita. However, I see it kind of a lot more in Goldfish, angelfish, discus, Oscars, among others. Fortunately, it’s really easy to treat. In fact I am managing several cases right now. At the same time, I am gathering information regarding how fast … Read moreHexamita Spironucleus Infections Discus Oscar – Hole-In-The-Head Treatment