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Preventive Care & Wellness

  • A supplement is a concentrated nutrient source that is added to a basic diet for either a nutritional or a therapeutic effect.

  • A supplement is a concentrated nutrient source that is added to a basic diet for either a nutritional or a therapeutic effect.

  • Your dog has undergone a major operation. Smooth recovery will depend upon continued nursing at home.

  • Tea tree oil is a highly potent oil extract from the tea tree plant. It reduces swelling in inflamed tissues. Tea tree oil is also a broad spectrum antimicrobial (anti-infection agent) in even very tiny doses.

  • TTouch is a form of touch/massage therapy devised and popularised, since 1978, by Linda Tellington Jones. TTouch is a very simple light massage technique where a clockwise circular motion of the fingers is used on the skin of the patient.

  • Amphibians (frogs, toads, newts, salamanders and axolotl) are a widely diverse group of ectotherms (cold blooded) animals which, compared with mammals, birds and reptiles, have been rather overlooked as pets. They are relatively easy to keep and can be fascinating to study!

  • Guinea pigs originated in South America but were probably introduced into Europe soon after the first Spanish explorers returned from that continent in the 1500s. Even though they came from a sub-tropical area these rodents proved to be hardy and adapted to temperate climates.

  • Mice are kept for many reasons, from being pets to prize show animals. They are not ideal pets in many ways but are easy to keep in captivity.

  • Rats are kept for many reasons from being pets to prize show animals. They are excellent pets, are easy to keep and you can develop good owner-pet relationships with them.

  • Tick toxicity is due to the toxin from a tick called Ixodes holocyclus or the paralysis tick.