Thursday, August 4, 2011

The Shoemakers Kids Went Barefoot

It's not like that at the Hermosa Animal Hospital! (hah-vet.com) The hospital's newsletter came yesterday and it included a list of the employee's pets.

41 dogs
55 cats
1 horse (! in Hermosa Beach?)
1 turtle
1 rabbit
1 beta fish
2 geckos
1 iguana
2 rats
2 mice

I asked Richie if he'd read it and he said, "Yes -- did you notice what was missing?" "No." "No birds - no budgerigars, no cockatiels, parrots - no birds."

There was a longish article about a pair of cats who were being treated for Bartonella, which is a disease that causes gingivitis, stomatitis, oral ulcers.

This is what blew me away - "It can be resistant to many common antibiotic treatments, but it is still a treatble infection. Dr. Liebl started both pets on Azithromycin." I had just taken MY Azihromycin (for the dog bite.) Good to know that I don't have to worry that much about gingivitis, oral ulcers...

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