According to renowned exotic animal veterinarian Dr. Susan Brown, "The more thoroughly educated a person is about the pet he or she owns the higher the quality of life for that pet. In addition, the bond between human and pet is richly enhanced through further understanding." In our Small Mammal Health Series, Dr. Brown shares her expertise on general husbandry, proper diets, and specific common (and not so common) medical disorders in rabbits, ferrets, guinea pigs, and other small mammals.
 Small Mammal Health Series
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The Snowball Effect: Ask the Red Cross to Allow Pets in Some Shelters
The Snowball Effect is what happens to people in natural disasters after refusing to go with rescuers because their pets are not allowed to go with them. Many people risk their own lives to assure the safety of their pets. Ask the Red Cross to consider altering their policies on pets in shelters and evacuation transportation during natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
Cleaning Up After Your Pets
While the dogs are my biggest challenge when it comes to maintaining a clean house, the truth is that I'm not the neatest person in the world, either. I admit that over the years I've needed a housekeeper to help keep my home reasonably clean. I'm so awed by those people who manage to have pets and a clean home. Like reader Kaye Holden, who wrote in to share one of her cleaning tips.
Easter Is No Excuse To Buy An Impulse Pet
Every year huge numbers of adorable baby rabbits go to new homes for Easter, along with chicks and ducklings by the thousands. And that's bad news for the vast majority of these babies.
Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2008*
Rabies is a fatal viral zoonosis and a serious public health problem. The recommendations in this compendium, published in the CDC's MMWR, serve as a basis for animal rabies prevention and control programs throughout the U.S. and facilitate standardization of procedures among jurisdictions.
Adult Cats Are Often a Better Choice than Kittens
Many people don't realize that an adult cat may, in many cases, be a better choice than a kitten. Sure, kittens are cute, but they also can be a bit of a trial as they grow up. They need extra time, extra training and extra tolerance for all those crazy things that kittens do.
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Seasonal Safety
Some people seem to have bad luck over the holidays, and I have traditionally been one of them. I've filled the house with smoke from a poorly laid fire in the fireplace just before guests arrived for dinner, and I've tripped over a sleeping dog on Christmas morning and ended up in the emergency room (the dog was fine; I went home with a cast). But that's nothing compared to the disasters that seem to dog the pets in our family over the years. I've spent good parts of many holidays in after-hours veterinary clinics, and a few times those trips were for problems that could have been prevented.
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