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Cats |
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Cat owners will find a wealth of information and frequently
asked questions at
www.thecatgroup.org.uk
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deciding to keep their cats indoors all the time. There is a wealth of information about
this, and how to reduce stress in your cat, including help for
cats with cystitis, at www.indoorcat.org
Cat Professional now produce some
excellent downloadable books on cat problems such as living with
a blind cat, renal failure and lower urinary tract disease -
more are planned. Visit
Cat
Professional
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Cats and Dogs |
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Cornell Vet School in the USA has some excellent
information to help owners whose pets are being treated for
kidney problems or for cancer. There are also
some helpful videos to help with tooth brushing, giving pills and other aspects of
home care. Click on the cat or dog links to the left of
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Rabbits |
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Those of you who have a keen
interest in rabbits will find a wealth of good information for rabbit owners in two
places. The British House Rabbit
Association is a charitable organisation dedicated to improving rabbit
welfare in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the House Rabbit Society fulfil a similar role.
Both have excellent websites. Finally, the
Rabbit Welfare Fund also
has an informative website
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Tortoises |
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Keeping a tortoise
is not something to be undertaken lightly, and the
Tortoise Trust Website has some excellent
information and resources on general care, hibernation, feeding
and common problems, including the different needs of the many
species of tortoises kept in captivity.
The
Norfolk and Coe Tortoise Club will also be of
interest for those wishing to contact our local group in
Norfolk.
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Parrots |
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For general care and behaviour
advice, look at author
Greg Glendell's website.
He also offers lots of help for parrot behaviour
problems. |
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Reptiles |
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See
www.anapsid.org This is a great website
with masses of useful information from Melissa Kaplan |
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Expecting a baby? |
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about pets and health in human pregnancy - visit
www.tommys.org for up to date
briefings on the issues. |
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Pet Insurance |
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We thoroughly recommend taking out
insurance to cover unexpected veterinary fees. Choose your
policy carefully, and read the small print. Always check
very carefully when changing cover or insurance companies, to
see if pre-existing conditions are excluded. To get a quote
from Pet Plan click here
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Help with
Veterinary Fees |
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For information about how
the PDSA can help those on low incomes in the PE30 postcode area, visit
the
PDSA PetAid
website |
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Behaviour Problems |
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If you want
information on pet behaviour problems, now including guidelines
for parrots as well as cats and dogs, visit the Association of
Pet Behaviour Counsellors at
www.apbc.org.uk
Noise phobias and fireworks
problems? Look at
www.soundtherapy4pets.com
Problems with parrots? a new
book published in 2008 may help. Called Breaking Bad
Habits in Parrots by G Glendell, it holds a wealth of practical
advice for training and coping with behavioural problems.
ISBN 978 1 84286165 3. See the Parrot link above. |
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Canine Health
Schemes |
The British Veterinary Association
(BVA) Canine Health Schemes serve to provide dog breeders with
the option of testing for certain inherited diseases and thus
help to reduce the incidence of these diseases. Look on
the
BVA Website for details of the:
- Hip scheme
- Elbow Scheme
- Eye Scheme
More information can also be
found on the websites of the The Kennel Club
The Kennel Club and
the
Animal Health Trust |
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Specific
Conditions |
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Disabilities |
| Those of you with a disabled pet might be
interested in visiting www.disabledanimalsclub.co.uk
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Travelling Abroad
With Your Pet |
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The Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs -
DEFRA - have current information. Do be
aware of the risks of taking your pet on holiday and the
diseases they can bring back into the UK. There is more
information on the
Merial website. |
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Vets and Vet Schools |
All practising vets in the United Kingdom are members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, which is
our national regulatory body. Follow this link for career and training information
for veterinary surgery and veterinary nursing.
There are seven Veterinary Schools in the UK awarding degree qualifications in Veterinary
Medicine: David & Carole Clarke,
Judy Mosedale and Sarah Colegrave qualified from the
University of Cambridge Veterinary School,and
Michael Morter and Catherine Brent from the Royal Veterinary College,
London.
The other UK veterinary schools are at
Liverpool, Edinburgh,
Glasgow,
Bristol and
Nottingham.
To go further afield to
visit a Vet School, why not visit Purdue
University or the University of
Wisconsin in the United States.
If you would like to see
what veterinary practices elsewhere in the world look like, why not visit the Animal Hospital of Sussex County in Augusta, New Jersey, USA. Another good veterinary website to visit is E-Vet.
The E-Vet site is primarily run for and by veterinary surgeons, but has a number of very
good public pages, and a mailing list called Ask-EVet which is open to the public.
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Careers |
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For more information about
becoming a vet, visit
www.walksoflife.org.uk.
If you are interested in veterinary nursing, look at
the website of the
British Veterinary Nursing
Association. The Royal College of
Veterinary Surgeons link above also has plenty of useful
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General Pet Health
Information |
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Hills Pet Nutrition have an
excellent web site, with an Atlas of Veterinary Clinical
Anatomy, so if you want to see how it all works, you will find
it in this
veterinary
clinical atlas.
Visit
www.hillspet.com, and follow the pet care and health
care links. |
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