Tuesdays with Tony
A weekly blog for horse owners written by Tony, the official Springhill Equine Veterinary Clinic cat.
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Sand Colic
Tuesdays with Tony When you think of sand, what images come to mind? Probably pleasant visages of laying on a sandy beach getting a tan, or your kids playing outside in the sandbox as you enjoy a cold glass of lemonade, or feeling the sand squish beneath your toes as...
Starvation, Breeding, and Microchips
Tuesdays with Tony How, you ask, are starvation, breeding, and microchips related? What weird cat logic is this? Read on and find out. I’m dropping some serious cat wisdom this week. Starvation Recently Dr. Vurgason and Dr. Lacher had the daunting task of working...
Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Tuesdays with Tony Eastern Equine Encephalitis So I was scrolling through Facebook the other day (I may have hacked one of the docs pages, one day maybe they will let me have my own page) but to my surprise I came across a post about horses and people in...
To Lunge or Not To Lunge
Tuesdays with Tony Those crazy sticks that horses walk around on. It’s not a great design. Then you humans do crazy things like lunging. I mean, I get it. Horses worry about big cats, like me, attacking them out of nowhere, especially if they’re in a new environment...
Rabies
Tuesdays with Tony Rabies This week I’m starting with the condensed version of things. Rabies can look like just about anything neurologic, from a little bit quiet, to raging maniac. It can also look like a wound that won’t heal, and is super itchy. Oh, and it can...
Vesicular Stomatitis
Tuesdays with Tony All the buzz around the clinic is the recent outbreak of Vesicular Stomatitis. This was a new one to me, I do not recall ever hearing the docs talk about it before. I suppose it is possible I was off galavanting around outside when it was discussed,...
Dippity Pig
Tuesdays with Tony Did you know that in addition to horses, Dr. Vurgason is our resident pet pig expert? There aren’t many of those in the country, and pig owners come from far and wide to seek her advice. This week I heard her talking to an owner about his pig’s...
ProBiotics
Tuesdays with Tony A long, long time ago, in a pasture far, far away, horses evolved eating plants and grasses from a wide variety of locations as they migrated vast distances following the growth of those plants and grasses. They also had to stay on the move, so my...
Equine Influenza
Tuesdays with Tony I was perusing the email the other day when I saw this: “Oh Goody!” I thought. I love a good disease outbreak! And who doesn’t enjoy the topic of influenza? How Do They Get It? Snot is the answer. Just like human flu, the equine influenza virus is...
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