Tuesdays with Tony
A weekly blog for horse owners written by Tony, the official Springhill Equine Veterinary Clinic cat.
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2011 Laminitis Symposium
Happy Thanksgiving from the counter top!! I hope everyone had too much to eat. I got a plate of leftovers from Dr. Lacher and boy they were good. My broken foot is coming along well. I have a recheck visit Tuesday to get my splint redone. In the meantime I...
Neuro Disease – CSM Part 2 of 2
Tony here. Having a rough week at the office. Teeny cat and I got into a fight last week – she bit my foot and the vets are saying I broke two bones! I had to go to Newberry Animal Hospital, got put under anesthesia, and had a horrible splint put on my foot!! Woe...
Neuro disease – CSM Part 1 of 2
Hello there! Welcome back to my corner. When it comes to neurological disease in the horse, there are two syndromes you should be familiar with. They are both diseases caused by spinal cord compression in the neck, and can exhibit symptoms very similar to...
Change your clocks and check a fecal egg count on your horse!!
Every time we change clocks around here Dr. Lacher starts to go on and on about checking fecal egg counts on our patients. It always makes me wonder what happens when they clean my litter box but Dr. Lacher told me she doesn’t work on cats, only snuggles with us. I...
Preparing for the Unpredictable
A large storm system is headed our way and tornadoes are all around us or a train carrying sulfuric acid has spilled on the train tracks can you rapidly evacuate your house, horses and pets? This was the terrifying scenario Connie Brooks presented for us at the...
Disaster Response Planning
For those of you who attended our Disaster Preparedness Open House this past weekend, you may have the words “MAKE A PLAN” ringing in your ears while you are trying to fall asleep at night (I know I do… I’m thinking of maybe burying some cat food). For those of you...
Disaster Preparedness
In recognition of this year’s theme for our Third Annual Springhill Equine Open House! Hope to see you Saturday, October 8th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.! Hurricane Andrew was an eye-opening event for Florida horse owners. Many horses died in their stalls because...
Poisonous plants… a few to start
This week, as Dr. King was working on landscaping at the clinic, there was a lot of discussion about plants that can make us animals sick. Many times horses don’t eat toxic plants, until there is no choice between these plants and not eating; however, I decided it was...
Poisonous Plants….More to stay away from
I got started on poisonous plants last week and couldn’t get the doctors to stop so this week I am going to cover a few more, concentrating more on weeds than decorative plants. A couple of items I learned from the docs this week: most poisonous weeds like fence...
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