Whinny’s Wisdoms
A weekly blog for horse, goat, dog, and cat owners written by Whinny, the official Springhill Equine Veterinary Clinic mouse.
Whinny’s predecessor, Tony the Clinic Cat (and his blog, Tuesdays with Tony) retired in early 2023 after many years of blog writing.
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Happy Feet equals Happy Horse
Tuesdays with Tony Horse feet are weird, wonderful things, and it seems without them horses can’t do a thing. My Docs spend an unbelievable amount of time talking feet. You’d think as the thing they walk on, and depend on for life itself, they’d be better designed....
Ticks..the creepy crawling kind.
Tuesdays with Tony I don’t know about you all, but for some reason, the bugs this year are driving me absolutely catty. I’ve talked to you about flies ad nauseam, but today we are going to talk about a different little pest that has been popping up all over and...
Eat to beat the heat
Tuesdays with Tony Summer has arrived. It’s been over 90 degrees, humidity has been up there, and it’s threatening to rain every day. As far as this cat is concerned, it’s summer. I spend my summers like I spend all my seasons: going from inside to outside and back...
Foaling
Tuesdays with Tony Everyone loves the pitter patter of little feet. Everyone but me, that is! In case you all missed it, this weekend on Saturday night, we welcomed a new life into the world here at the clinic, and let me tell you, it was a huge inconvenience to me....
Bug Off. The Flies Have It Part 2
Tuesdays with TonyA couple weeks ago I talked about flies from the how not to have them breeding around your farm perspective. It was a solid blog if I do say so myself, but I wanted to dive a little deeper into keeping those little *?@%ers off the poor horses. For...
Skin Funk
Tuesdays with Tony Skin Funk This week I want to talk to you about something very near to me. Definitely not near and dear to my heart, just something that drives this cat crazy a large portion of the year, and from what I understand, drives my docs and you horse...
Where does arthritis come from?
Tuesdays with Tony I spend a good portion of my days laying around on the front porch. From there, I have an excellent view of a whole lot of lameness exams since most of them happen on the asphalt in front of me. There is often a discussion about injections, and...
The Flies Have it
Tuesdays with Tony The Flies Have It Hope you all are staying healthy out there. It is certainly an odd situation we are all in. It really is starting to become a bit more of the norm around here. We are all split into teams and everyone is adjusting well, as are all...
Use your Quarantine Wisely
Tuesdays with TonyI have heard from many of my cat brethren that their humans are still around ALL. THE. TIME. I told them this won’t be forever, and they should try their best to be patient and understanding. These are not cats' finest qualities, so please know we...
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