I adopted a 1½ year old Male cat who has been fixed and declawed already, I am not sure if he has ever had his shots, I would like to get his shots up to date but don’t want to double shot him, Is there anyway the vet could tell if he has had his shots and which ones will be needed? Also any other reccomendations on any other shots I should get him?
Truth be told, I wouldn’t mind owning this horse. Eight year old black and white gelding (unregistered) broke to ride and drive. No bad habbits.
I don’t know how foreclosure works in detail, but she said they have to move out and their intention is to buy back the acreage.
Many times I’ve been asked to board horses and I always say no because I don’t need the hassle. I feel bad, though, because they are having financial problems.
The way I see it, I have 3 options.
1. I asked her if she would sell me the horse for and then buy it back for when they got their place back. She had no problems with this. How long should the deal be good for as taking care of him would be out of my own pocket?
2. Set up some type of contract to board, but how do you handle insurance and things? Also, what if they can’t afford board can I take posession of the horse after so long? I’m not familiar with the laws on this.
3. Tell her no, sorry, can’t help you out?
Any ideas? Thanks
She has had the horse for about 5 years, so I know her intention is to get her horse back. He would be in the yards/pasture with my own horses. He would not get his own stall or pen. I just don’t want to get taken advantage of.
Jenn-the gal is in her upper 30′s and was buying the acreage on her own. I know she has lived there for at least 6 years. I don’t know financially what happened to cause the foreclosure. I don’t think she found a place for herself yet, she is more concerned about finding a place for her animals.
edit the last edit! She was buying the place to start with on her own, but now has her boyfriend living with her. That is I said "their" acreage..sorry!
Also, if we write a contract to board the horse, I don’t want people comming to my place when I’m not home. I’m not trying to hide anything, I just like my privacy.
Paint Pony-I wondered about the foreclosure being settled in 30 days too! I didn’t think you were allowed to buy your own place back either, but I could be wrong. They are still living there, but but have to move off the place…who knows, they could be blowing smoke. I just don’t want this decent horse to end up on a one way trip either north or south.
I get along with her fine, but something about her boyfriend seems sneaky.
Great answers…thanks everybody for giving me all the angles to think about!
Lyme disease seems like it is becoming an epidemic with over 200,000 new cases each year (not too mention all of the people who were misdiagnosed by ignorant doctors)
What areas in the US have been affected most? Is there some sort of state by state statistics?
What are some easy steps to insure that the fresh rabbit skin/pelt/fur doesn’t go bad? How should I dry and preserve the skin while at home? What should I use and how should I use it… Thanks for the details… Jessi
Math is the only subject that has ever made me worry and now I’m learning that to become a veterinarian I have to study chemistry and biology. Is there any hope ..?!
I want to get in to breedind and selling Boxers and need some information on possible rules and regulations on selling dogs in my state…Any help or info will be greatly appreciated…
She is eight and very fat. She ran out of water when we were out and went into ketosisacidois. Her breath smells alot like acetone so we took her to the emergency room even though she was drinking on her own. The vet says now she has diabetes. Can they recover if we get the weight down?
I have a a lab mix with chow dog,, she is so beautifull we got her when she was 3 days old, beacuse her mother die 2 days later and the spca was coming to get the other 11 dogs,,, we know that after a certain amont of time the put the dogs to sleep so we decided to take one. i expericenc that before, i have two cats right now also, i got her becuase i love saving animals but i had to take her with me,, the owner couldt’n take care of the pupoies so she gave them to the spca, but i took one,, which she didt’n want to give to me,, i told her i would take very care of her,, which i have but im planning on getting her some health insurance becaus eshe is dragging her butt now(1 month on on the 22 of this month) and she have’tn poop in two dayz i feed her esbilac puppy replacement milk, the vet tiold me that was some expensive good milk so i thought she would be fine. what could be wrong with her if she is dragging her butt and haven’t poop in 2 days going on three friday
i help her use it by runngy her butt and private area so she can go she pee but dont poop and i also have puppy wipes to wipe her she never had a prblem with the milk at all she love it and when she get it she act like she be starving ,, i feed her every 4 to 5 hr at first when she was small she got fed every 2 to three hours , also she has a hernia that’s going to get fix this month also
please no insults i take very good care of her and she is very spoil after me so i n=know i take care of her also she took her very fisrt run today,, i dont like her on the floor much i just like to hold her abnd carry her like a baby all the time because she is so small i think after having her at 3 days old i took very care of her and she has come a long way
plz excuse my spelling people
Does anyone know if it is possible to import from non-rabies free countries to Jakarta Indonesia, if you have health certificates and full history of vaccinations.
I have read that the Ministry Of Agriculture does not provide and Import permit for those animals coming from India.
I need real answers here, as I have been unable to find up to date information.
Both of my dogs are also Microchipped and fully up to date with anti rabies shots.
I read also that pets can be distroyed at the Jarkarta airport
I made a list of things that many democrats running Washington right now are saying….which one do you find most disturbing?
1. "If you like it you can keep it"
FACTCHECK!
To be fair, Pelosi’s bill does not literally outlaw your current insurance company, nor does it outlaw your employer from continuing to offer the current options. But that’s about where it ends. The current bills are so disruptive to the current healthcare cost structure that it is absolutely irresponsible for the President to be claiming "if you like it you can keep it" since in all likelihood the decision will not be yours to make. Moreover, everyone who has looked closely at the design of Pelosi’s bill is lying if they don’t admit it is designed to run the private insurers out of business leaving us bankrupt with a gov’t-run single-payer system. By the way, the latest is that Obama & Pelosi are trying to use the word "co-operative" in place of "public option" though it is still just a single-payer trojan horse since the tax-payer is on the hook for the cost, especially once the private insurers shut down and bow to their rule-making counterpart.
Don’t believe me? Check out these two links and you decide:
2.Obama and Pelosi will make healthcare more affordable by reducing its cost.
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According to the Bipartisan CBO (which usually slightly underestimates costs) is telling everyone their bill increases the cost of healthcare from the status quo (i.e. doing nothing):
3. The protestors at town halls are un-American and do not represent a bonafide grass roots movement as they have been sent by the insurance companies.
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Not true, but you should judge for yourself:
(By the way, here is info on Obama’s staged event in NH:
The cute little girl who asked Obama how do kids know what is true and why do people want a new health care system? Her name is Julia Hall and she’s 11 years old. Her mother is an attorney, Kathleen Manning Hall. On Kathleen Hall’s Facebook page there’s a picture of her with Barack Obama. She has contributed thousands of dollars to Obama, and her law firm has contributed thousands more. Now you tell me what the chances are that she was randomly called on at the ObamaEvent. Isn’t this what Nancy Pelosi call "Astro-Turf"?)
4. Tort Reform only represents 1% of total healthcare costs.
FACTCHECK!
This tort reform estimate grossly underestimates only a small subset of direct payouts to victims and does not even include the bulk of money involved in frivolous lawsuits that do not even make it to court. As of 2003 this amount was actually about billion annually and has grown since. Moreover it does not include the insurance doctors must pay and the shortage of doctors that result due to liability of specific types of doctors. No one wants to remove penalties for doctors who screw up, but rewarding lawyers with million dollar awards cannot be helping to make healthcare more affordable. Moreover, while Democrats and their journalist supporters try to paint insurance providers and drug manufacturers as being "special interests" working to defeat reform, they constantly overlook the role that trial lawyers are playing to try and impose Pelosi’s specific legislation which will open the flood gates as many more patients are unleashed on an understaffed healthcare system with no tort reform or award limits whatsoever and tax-payers funding an endless supply of money.
5. There is no "Death Panel" in Obama’s vision for healthcare.
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Perhaps Obama and Pelosi don’t use this specific term, but read Barack Obama’s ideas about where 80% of the cost of healthcare and decide for yourself what he wants a panel of "doctors, scientists, ethicists" to decide. And also keep in mind Ezekiel Emanuel’s ideas about changing the doctor’s oath and Obama’s Science Czar John Holdren’s book from the 1970s advocating sterilization of the water supply and forced abortions to limit population demand on resources.
6. Republicans don’t have an alternative plan
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Here is a great plan put forward by Rep Paul Ryan:
7. I can rely on FACTCHECK sites to sort out what is fact or fiction in the healthcare debate.
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No. Do your own research. Partisan interests on both sides, though mainly for Obama & Pelosi’s benefit have manipulated these pieces to "lobby" for their cause. Here is one conservative site that explains how it works:
A friend said that you do but I think hes getting confused with the need to be vetted before taking a dog from a rescue home as opposed to buying a puppy from a breeders. I know dog licenses used to exsist but I thought they’d been abolished
I am looking for a qualified veterinarian who is more interested in the quality of life for my cats than the quantity in his/her bank account. Since declawing is a horrendously cruel act done only for uninformed pet owners and fast money for the vet, I would like to find a vet who refuses to declaw. I want the health and comfort of my cats to come first. If you have a website with a list of such veterinarians, I would really appreciate it. The last vet I went to had just spayed a cat and performed 10 amputations on that poor cat at the same time – the cat had come back due to infections and not healing from this horrible trauma. I asked the pet owner why he would do such a thing, and he said it was either declaw or get rid of the cat – so why didn’t he give the cat to a shelter where she could find a person to love her? The poor cat couldn’t even stand up. I never want to witness such cruelty again on a visit to a vet.
Little Big Cat
Some of you are responding that I might someday choose to declaw my cats or that the vet may sneak my cat to the back and do this. I am only interested in a vet who will not declaw a cat because I believe that he would make better decisions about my cat if one of them was sick. I need a vet I can trust. I can’t trust a vet who declaws cats. It’s just that simple. I have never, nor would I ever declaw any cat. God made them with claws and that’s the way mine will remain for always. I don’t have disciplinary problems with my cats because I taught them by love and praise. They don’t want to do anything that might make me unhappy. They are wonderful cats and deserve a vet who is equally wonderful. I hope this helps to clarify that I’m looking for a vet who doesn’t believe that declawing is a solution and therefore I could trust to take great care to make sure my cats are healthy and never hurt. By the way, for those mentioning Downers Grove, a name please? Thanks so much!
Thank you for loving and caring enough about animals to not want to cause them unnecessary pain and abuse for convenience as some have quoted. It seems from the response that those who believe in declawing just don’t care what their pet feels. I question their right to have a pet at all. A special thank you for caring to Batgirl, Maria P, RuneAmok, Kath, Kat, Puppy Zwolle. I do appreciate your support in locating a qualified and humane vet, but more importantly, thank you for caring about the quality of life for animals. Our pets are not just hairy objects to cuddle when we need comfort, they’re family members who feel the same pain physically and emotionally as we do. For those of you who think declawing is just fine, you should have your fingers and toes cut off and see if you can function as normal. It would stop hurting in a couple of weeks and then you could figure out how to scratch an itch or pick your nose. You don’t deserve a pet.
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Choosing Pet Health Insurance
In times such as these when almost everyone needs to save money and skip on non-essentials, it might seem as though getting pet health insurance is an extravagance. Actually it is probably going to end up saving more money than it costs.
If you have a cat or dog, you are no stranger to costly vet bills. A simple broken bone or fracture due to getting hit by a car or some other accidental injury can easily end up costing over $1000 or more.
Pet health insurance is like any other insurance coverage that you need, such as auto, life, homeowners or even your own health insurance. We hope we will never have to file a claim for a loss or a terrible injury or accident, but we are grateful that if we need to, the insurance policy we have will cover our rear end in the event such a situation arises.
When shopping for pet insurance it may be tempting to find the company with the cheapest rates. But think about it for a moment. Our pets are our special animal companions and for most of us animal lovers, they are just as much a part of the family as our children or spouses. So it is okay to want to save money, but is it the wisest move to go with very cheap insurance if it does not provide the best coverage?
You can begin by looking up several veterinary health insurance companies and get some quotes. Do the research into each one and find out what is covered and what is not. They will usually vary and some will cover certain injuries and conditions and some will not. Certain ones will have smaller co-pays and others will have a higher monthly payment required for your pet's coverage. Some will allow for pre-existing medical conditions and others will not. So it pays to do enough research ahead of time to determine which is the right one for you and for your beloved animal friend.
Sometimes the type of dog or dog breed will make a difference as far as which type of insurance you should get. If you have a mixed breed and he or she is in very good overall health, you may want to go with a cheaper pet insurance. But if you have a dog of a certain breed that is prone to particular diseases, conditions or problems, such as hip dysplasia, you may choose a more expensive option so that you have that peace of mind.
One major factor in all of this is diet. Remember that the same rule that applies to humans, applies to animals as well, which is you "are what you eat". Don't give poor quality food to your animals if you really want the best for them. Dogs and cats are meat eaters primarily and yet most of the poor quality food is full of lousy quality meat, meat by-products and grains. Dogs and cats should not be eating grains, so be aware of what the food you are feeding them is made of.
One type of food for animals that is gaining considerable attention is raw food. Raw pet food is being given to more and more pets every year and you really should look into it for your pet's health and longevity. The traditional diet of these animals in the wild is raw meat, which has all of the essential nutrients besides the amino acids and enzymes which are all lost in the cooking process used in most commercial pet foods.
When food is heat processed it is very destructive to the delicate enzymes, vitamins and antioxidants that are so beneficial in a natural and organic diet. Because of this, many pet food companies then add nutrients as a way of replacing those that were destroyed by heat. Sadly, these synthetic replacement nutrients don't come close to their natural organic counterparts.
