When you consider the basic organs your cat has and the proper function of them, your cat’s colon may not be automatically included in that list. Stop, pause, and put a semicolon in the sentence!

Au contraire!

Your cat’s colon and the proper and healthy function of it is vitally important to its overall health. Your cat’s colon is what absorbs the water it drinks and also is where your cat’s fecal matter is stored until it is time to offload it into its litter box. A healthy colon is attributed to plenty of fresh air, exercise, a really good diet of required nutrients and free access to fresh drinking water. Use this link, and visit this site for the veterinarian South Jordan. More can be learned at that website.

You may have heard the words “Micro-chip” before, but since it is a fairly new product, do you know how this involves your dog? As a responsible dog owner, you probably have gone to the trouble of getting your dog ID tags, which is excellent. The new step up from ID tags (that could get lost) is micro-chipping.

The procedure of micro-chipping (still not available in every country) is a simple ID chip that is actually implanted INTO your dog’s body. This very small micro-chip is about the size of a grain of rice, and holds all of your dog’s pertinent information as well as an ID number issued specially to your dog.

Your dog’s information is kept for the duration of its life and all animal professionals are learning how to identify and work with the information on the ID micro-chip. The benefits are too numerous to list and you will always have the peace ... Read more »

There are many variations in the fur types of felines today—some as a natural product of evolution, while others are results of selective breeding. The fur type is a distinct feature of specific breeds, and is determined by the specific combination of awn, down, and guard hairs.

Guard hairs (primary hairs) are the longest and most visible part of a cat’s hair coat. Down are the soft and short hairs that provide insulation to the body. Some breeds of cats lack down hair. Awn hairs are bristly hair that are slightly longer in length; together with the down hair, makes up the secondary hairs.

The coat length of long-haired cats usually varies depending on the breed and season of the year.  The density of the hair coat is due in part to the down hair which offers the best body insulation. On the other hand, the appearance and texture of the coats of short-haired cats vary considerably.

Be sure to have your cat checked by a Greenwood veterinarian. ... Read more »