One of the primary goals of The Pet Fund is to inform pet owners about preventative care practices which can help to avoid medical crises in future. By making the long-term health of our pets a priority on an ongoing basis, we can avoid many medical problems and increase the well-being and longevity of our furry and feathered family members. The Pet Fund is not responsible for the outcome of any medical procedure or preventative care measure listed below, but we hope that pet owners will be able to benefit from the common sense approaches we include on our website and in our Pet Fund publications and materials. While the staff of The Pet Fund cannot advise anyone regarding medical treatment of any kind, we hope that you will find the following suggestions useful. The following are a list of suggestions and resources that may be useful to pet owners to both enhance overall pet health and develop good preventative care practices.
Covetrus, a global market leader in animal health-technology, has a helpful web page dedicated to pet owner education about diabetes detection and treatment. Link below:
https://northamerica.covetrus.com/docs/default-source/landing-pages/diabetes/2018/diabetes-infographic.pdf
You can also watch a helpful Covetrus video about managing diabetes here:
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Pumpkin® is a pet health company and pet insurance provider on a mission to "help make the best care possible fur all."™ Through helping families afford the best, most advanced diagnostics and treatments when their pets get hurt or sick and prioritize crucial wellness care that prevents life-threatening diseases, Pumpkin’s pet insurance plans and wellness packages are designed to help the cats and dogs we love live longer, healthier lives.
As an advocate of preventative care, Pumpkin worked with leading veterinarians across the US to create our wellness package – Preventive Essentials. It’s not insurance, but an optional benefit pet parents can add to their Pumpkin insurance plan to get refunds for key preventative care services that keep pets healthy year-round, including annual wellness exams, vaccines, and parasite screening tests.
To learn more about Pumpkin’s insurance plans and wellness packages, visit https://www.pumpkin.care/.
Pet Pace - A wireless smart collar that non-invasively monitors your pet's health.Pet Pace provides early detection of diseases and real-time alerts for both dogs and cats. PetPace helps with everyday monitoring or with pets undergoing intensive veterinary care.
For information about PetPace click here: http://petpace.com
Pet Hub is a smart tag that will allow pet owners to protect their pets and get missing pets home faster. Allows anyone with a smart phone to see your information and contact you directly without the need for a microchip scanner.For more information click here: https://pethub.com.
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Whole Dog Journal - The Whole Dog Journal offers well-researched, in-depth articles about all aspects of dog care and training. They feature natural care, diet and training advice, information about complementary therapies like chiropractic, massage, acupuncture, and homeopathy, and advice from experts in the field. They also test, review and evaluate products, and they are 100 percent subscriber-supported−they do not carry advertising.
Rx Vitamins for Pets - Rx Vitamins for Pets is a nutraceutical company providing veterinarians with nutritional formulations designed to enhance patient outcomes. Since 1998, Rx Vitamins has developed formulas that provide the veterinarian with a wide choice of treatment options to complement the conventional care of companion animals. All formulas are manufactured in NSF audited facilities.
If you are not a health professional your veterinarian can order products for you.
Rx Vitamins website: https://www.rxvitamins.com/rxvitaminsforpet
ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center - 888-4ANI-HELP (888-426-4435). Fee is $45 per case; credit cards only; no extra charge for follow-up calls. 1-900-443-0000. The charge is billed directly to caller's phone. Follow-up calls can be made for no additional charge by dialing 888-426-4435. There is no charge when the call involves a product covered by the Animal Product Safety Service.
The IPM Institute of North America has the following advice about flea and tick prevention that is both eco-friendly and safe for your pets:
Use these simple tips to reduce your pet’s exposure to tick vectors:Use these simple tips to reduce your pet’s exposure to tick vectors:
1. Exclude tick carriers: Construct fencing to exclude stray dogs, cats and wildlife species such as deer, coyotes, raccoons, feral swine and other furbearers.
2. Repel tick carrier: Limit the use of landscaping plants around the home that attract deer, birds and rabbits.
3. Go native: Convert the irrigated areas of your yard into native plants or more dry landscapes.
4. Reduce soil moisture: Remove and compost all leaf litter and other vegetative debris as it accumulates from the yard and kennel areas to facilitate soil drying. Use mulching materials to create and maintain a 3-4 ft vegetation-free border zone around woodlot edges and landscape plantings in or adjacent to the yard.
5. “Solarize” the soil: Increase the amount of sunlight reaching the ground and reduce the survivability of ticks by pruning overhead tree branches.
6. Regularly mow lawns: Mow the lawn to about 3 inches of blade height.
7. Distance your pets from tick habitats: Keep bird feeders in open, bare ground areas away from pet kennels and bedding and away from the home and garage/storage shop entrances.
8. Kill ticks with heat: Use a steam cleaner/sprayer when disinfecting pet crates and kennel housings, paying particular attention to steaming cracks and crevices in concrete slabs, pavers of outdoor kennels and along home foundations where ticks may hide. Pouring boiling water can, also, control residual ticks along edges of slabs and into gaps around outdoor flooring.
For more information, click on the link below for additional reading and resources.
University of California at Davis listing of plants which may be poisonous to pets. There are other plants which may not be listed here that may also be poisonous to animals. Please consult with your veterinarian if you have any concerns about any plant your animal may have consumed or with which your animal may have come in contact.
www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ccah/health_information/plants_pets.cfm
Veterinarians from the Texas Veterinary Medical Association have compiled a resource for pet owners searching for veterinary information about common health and behavior issues. You can read these articles by clicking here: https://www.texvetpets.org.