Health & Nutrition

How to identify, treat and prevent anal gland issues in your dog. That's right, it's time to leave your dogs anal gland problems BEHIND!

Forget the chocolates and skip the flowers this Valentine’s Day and spend it with your one true love – your dog.

PetScripts.com.au is owned by vets, with Dr Mark as its CEO, and has a team of pharmacists to dispense your pet’s medicine on prescription, with the same care and attention that you’d receive for yourself at the chemist!

You've tried every shampoo, conditioner and cream under the sun, but then your vet asks, "what are you feeding them?". You might be thinking, "how could what I feed my pet have anything to do with a skin condition?", but food allergies in pets that cause skin irritation are not that uncommon.

Aside from being incredibly adorable, our pet’s noses are pretty amazing things. A dog’s nose has up to 100 million more receptors than our humble human noses and the part of a dog's brain that processes smells is 40 times bigger than ours! Cats have even more receptors with up to 200 million in those cute little schnozzes.

With so many products out there, it can be hard to know where to begin to choose the best food for your pet. This article will look at the pros and cons of wet food versus dry food for both cats and dogs, and covers what you should consider when choosing a food for your furry friend.

In this article, we provide an outline of the most common types of cancer in dogs and cats, some of the symptoms of each type and other symptoms to be on the lookout for. It also explores treatment options, causes of cancer in pets and things that you as a pet owner can do to reduce your pet’s risk of developing cancer.

It can be hard to know when you should take your pet to see their vet, or if you should wait and see how they are in the morning. This article will explore some conditions or symptoms that, if present in your pet, may require a trip to the vet.

Epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder found in cats and dogs and can affect around 1-3% of cats and between 0.5-6% of dogs. Seizures are a symptom of epilepsy, but not all types of seizures are caused by epilepsy. A dysfunction of the brain's electrical activity causes seizures in both pets and humans, although the specific mechanisms that cause seizures are not fully understood.