Feline herpesvirus field guide
November 1, 2021
I wrote this paper as part of my vet tech academic study.
We will always evolve to follow current evidence-based practice.
This information supersedes my previous blog post: FELINE URI's
Many of the principles in this guide are transferable to FCV and ...
Let's talk about the cost of a kitten
October 16, 2021
Our kittens are $3000 each.
This is based on the following factors that can be quantified with a dollar value:
- Vet work > kittens come desexed ($140-200 depending on gender), vaccinated x 3 ($90) microchipped ($25), worming (2 tabs x $11 and they are wormed every fortni...
Welcome to the worldThe C-Litter
It wasn't a smooth ride this time around. Nico required some extra help after secondary uterine inertia. She had two on her own... then everything stopped. So after some oxytocin only partially got things moving, and she had two more... it s...
Feline Upper Respiratory Infections (URI's)
August 16, 2021
SOME OF THIS INFORMATION HAS EVOLVED DURING MY CURRENT RESEARCH.
PLEASE SEE MY BLOG POST ON FHV-1
FHV-1 FIELD GUIDE
OUR PRACTICES WILL ALWAYS EVOLVE AND CHANGE TO FOLLOW CURRENT EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE...
Imagine this type of world...
December 12, 2020
Here's a hypothetical for you...
To all the rescuers and foster carers, I love what you do, I have been involved in rescue before, and I will do in the future too. But before you jump down my throat, just have a read....
Imagine a world where shelters and pounds didn't exis...
Colour Genetics
November 14, 2020
What I've learned about colour genetics so far!
I’m still learning and evolving, so please be kind if I haven’t got everything just right. I welcome any comments/opinions as long as they’re KIND 😊
So this is still a whole new world for me. I’ve been reading up on this since I chose Henley the day he was born, a...
Henley x Nico
October 31, 2020
Don't you love how Henley looks constantly perplexed 😅🤣
I would be too if it was my first time in the sack with a strange woman who spoke a different language 💃 I wonder if Henley can understand Nico's Danish accent 🤔
Only 6 days post arrival and in true Nico sty...
Breeding... in general
September 29, 2020
Polydactyly Papers
August 26, 2020
Here are a couple of recent papers that I've found on polydactyly characteristics and heterogeneity in maine coons.
The first two papers are published in J FELINE MED SURG and have impact factors in the 3rd quartile for veterinary sciences.
The third paper i...
DNA Profile - Henley
July 5, 2019
Henley's DNA results & my thoughts so far...
Polydactyl
Henley is heterozygous for polydactyl (Hw/N), which means approximately 50% of his kids will also possess the polydactyl trait and also pass this trait on. The following shows the 3 variants for the polydactyl allele which is dominant over non-polydactyl:
Hw/Hw = ...
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