Recent content by burmarosa

Care Credit is a no interest credit card that you can use for many medical bills including veterinary, dentist, doctors, etc. I use mine all the time and take months to pay it off. You can use that to pay the vet and get your cat the help it needs.

I've been reading all the posts that I can find on cancer in hens. I just had a BR die and on exam, the vet thought she felt a mass. We didn't do a necropsy because the clinic was very busy at the time and the lice and mites were crawling off of her onto us. We were in a hurry to get her into...

Do you or any family members have any areas that are red and/or itchy? Ringworm is very common in cats. Family members can get it from handling the cat. I've had it from my cat. It's not a big deal and cleared up with an anti fungal but you really need someone knowledgeable to diagnose the...

I go to the local sawmill and purchase the pine shavings for $8 a condensed bale. They sell them in 3 sizes of flakes: large, medium and small. I get the small flakes and one half bale covers my 6 x 10 coop floor about 3" deep. I use a kitty litter scoop and scoop out the poop daily. The...

Hi. I'm new to the forum. I've been raising chickens free range for years in Minnesota with good luck. Actually, too good. Banties are worse than rabbits and we've had the problem of too many chickens. Well, about two years ago we adopted a dog and after falling in love with her, she...