Pets and Vets

When something is wrong with your pet it is always a good idea to get them medical care straight away. However, sometimes something can seem wrong with the pet, but it is normal pet behavior. How can we has owners save ourselves from unnecessary veterinary bills and still be sure our pet is safe? By doing a little research. There are resources in your local library and on the internet that can allow you to learn more about basic pet first aid, common pet problems, and even your pet's behaviors. Try reading up a bit on your animal to discover if that snorting sound your puppy makes is a breathing problem or a perfectly natural backwards sneeze.

Do remember that if the injury or problem is serious it is best to consult your vet, but until then, try exploring the following resources.

Online:

Medline Plus: Pet Health
~ From the National Library of Medicine, it provides trusted health information for your pet.

Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Library
~ Quality health information selected by a Veterinary Librarian.

Doctors' Foster and Smith Pet Education
~ Fulfilling their commitment to provide pet owners with trustworthy pet care information, every Drs. Foster & Smith catalog contains up to 30 articles written by the doctors about the health and care of pets.

Pet Health Topics
~ From the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University. "The purpose of this Web Site is to provide information on preventative health care in companion animals, to help you determine when to seek veterinary care for a problem in your pet and to help prepare you to respond to questions asked by your veterinarian about your pet’s problem."

AVMA Pet First Aid
~ Pet first aid information from the American Veterinary Medical Association.


In the Library:

Nonfiction: 636-636.8

Federal Citizen Information Center

Remember those old "Oh! Pueblo!" commercials? According to their website, "for over 35 years, the Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC) has been a trusted one-stop source for answers to questions about consumer problems and government services. Consumers can get the information they need in three ways: by calling toll-free 1 (800) FED-INFO, through printed publications, or through information posted on FCIC’s family of websites."

To Learn more go to http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/

Consumers can read, print out, or save the current Consumer Information Catalog and the full text of all the publications listed in it. You can also access additional information on a wide range of subjects (cars, computers, education, employment, family, federal programs, food, health, housing, money, and more) by clicking on different topic headings.

Find such information as:

ID Theft: What It's All About
Food Safety Education
Consumer's Guide to Mortgage Refinancing

Explore. You'll never know what you'll find.