Mandel Vet's DVM Notebook

Reiki, Japanese for “universal energy”, is a healing technique in which gentle but powerful energy is channeled through a caregiver into a patient. Reiki energy has been shown to help illness, anxiety, and depression in both people and animals, and prom… more »

In May, I examined a kitty that had been adopted from the shelter and had been spayed there. Her new parents were observing behavior that was suspicious of hormonal/heat behavior. She was being extremely vocal, extremely affectionate, and was keeping t… more »

This cat found a large piece of spearment gum, by accident. The large wad was removed with clippers. Although this cat only suffered the annoyance and slight discomfort of the gum pulling on his hair, gum which contains Xylitol, (sugarless varieties), ar… more »

Today was an all outpatient day for me. I saw an older cat in the morning, a beautiful 17 yr. old male Siamese. He was a classic siamese, full-bodied, cross-eyed, just like the ones when I was a kid, before the oriental, angular, triangle-headed, (but st… more »