1334 Hillsdale Blvd., San Mateo, CA 94403 (map)
Telephone: 650-341-7741
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Cars
Be careful when driving with your pet. Pets should be securely restrained when driving, because a sudden stop can catapult them into the windshield.
When parked, be extra cautious, as it is extremely easy for a pet to get overheated in a car, even in the shade, and even if just for a few moments. Dogs don't sweat and their body temperature can easily reach 107' F, even during normal play. So, a hot car is a dangerous place for them. Dogs that have short faces - pugs, bulldogs, etc. - are at especially high risk, and can die in situations that would not harm an average dog.
Cats do even worse, because not only do they not sweat, they cannot exchange heat by panting very well either.
Foxtails
These are the stickers you get in your socks when walking through the weeds. They can get in any orifice of the body, and cause a lot of trauma.
A common place is up the nose. If your dog is sneezing violently and there is a discharge from the nose, it may be a foxtail. The sooner the dog can be sedated to scope the nose, the more likely the foxtail can be found. Waiting only makes it harder to find the foxtail, and increases the risk that it may migrate up high enough to be snuffed into the lungs. Whereupon, it may cause a lung infection, or it may travel through the lungs and exit the costal arch of the rib cage and cause an abcess in the muscle wall.
Foxtails can also get in eyes, ears, feet, and elsewhere on the body.
Unfortunately, due to the recession, there are:
- more stray abandoned animals,
- more unvaccinated pets possibly spreading disease, and
- poorer mosquito control due to an increased number of stagnant pools on foreclosed properties, allowing mosquitoes to multiply.
Thus, it is more important than ever to make sure your pet is properly vaccinated, and that your dog is on a monthly heartworm preventative.
Mosquitoes spread heartworms. If your dog is currently not on heartworm preventative, now is the time to get a blood test, to confirm your pet does not already have heartworms, and get started on a preventative,.
Cats are safer indoors, but if you have to let your cat out, please keep it in at night. That will reduce chances it will get in a cat fight and get an abcess. A mountain lion was recently sighted in downtown San Mateo, and mountain lions will definitely eat housecats. Coyotes are numerous in the hills, and are bolder than ever before, and will also dine on kitties. So, keep your cats in, if you can.