12 02, 2021

Dr. Palazzolo Presentation on Wildlife Medicine

2021-02-13T10:01:01-08:00February 12th, 2021|Current News, Wildlife Medical Care|

This page will show you how a wildlife veterinarian cares for injured wildlife. You will learn the importance of this in our urban environment, and also learn what to do if you find an injured wild animal. Dr. P has a YouTube video of a presentation he gave to a Michigan Audubon Society group on how he has taken care of injured wildlife for over 42 years through the Wildlife Care Program at the Long Beach Animal Hospital. It is graphic in nature, and you will get a chance to see actual surgeries. One surgery is the repair of a

11 02, 2021

How to Enhance Your Cat’s Life

2021-02-14T13:40:18-08:00February 11th, 2021|Cats, Current News|

Are you providing your cat with the environment it needs? You might think so, but after you read this page you might find some pointers on how you can do a better job. We are cat lovers at the Long Beach Animal Hospital. After we teach you about how to improve your cat's life we will show some pictures of the staff in action with some of the tens of thousands of cats we have cared for at the Long Beach Animal Hospital. Dr. P examining his first leopard at Lion Country Safari in 1983 The main cause of death

23 10, 2020

Minimizing Stress In Cats

2020-10-23T14:55:16-07:00October 23rd, 2020|Behavioral, Cats, Current News, Tips|

Cats are interesting creatures when it comes to their social lives. They are highly prone to stress, especially in households with more than one cat. This stress can cause chronic disease, especially of the urinary tract. It is so important that have a page dedicated to this problem called Urinary Tract Disease in Cats. When this disease is caused by excess stress it is called Idiopathic Cystitis. There is even speculation that excess stress causes a "Pandora Syndrome" in cats with aspects that are similar to humans. In cats the excess stress can exacerbate skin conditions like psychogenic alopecia (a

19 06, 2020

Sandhill Cranes of Michigan

2020-06-20T08:33:13-07:00June 19th, 2020|Current News, Wildlife Photographer, Wildlife Photography, Wildlife Photography Blog|

Sandhill Cranes are a large, colorful, wary, and loud bird. Oftentimes I hear them in the distance long before I see them. This is advantageous since now I have time to set my camera and focus on them as they fly by. Compared to the smaller and faster birds I photograph like Kingfisher and Terns, the Sandhill Cranes are slow flyers and one of the easier Bird In Flight (BIF) subjects. The following photos of them flying were all taken with a Canon 1Dx Mark II DSLR, using a 400 mm D. O. lens. They were taken at ISO 2,000,

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