Pet Care Articles

River Ridge Veterinary Hospital

6790 River Center Drive
Clemmons, NC 27012

(336)712-3413

www.riverridgevet.com

The Monster in the Medicine Cabinet

It’s a common horror-movie trope: unsuspecting schmuck closes the medicine cabinet door only to reveal the monster/vengeful ghost/poltergeist in the mirror behi ...

The Parrot's Tale

“Treat him like you would a very intelligent four-year old boy and you’ll be fine.”I tried not to shower my friend in suspicion and derision. After all, if the ...

Intervertebral Disk Disease (Herniations of the Disk)

Intervertebral disks are located between the vertebrae (bones of the spine). Each disk has two parts, a fibrous outer layer and the jelly-like interior. When di ...

Behind the Scenes at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, IL

Today I had the pleasure of a behind the scenes tour of the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, just one day after teaming up with Sarah Kalnajs to give a 3-day seminar ...

What do we Tell the Kids?

A fragment of conversation anchored my feet to the floor, over-filled laundry basket perched on my hip. My two oldest children were playing with their plastic ...

IMHA: Four Letters You Never Want to Meet

Most of the diseases that we see and treat in the ER can be pretty easily comprehended by non-medical folks: trauma, infection, cancer – all of these seem to ma ...