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Dr. Patrick Mahaney featured on Animal Planet’s My Cat From Hell

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It has been great fun and an interesting challenge to be called upon by Jackson Galaxy to lend my veterinary perspective to the Animal Planet television show My Cat From Hell. If you missed my appearance evaluating and treating season three’s Molly, you can now see me during her follow up report. Go to “Molly’s Follow-Up”: http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/my-cat-from-hell.

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Tips to Keep Your Pet Safe from Wintry Climate Changes and Man-Made Hazards

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This article originally appeared on Dr. Mahaney’s The Daily Vet column on petMD. As we progress through winter, some parts of the country have been exposed to harsher climates than others. Having grown up on the East coast, I much prefer to live in the consistently warm temperatures found in Southern California. Actually, my seemingly seasonal bouts

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FlexPet Mythbuthers – Cat Edition

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This article originally appeared on my ongoing series of articles for Flexcin International, Inc as FlexPet Mythbuthers – Cat Edition   Cats are mysterious creatures and oftentimes we don’t understand their intentions. Despite their domestication and interaction with humans for hundreds of years, their behavior is still shrouded by numerous myths. Read on to find out what you

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Quiz: What the Litterbox Says About Your Cat’s Health

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This article originally appeared on CatChannel.com: Quiz: What the Litterbox Says About Your Cat’s Health 1) Does your cat urinate or defecate elsewhere besides his litterbox? Life with cats is full of mysteries. Now, you can decode one of those. Determine your cat’s health by looking closer at the litterbox. Veterinarian Patrick Mahaney, DVM, decodes some of the more common cat

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Pet Food Ingredients: The Questionable

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This article originally appeared on my ongoing series of articles for Flexcin International, Inc as Pet Food Labels: Questionable Pet Food Ingredients As part of our “Reading Pet Food Labels” series, we covered the basics along with the ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ ingredients. Now it’s time to cover the ‘Questionable’ ingredients you may find in your pet’s food or treats. The questionable nature of these

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