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Glen Kolenc has been a practising vet for just over 10 years. After working in several veterinary hospitals in Sydney along with a four year working holiday in the UK, he now owns the Petersham Veterinary Hospital in Sydney's Inner West, along with its onsite boarding cattery. Glen's love of animals stems back to his childhood, which prompted him to study veterinary science at the University of Sydney. After graduating in 1997 with honours, he has spent over a decade doing "the most rewarding job in the world".

Glen is our resident Internet Vet here at Dogs and Cats and would like to remind visitors asking him questions that some medical problems can be extremely difficult to diagnose. A certain set of symptoms may be caused by several possible ailments. Therefore nothing can replace a veterinarian obtaining a full history, and performing a thorough examination of your pet. This Q + A segment though does allow for more general queries to be addressed.

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Please note that due to the volume of questions we receive here at dogsandcats, we cannot promise to answer all of the questions posted here. We will select the questions we feel will be most helpful for a majority and the vet will answer these on a regular basis.
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Q:My dog a cross boxer mastif is forever blowing off extremly smelly wind that she clears a room. We have cut out raw meat she gets mainly good quality dry food and a little wet (My Dog). We have tried charcoal tablets - we aren't sure how much to give her but thats not working. Any any advice would be a great help. Linda
A:The first thing we'd need to look at is diet. I would stop feeding the mydog and solely feed dry food, preferably a highly digestible one, that is made for dogs with gastrointestinal issues. Most good quality dog foods have a food for this purpose. You could also consider a fibre supplement to help out...adding a teaspoon of metamucil to each meal may help. Best of luck, Glen.

Q:Can you please advise the dose rate for an injection of ivamec in ml per kg-weight for treatment of ear mites in cavaliers. thanks angelique
A:Ivermectin is a drug that is not registered for use in dogs and as such there is no published "official" dose rate. In saying that, Ivermectin can be used in dogs "off label" where the dose rate used is case-specific and so your vet who prescribed the ivermectin should have advised you of what dose to use.

Q:Can Dog Encephalitis be treated at home and what are symtoms of this?
A:Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain. The symptoms would depend on where in the brain the inflammation is occuring, but generally seizures would be the main thing you would see. Encephalitis is something that can be caused by a number of different things, and the treatment would depend on the cause of the encephalitis (which would be different in each case).

Q: My cat looks like he’s got a small pink haemorrhoid. He drinks a lot and eats Royal Canin. Can you advise if I should be concerned and what I am to do? Thanks, Suzanna
A:Haemorrhoids (as people get them) are very rare in animals. So if your cat has a lump on him, it should be checked out by a vet - a simple test can be done as a loose screening tool to see if there is any evidence of cancerous cells in the lump, which will dictate whether the lump should be removed. Or, if it worries you, you can just request that your vet removes the lump.

Q:My pet may have diabetes. If so, how much will the monthly cost be for his medical supplies, and how much roughly for the first diagnosis?
A:Nice question but I can't offer anything in terms of pricing because two different vets will: a) have different prices for the same thing; b) have different protocols for diagnosing and managing any particular disease. So for pricing, you'd need to check with your own vet. The interesting thing to note is this question said my pet "may have" diabetes. Before worrying about long term costs, perhaps getting a diagnosis first might be more prudent. Diagnosis of diabetes is cheap compared to long term management. A critical thing to realise here is that while diabetes will cause dogs and cats to drink more water (& therefore urinate more), eat more food and lose weight, there are other diseases that cause exactly the same symptoms. so going to the vet for a checkup, blood and urine tests is the way to go to distinguish all the possible causes.

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