The FoxNest Veterinary Hospital
The Animal Pet Doctor web site is brought to you as a service of the FoxNest Veterinary Hospital. I'm a busy solo practioner with a hectic schedule, but I'm trying as best I can to make the information on our sites as useful, accurate, and as interesting as possible. I will continue to add, improve, and correct...but feel free to eMail suggestions.
If other veterinarians would like to write about how they would treat a particular disease or problem or make any interesting comments...I would be delighted to post that information in an appropriate section of this site, giving you credit and linking to your site if you wish.
Thank you ever so much,
Roger Ross, DVM
The FoxNest Veterinary Hospital
10445 Clemson Blvd
Seneca, SC 29678
My home phone number: Are you out of your mind?
Apparently I'm crazy to give out an eMail address too. I've been getting several eMails a day from desperate people and children asking me all kinds of inappropriate questions about their pets. Many are along the lines of "my vet says my dog as a vaginal cancer and if it doesn't have surgery it might die. What should I do?" Well, I simply can't answer questions like this without asking a bunch of questions, or examining the mass, seeing the biopsy results and spending a lot of time discussing with you the possible options etc. At any rate, don't expect me to answer medical questions by eMail. There's only so many hours in a day. Trust your vet. Or consider a second opinion.
Thanks again and God Bless; Roger Ross, Veterinarian
P.S. please remember to use our site to access any of our sponsors so we can raise money for all the stray pets and wild animals we take care of at our shelter.
This site is all about the treatment of dogs, cats, and animals.
But there's lots of other information here too. We discuss animal welfare, animal politics, veterinary history, wildlife issues, pet owner responsibility, and the Human Animal Bond.
We also talk alot about Preventive Medicine, wellness exams, vaccinations, parasite control and so forth.
And despite some hateful emails, this site also discusses hot issues such as declaw surgeries and vaccine protocols.
The vast majority of this site, though, is a tribute and celebration of my life-long love for animals by sharing with you the knowledge and experience I've gained as a busy veterinarian in the beautiful foothills of South Carolina, USA
Thanks for coming, Roger Ross, DVM
This web site is dedicated to helping you with pet health questions, with promoting better pet care, and in hopes of raising a little money for our no kill pet shelter:
Any links or banner ads to Amazon.com or other commercial concerns on this site earn us a small commission if you end up buying something and a 100% of these earning go toward helping the pets at our shelter. Thanks!
General Disclaimer
About diagnosing and treating your own pet:
That's not the intention of my comments in the treatment sections of this web site and I think you would be foolish in most cases to treat your pets based on what you read on my site.
In fact, I hope it will become obvious in the treatment discussions just how complex coming up with a diagnosis can be.
In addition to the educational background that veterinarians have, it takes seeing 10 plus cases a day for years to get really good at figuring out what's wrong and what will be needed to get the case under control.
The intention of these treatment pages is to give you an idea of what to expect if your pet has a problem and even better; to give you an outline of the main points you have discussed or considered with me or your vet during the exam.
Another intention of the treatment comments is to instill in you, the pet owner, the idea that while many cases are straight forward and respond well to our chosen initial treatment, there are lots of exceptions...not because the veterinary work was shoddy...but because the nature of curing disease depends on so many factors.
All my treatment comments include options for a reason; there is no one set best way to treat every case.
And all my comments leave open the possible need of referring to another vet, usually a specialist, because no vet has all the answers or equipment or expertise needed for every case.
And lastly; Trust your veterinarian...the vast majority are extremely dedicated and talented people with you and your pet's best interest at heart.
Welcome. This site is brought to you by The FoxNest Veterinary Hospital In beautiful Seneca, South Carolina.
This Site is all about the love and veterinary care of pets.
Most of the pages are set up along the lines of "What To Expect When You Go To The Vet" for different types of problems, injuries, and diseases.
In addition, most pages have comments, discussion, and articles about each topic as well as appropriate links, pictures, stories, a few jokes, and contributions by other vets and animal care professionals.
Specific diseases are discussed in general as well as in detail. I've attempted to make these discussions witty, or at least interesting...not an easy feat when talking about diseases.
Philosophy of different treatment approaches, treatment options, expenses, and controversial treatments are all tackled.
While most of this site...and most of my expertise...is about the treatment of different types of diseases and problems in pets, there are also pages about things that I'm involved with on a daily basis or are close to my heart:
Animal Politics, The Human Animal Bond, Pet Owner Responsibility, Animal Welfare, Wild Life Issues, Nutrition, Animal Laws, Stray Pets, and Animal Training and Behavior.
The "Contents" information starts just below this picture of a Great Dane enjoying the wedding cake. I hope you enjoy this site about loving pets.
Contents
There are hundreds of pages on this site about hundreds of different diseases and problems, so to make it easier to find what you're looking for, I've organized this site into mostly obvious catagories. So, without further ado, here's a general list of contents:
Genetic and Herditary Diseases: coming soon
Find out how veterinarians helped women gain the vote!
Skin Problems: allergies, rashes, bacterial infections, and itching. Hair Loss, Yeast Infections, Hormonal Problems
Surgery: Spays, Castrations, Declawing, Tumor Removal etc
Store: we sell an electic selection of interesting things including guitars
Sponsors: if you buy something from our sponsors after accessing them through our site, we get a commission; all of which goes to our no kill shelter. Thanks.
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