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Tyzzer's Disease (Clostridium piliforme) in Gerbils and Pet Rodents
Tyzzer's disease is the most frequently described fatal infectious disease of gerbils and usually presents as sudden death. A clinical reference on presentation, why ante-mortem confirmation fails, what antimicrobials can and cannot achieve, and spore decontamination.
Read →Ferret Gastrointestinal Foreign Body: Diagnosis and Management
A clinical hub on ferret gastrointestinal foreign bodies: why young ferrets swallow rubber and older ferrets form trichobezoars, why vomiting is usually absent, diagnosis by palpation and imaging, when to operate, the prokinetic contraindication, and the concurrent-insulinoma hypoglycemia trap.
Read →Yellow Fungus Disease (Nannizziopsis guarroi) in Bearded Dragons
Yellow fungus disease in bearded dragons is an invasive, contagious dermatomycosis caused by Nannizziopsis guarroi (formerly CANV). A clinical hub on taxonomy, diagnosis by culture, histopathology and PCR, antifungal dosing (voriconazole, terbinafine), debridement, biosecurity, and prognosis.
Read →Guinea Pig Urolithiasis: Calcium Carbonate Stones, Diagnosis, and Surgical Management
Guinea pig uroliths are usually calcium carbonate stones that resist dissolution, so surgery is definitive. A clinical reference on signalment, pathophysiology, radiographic diagnosis, cystotomy and urethral techniques, off-label meloxicam dosing, hindgut-safe antibiotics, and prevention.
Read →Rabbit Flystrike (Cutaneous Myiasis): Emergency Management
Flystrike is a warm-weather emergency in rabbits: blowfly larvae can drive toxaemia and shock within a day. A DVM guide to shock stabilisation, mechanical larval removal and debridement, rabbit-specific meloxicam dosing, secondary antibiosis, prognosis, and correcting the predisposing cause - plus why cyromazine (Rearguard) prevents but does not treat.
Read →Rabbit Dental Disease and Malocclusion: A Clinical Reference for Veterinarians
A DVM clinical reference on rabbit acquired dental disease and malocclusion: dental anatomy, the fiber- and calcium-driven pathophysiology, imaging, coronal reduction and incisor extraction, tooth-root abscess surgery, meloxicam analgesia, and lifelong management.
Read →Chelonian Aural Abscess: A Clinical Reference for Vets
Aural abscess in turtles is a caseous middle-ear plug that must be surgically removed — antibiotics alone fail. Etiology, the hypovitaminosis-A and organochlorine debate, culture, surgery, and prognosis for the practicing DVM.
Read →Nutritional Osteodystrophy (Metabolic Bone Disease) in Sugar Gliders
Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism is the classic husbandry disease of the pet sugar glider. A DVM-focused reference on the inverted Ca:P mechanism, the paresis-to-paralysis presentation, ionized-calcium diagnosis, and extralabel calcium dosing.
Read →Head Tilt (Vestibular Disease) in Rabbits
In rabbits, head tilt is dominated by central E. cuniculi meningoencephalitis and peripheral bacterial otitis media/interna. This DVM reference covers localization, imaging and serology limits, empirical dual therapy, and the supportive care that drives outcomes.
Read →Trixacarus caviae (Sarcoptic Mange) in Guinea Pigs
Trixacarus caviae, the guinea pig's burrowing sarcoptic mite, causes pruritus severe enough to trigger seizure-like episodes and is the first differential for any pruritic cavy. A DVM reference on diagnosis, verified ivermectin and selamectin dosing, seizure management, in-contact treatment, and prognosis.
Read →Chinchilla Gastrointestinal Stasis: A Clinical Reference
A DVM clinical reference on gastrointestinal stasis (ileus/hypomotility) in the chinchilla: why it is a secondary sign rather than a diagnosis, the anorexia–dysbiosis–gas–pain cycle and its lethal endpoints (hepatic lipidosis and tympany), the dental-first driver workup, distinguishing functional stasis from obstruction and bloat, and formulary-sourced fluids, analgesia, feeding, prokinetic, and antibiotic guidance.
Read →Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease (PBFD): Recognizing and Managing BFDV Circovirus in Parrots
Clinical reference for psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD): the BFDV circovirus and its environmental resistance, the immunosuppression that drives fatal secondary infection, the peracute/acute/chronic forms, the feather-and-beak dystrophy that separates it from plucking, PCR diagnosis with the 90-day retest for asymptomatic positives, supportive-only management, aviary biosecurity, and prognosis.
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