Brickell Animal Hospital- Miami vet is a full-service veterinary medical facility, located in Miami, FL. The Animal Hospital seeks to provide the best available medical care, surgical care and dental care for their patients. Brickell Animal Hospital is committed in promoting responsible pet ownership, preventative health care and health-related educational opportunities for their clients.
They offer services such as Boarding & Grooming, Dietary Consultation, Emergency and Medical Treatments. The staff are well trained and hardworking.
They are also extra careful with your pet’s diet. A recent article from vetmedicine.com gives some good indicators for the pet owners if their pet is overweight.
Here’s How:
1. Stand over your pet viewing the back. Look for a nice curved indentation in the area of the waist (just behind the rib cage). A pet with a “straight line” from head to tail, or even a bowed-out line along the back, could likely mean that your pet is overweight.
2. View your pet from the side. There should be a nice “tuck up” area behind the rib cage and before the hind legs. A pet with a “straight line” or a saggy area in the belly area could likely mean that your pet is overweight. Cats are especially prone to fat collecting in the belly area; areas that are easily viewable from the side.
3. Gently run your fingers along your pet’s rib cage. The ribs should be felt easily and the skin should glide over the ribs smoothly, as opposed to large “sheets” of fat moving along the ribs.
4. View your pet’s face. A rounded face or visible folds of skin around the face and under the chin could likely mean that your pet is overweight — this depends somewhat on breed.
5. Check the area above the base of the tail; overweight pets have extra padding and folds in this location.
source (http://vetmedicine.about.com/od/nutritioninformation/ht/HT_bodyweight.htm)
For proper consultation visit the animal hospital.
Brickell Animal Hospital- Vet Miami
130 SW 8th Street
Miami, Florida 33130
http://brickellanimalhospital.com
brickell@petmedicalcenters.com
