Dr. Michael Richards

Michael Richards, D.V.M. co-owns a small animal general veterinary practice in rural tidewater Virginia. Dr. Richards graduated from Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine in 1979, and has been in private practice ever since.

Dr. Richards has been the director of the PetCare Forum (tm) on America Online (tm) and co-founded TierCom, Inc., the company that produces the VetInfo Digest and created VetInfo.com in 1996. Dr. Richards is married to and practices with Maureen Richards, D.V.M., a graduate of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. 



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  • Feline Leukemia Test

    Feline Leukemia Test vetinfo.com vetinfo.com Feline Leukemia - testing accuracy Q: Dear Dr Richards I breed Bengal cats. My tom has been tested as has the other animals that he lives with. My Queens are all healthy and live completely isolated indoors. I have had two people that have purchased...

  • Feline Leukemia Treatments

    Feline Leukemia Treatments vetinfo.com vetinfo.com Feline Leukemia therapies Question: Dr Richards, our cat has feline leukemia. She was a stray with kittens when we found her, she was probably less than a year old. It has been almost 3 years since we found here, but she is now starting to really...

  • Feline Reproduction - Pregnancy

    Deworming treatment for pregnant cat Question: hi.... my niece has a cat and she is pregnent. but they noticed that she has worms she is due any time. and she asked me if i though she should worm her. i said no not now. to weight . i think there tape worms she said they look like little megits...

  • Female Dogs Problems

    Missed heat cycle Question: Dr. Richards: I raise labs. One of my two young dogs came into heat an usually that brings in the other. That did not happen. I had wanted to breed both unfortunately only one is pregnant. Could there be a medical reason for a missed heat. She is a 3 yr old lab and has...

  • Feral Cats

    Feral Cats One readers solution to socialization - It's your turn Are Feral Cats at risk from mangy looking cat next door Question: Hello, I maintain a colony of 18 feral cats. I do all of their vaccinations, medical treatments, etc. Here is the problem: My neighbors cat appears to have come down...

  • Fibrocartilaginous infarct

    Fibrocartilaginous infarct in Labrador Retriever - continued problems with legs Question: Dear Mike: I have a question about my 5 year old chocolate lab, who seems to be an enigma for her vet as well as a neurologist she has been seeing. Rocky had a fibrocartilaginous embolism in march of 99, which...

  • Fibrosarcoma in Cats

    Fibrosarcoma in Cats vetinfo.com Vaccination vetinfo.com Photodynamic therapy for squamous cell carcinoma and other tumors Question: Why doesn't Dr. Mike advise owners of cats diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma about the new photo dynamic therapy being used?? My cat has a small lesion on the...

  • FLUTD/FUS Feline lower urinary tract disease

    FLUTD/FUS Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease vetinfo.com FLUTD Question: Dear Dr. Mike, I am very confused and concerned about my 3 year old neutered cat. A little more than a year ago, he began urinating frequently, with discomfort and in very scant amounts. I live in a very small town, but took...

  • Foot and Nail Problems

    Itchy feet Question: Dr. Richards, Both my Poms scratch and lick their paws. At the kennel their staple food was some brand of kibbles. Here at home they have been fed rice and chicken. Is it possible that the rice could be the cause of their licking and scratching? They are combed for fleas but we...

  • Foot Problems in Cats

    Foot Problems in Cats Cutaneous horn formation on cat's foot Question: Dear Dr. Richards, About 15 mos. ago, we noticed our 5 yr. old cat, Annie, making a "clicking" noise when she walked and assumed she needed her nails clipped, which we did, but it continued. We discovered a rough crusty patch on...

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