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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  • Vetinfo Statement of Purpose

    Vetinfo Statement of Purpose Why We Do What We Do We provide veterinary health information relating to dogs and cats. We have an extensive collection of information online in our Dog Health Information and Cat Health Information pages. Our staff members are the owners and employees of a small...

  • Vision- How Dogs See

    Binocular vision Question: My colleague keeps insisting that dogs only see two-dimensionally, but I believe they must be able to see three- dimensionally, since they are capable of catching objects and running obstacle courses (eg. ladder climbing). The answer, please. Thanks! Kathy Answer: Kathy-...

  • Vocal Problems

    Cat lost her voice Q: feel kind of silly asking about this but my cat, who is generally annoyingly vocal, lost her voice. I don't know if it's something to worry about or not. Over the last few days her voice first got deeper, then raspy, then barely croaking, then it disappeared altogether for a...

  • Vomiting in Cats

    Vomiting and Overeating Question: Dear Dr. Richards, First of all I want to say how much I appreciate the work you are doing! My question concerns a 1-1/2 year old domestic short hair cat I'm fostering for our local shelter. She seems to have a problem with overeating. Over a five-month period...

  • Vomiting problems in Dogs

    Vomiting in the morning (mostly) Question: Dear Dr. Richards..... We rescued a 3 year old rat terrier from the Humane Society... Truly God's gift. She is so sweet. I am concerned about one problem she has though. In the morning and not every morning....she will vomit.....sometimes a yellow bile and...

  • vonWillebrand's disease

    Caring for a Dog with vonWillebrand's Disease Q: Dear Dr. Richards, I recently had our 5 1/2 month old Doberman tested for vonWillebrand's Disease before I had her spayed. She has the disease. My vet said that she had only 3% of the vonWillebrand's factor, which sounds pretty bad to me. The plan is...

  • Weight and Related Problems

    Weight gain in Springer Question: I have a dog he is a 9 years old Springer and about 5 years ago we had to have surgery on his knee. He weighs 85 pounds and we have had him on the "GreenBeandiet" which is half of his food and the rest green beans. He just keeps gaining weight and all we can do is...

  • Weight loss and loss of appetite in Cats

    Weight Loss and Loss of Appetite in Cats Underweight Bengal Kitten - continued Question: Dr. Mike, My next exam in regards to the below email I sent you earlier didn't turn out as I hoped. The vet said the kitten lost weight (from 1.90 to 1.70). The kitten eats at least 6 times a day (Walthams wet...

  • West Nile Virus

    West Nile Virus Question: DR Mike Please help me with any information you can on west nile virus in dogs. We live in the Texas Panhandle and have just found out that our dog has been tested positive. After extensive tests since her initial onset of illness Dec 7, 2002 and our continual bugging them...

  • What's Normal for a Cat

    Cat norms and averages Here are some of the guideline's that your vet uses to assess your cats overall health. Normal Temperature range - 100.5 to 102.5 Average weight range - 7 to 12 lbs Average lifespan - 10 to 18 years Heart rate - 240 beats per minute maximum Pulse rate - 110 to 130 Respiration...

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