How We Write
The PetsyPlanet blog covers the health of dogs, cats, rabbits, rodents, birds and reptiles. Mistakes in these topics have a cost, so this page describes how our articles are actually made, including what we don't do yet.
Where does our information come from?
From guidelines published by veterinary and scientific organisations, veterinary reference manuals and peer-reviewed research. The list of sources is closed. The ones we use most are:
- WSAVA, AAHA and AVMA: guidelines for dogs and cats (vaccination, nutrition, senior care),
- International Cat Care, AAFP and ABCD: cats,
- ESCCAP: parasites in Europe,
- Merck Veterinary Manual and Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine: diseases and physiology of all species,
- Rabbit Welfare Association & Fund: rabbits,
- PubMed: peer-reviewed studies, when we quote a figure from a specific study,
- official government and EU sources: regulations such as pet travel rules.
Advice from animal welfare charities (e.g. PDSA, RSPCA) is used only for everyday care, never for clinical figures or regulations.
How is a new article made?
Since September 2026 every new article goes through the same steps:
- The topic comes from questions pet owners actually type into search engines.
- Every claim is recorded together with a quote from its source and the page address. A factual sentence without that backing is removed.
- Numbers (ages, intervals between visits, values) appear only with a quote. We don't soften them into vague statements just to keep them.
- Regulations come only from official sources. Guidelines from one country don't tell you what is mandatory in another.
- We never give medication doses, even with a source. That is a decision for the vet who knows your animal.
- A separate fact-check step: the finished text is compared sentence by sentence with the quotes from the sources. An article that fails goes back for correction or is not published.
Articles written this way list their sources below the text.
Who writes the articles?
Articles with a personal byline are prepared by Krystian Rygiel as part of the PetsyPlanet project. The author does not present himself as a veterinarian.
Articles are prepared by the PetsyPlanet team with the help of AI tools: for finding sources, writing and checking facts. That is why the rules above are strict and why comparing every claim with its source is a separate step.
Our articles are not currently reviewed by a veterinarian. If that changes, the name of the person who reviewed an article will appear next to it.
What about older articles?
Articles written before September 2026 were made without this process and don't list sources. When we correct one, an "Updated" date appears next to its title.
What we don't do
- We don't diagnose. An article describes what the sources say, not what is wrong with your animal.
- The PetsyPlanet app records, it doesn't treat. It helps you keep track of vaccines, vet visits and weight, but it doesn't replace a visit, an examination or a prescription.
- We don't scare people. We write for owners who already take good care of their animals.
Found a mistake?
Email hi@petsyplanet.pl with the article address and the sentence in question, and a source if you have one. A corrected article gets an "Updated" date next to its title.