According to data from a ten year study at Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, there may be a link between the full moon and an increase in emergency vet visits. Authored by Dr. Raegan Wells, the report examined 12,000 case histories of cats and dogs treated at the university’s Veterinary Medical Center.

“If you talk to any person, from kennel help, nurse, front-desk person to doctor, you frequently hear the comment on a busy night, ‘Gee, is it a full moon?’ ” said Wells, who is an emergency and critical care medicine resident in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the university. “There is the belief that things are busier on full-moon nights.”

While it’s not clear what’s behind the correlation, many of us know that the moon certainly brings out strange behavior in pets and people!