Questions tagged [health]
*Specific* problems or concerns regarding the physical well-being of a pet.
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Can an American Bulldog tolerate Wisconsin temperatures?
My American Bulldog spends the night indoors (not heated) but then is outside for 12 hours every day. Will my dog be okay during winter? If not, what precautions should I take?
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What is causing my cat's urine smell to be so overwhelming?
When my cat urinates, the odor permeates the house, and hangs around. I have switched cat litters, trying all different kinds, but it does not help. I suspect it is due to the cat food fed to my cat....
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How can I tell the proper dosage of Selenium Yeast for a young pig?
I have some Selenium Yeast to feed to my pigs and help solve deficiencies. But it doesn't come with instructions on how much I should give them. How can I tell the proper dosage for the pigs and how ...
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Baby ball python has never taken food
I got a baby ball python about a month ago. He was born in August and has never taken food. I have assist fed him a number of times, which I don’t particularly like doing as it causes him stress. I ...
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Why is my bonded pair of cats suddenly fighting?
I have a bonded pair of cats: 1 male and 1 female. They are the same size and both were adopted from the shelter as kittens. Now, two years down the road, my male is suddenly attacking my female.
I ...
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Kitten ate some coffee grounds
Kitten jumped into trash after I dumped my coffee grounds and then licked some off his paws. He’s 3 months old. Should I be worried?
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Large dog lays down when eating. Should I feed in an elevated bowl and which is riskier for bloat?
So I have a German Shepherd/Doberman mix. Big dog that weighs about 85 pounds (around 40 kg). Not fat but large and energetic (vets says for his size he is good).
He has been eating laying down since ...
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Diet for cat with higher liver enzymes
My cat is almost two years old, Persian and weight around 3.3 kg.
After adopting her 6 months ago I noticed that she poops outside the litter box unintentionally (once I caught her trying to remove it/...
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Color change in guppy
My guppy looked pretty healthy and shiny just three days ago:
And yesterday... it just darkened. The scale pattern just got so dark all of a sudden. Should I be worried?
And this is today:
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Custom Hay Blend/Diet for a small fur-chewing Chinchilla
Pixel the chinchilla lost her cagemate in late Dec. 2019. Before the loss, she was a happy, healthy chin, with a preference for hay over pellets, but would gladly eat both.
After the loss, she became ...
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Cat struggling to walk, but has no leg or spine issues
My cat recently began to struggle to walk. It looked like his back legs were hurting quite a bit and he would not walk to the food/water or the cat box. If I brought him there he would eat/drink a ...
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A cricket has taken a chunk out of my gecko's tail. What should I do?
As it turns out, I had way too many crickets in my gecko's terrarium and one of them had been eating away at her tail. It was just a little off the tip and I've taken the crickets out and I'll be hand ...
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Leopard gecko with stuck debris in her butt
So my daughter's leopard gecko has stuck junk in her trunk. She has been pooping fine, but there is a piece of hard poo that won't come out. I don't think it is impaction. My daughter has been trying ...
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Is My Guppy Sick?
My adult guppy has been acting strange in my opinion. He has been inactive unlike the other guppies and platy fish in the tank. I’ve noticed that he has been swimming in place at the top of the tank. ...
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How to care for a turtle / tortoise with a fractured shell?
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Assume you care for a turtle or tortoise and by accident it falls from a height and cracks its shell.
The first and most important course of action is to see a vet as soon ...
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Kitten has stuffy nose for the past 2 months
I've bought a new kitten 2 months ago. She was 3 months at the time, and is 5 months now.
The day I brought her home, I noticed she had a runny/stuffy nose and one eye was quite watery. I brought her ...
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Female cat's urine smells like ammonia
My four-year-old female cat’s urine smells like ammonia. She’s been on antibiotics twice and it didn’t seem to help. She hardly drinks any water, so I’m wondering what food I could give her that has a ...
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What is this pimple like thing on my nursing mother cat's nipple?
Please zoom-in on the area I have marked.
It is like a small pimple head.
It's color is also similar to a pimple head
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My bunny is making a new noise I’ve never heard before and I was wondering if anyone has ever heard a similar noise from another bunny?
My 3-month old lionhead bunny has started making a new noise. She previously was ill with the snuffles, completed a course of antibiotic. She was never very ill with the snuffles just very sneezy and ...
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3 month old kitten pawing at mouth and making gagging motion
My 3 month old male kitten woke up from his evening nap yesterday and started pawing at his mouth with both front paws (nearly falling on his face) and then did kind of a gagging motion with his mouth ...
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How to encourage a hamster to chew more?
I have had a few hamsters over the years, but the hamster that I have now seems to not chew on its chew toys. I know that hamsters need to chew on things to prevent their teeth from growing too long ...
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Leopard gecko's remarkable lethargy and weight loss during recent 3 weeks
My leopard gecko stopped eating probably about 3 weeks ago. He has lost a significant amount of weight and is remarkably lethargic. He is now 29 grams and a little over a year old. My gecko never ...
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One of my turtles hasn't grown and doesn't eat much, what should I do?
I have 2 red eared sliders in a 20 gallon (76 liters) tank and I got them both 7 months ago. They were both the size of a 50 cent coin (about 3 cm) and the one hasn't grown past that size and only ...
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Is my Betta too thin or sick?
I recently became a responsible betta owner. I never knew how wrong I was about them. My butterfly betta, Olaf eats very well but has a lump on one side and is less active today. He usually swims very ...
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Will ichthyophthiriasis medicine harm my betta if he doesnt actually have ich?
A few days ago I noticed a spot on my betta's side just next to his gills. It wasn't completely white in color but definitely lighter than the rest of his body. I tested his water and there was an ...
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Help with kidney failure in dogs/not eating
My chi (10yrs) developed kidney failure, and Dr's said he is a miracle because I've been keeping him alive for 3 yrs. I give sub q IV lactated ringers 3xwk, give Phosphorous reducing med, and make ...
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My cat has strange scabs in her ear
My cat has these scabs in one of her ears and she recently fought one of my other cats (it was play fighting but it was pretty rough) so it might have gotten jacked up from that but I want to be more ...
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Sisters dog has a fungal infection on the belly
Is a fungal infection on my sisters west highland white contagious to my dog who is a Lhasa 13 years old but very healthy
My dog is a male
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Dog with Congestive Heart Failure - Rapid Heart Beat
My dog was diagnosed with congestive heart failure roughly 8 months ago. Though her breathing has been the thing we have noticed and discussed primarily with the vets, that seems to be under control ...
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Clavamox possible overdose
My 15 year old female cat is being treated for suspected UTI. 62.5 mg tablet twice daily (every 12 hours). Despite sitting with her for 1/2 hour to make sure she didn't expel it, and I was sure she ...
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What is this on my dogs face?
Any idea what that is on her face? Should I be concerned that it might be something serious?
I added another picture. I hope it helps.
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Can horses eat yoghurt?
I've been browsing probiotic solutions for horses. I was wondering if it's safe for horses to eat yoghurt with live cultures
Related: Can dogs eat yoghurt?
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what precautions should i do to protect my dog from little worms and ticks?
I have a long-haired dog who always picks up little worms in his fur (difficult to pull them off), what should I do to overcome my problem?
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What can be done for my three year old, male, neutered cat based on the info below?
My vet just saw one of my cats this morning and he had a temp of 106+ degrees. He sounds very congested when he coughs, which is seldom. There is no runny nose or sneezing. Without further testing ...
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What are some good treatments to help a horse with strangles?
It looks as though one of my horses has strangles. I'm not looking for a substitution for veterinary care, I'm wanting to know of any home made remedies to relief the symptoms and help her cope with ...
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Goldfish-unknown white marks
I’m really concerned about one of my goldfish as this morning I noticed 2 marks on his body. One near the head and one near the tail. I noticed my bigger goldfish nudging him out of the way at feeding ...
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Cat sinus infection? What should I tell sitter to look out for?
Cat is 4 year old, spayed female, domestic longhair, calico, part Angora. She had evidence of a past FHV infection (antibodies present), probably from before when I found her as a 4 week old kitten. ...
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Why is the hair on my dog's back getting much lighter?
I have a doberman and he has a number of issues. My parents refuse to take him to the vet but I think it's something serious. Here are the symptoms.
Hair on his back has become much lighter.
He has ...
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Does my Betta have dropsy?
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I’ve had a betta and some tetras in a 30litre tank for about 5 months. Everything’s been good, they all get along, eating fine, not fighting and such, until this morning I noticed that my betta’s ‘...
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Unexplained limping
My dog is a rescued Labrador/English mastiff cross, so she's big(but not fat) at 35 ish kg and approximately 8.
She has been limping at times which has come and gone. Currently it's quite bad.
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Likelihood of survival- Pneumonia baby cockatiel
I just got a female baby cockatiel on July 4th (11days ago). I had to wait two weeks from when I first fell in love with her, and just visit with her instead of taking her home, because she was still ...
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How do I know how old my betta is?
I recently adopted 2 beautiful female Betta fish! I also have one male. I noticed that the girls are a lot more active than the male.
As they swim around in their tanks, Mr.Rainbow whom I have had in ...
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Fatal cotton like fungus on goldfish spreading to other?
I've had a black moore goldfish for 5 years. I just recently brought him with me to a new city and he's temporarily in a five gallon aquarium. Originally he was in a 30 gallon aquarium with other fish ...
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Is meadow hay a good source of omega 3
Pasture is meant to be a good natural source of omega 3. Would feeding meadow hay replace that? If so would a diet of 30-40% meadow hay be enough?
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Why is there a worm in my dogs waterbowl?
So my puppy has worms she's been dewormed 4 times and still has them!
The worms that come out when she poops look like rice and today when I went to clean her water bowl out there was one of those ...
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Best environment and Matches, beside Beta, Snail, and small Plecos
I own a very small tank, which I'll replace soon, with I think a 40G tank.
I had a betta, and yesterday i bought several fish, of which only the placus, 5 tiny fish, and two snails survived the war, ...
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Dog suffers from periodic mysterious brief, but intense, leg pain
My dog has been having a strange issue that I have been having trouble diagnosing. A couple times a year, she will suddenly be struck with what looks like sudden muscle spasms in her rear legs. She ...
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Dog suddenly barking and hiding
My year and half old Rottweiler/German Shepherd has developed a scary behavior recently.
All of a sudden he start barking, runs like mad, then goes and hides in a dark place. When he is in his kennel ...
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Is there a solution to improve the quality of life for my basset hound?
Our basset hound is 16 years old. Here are his symptoms: vision almost gone, hearing almost gone, back legs very weak and sometimes needs help to stand up, no control over urinary and bowl movements. ...
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Dog coughs all day and all night because of eating dirt
Our dog is a 13 year old Boykin spaniel-a year ago he started eating dirt non stop- tried muzzles- staying outside with him- you turn your back and he is eating dirt as fast as he can.the coughing is ...
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