Unanswered Questions
475 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Does my cat have eye worms?
I managed to pull 5-6 strange elastic white-transparent organisms from Toby's eyes. I never witnessed them move.
They're definitely not hairs, and using 19x macro lens took some pictures of them ...
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What to feed newborn wheel bugs
My baby wheel bugs hatched recently, and I'm having a hard time finding food for them. I tried to make a fruit fly trap with a bottle, a funnel, and some smashed tomato, but I guess it's too cold ...
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Need advice to help a sick and, possibly, dying cow
I'm in a rural area in Kolkota right now and there is a 14 year old downer cow who is lying on her side. She is malnourished and looks like she might die. The local vet gave her a calcium injection ...
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My cat has a wormy eye discharge
I have 2 cats in my house, both Ragdolls, age 6-7 months each.
The older one of the two has recurring eye discharge which you can see in the
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https://imgur.com/a/NjC5CTF
video: https://...
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Can cancer/growth surgery on fish be successful?
This is a general question, on if cancer surgery on fish can be an effective treatment. An answer on the related question Tilapia - Growth on neck suggests that all cancer surgery on fish will be ...
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Temporarily Adopting a Problem Dog
My in-laws had bought a puppy, of the breed Staffordshire Bull Terrier, to replace an elderly Staffordshire that died some 6 months before. They never had a puppy before and had little dog training ...
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What could cause muscle spasms in a litter of piglets?
While feeding a mother and her newborn litter of piglets this morning, I noticed that most of the piglets seemed to have persistent muscle spasms, specifically on their backends. They were pretty much ...
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How can we protect our female cat who gets harassed all the time by at least 6 tomcats in our garden?
Our female cat is not spayed yet, she is going to be tomorrow. She has two female kittens too, they're with her all the time (they're going to be spayed as soon as they reach the minimum weight for ...
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Why did this fish kill my Kissing Gouramis?
I got two of these recently, and they killed my Kissing Gouramis. The shop owner said that they would be compatible. I don't know what kind of fish it is, nor what would have caused them to kill my ...
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Use glycerin to help your gecko shed?
Can you use glycerin to help your gecko shed? I've used it on a burmese python that had not shed the caps on his eyes for quite sometime. And it helped tremendously. Do you think it would be just as ...
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Will Pea Gravel keep cats from using my garden as a potty?
I am planning on using small rocks in a section of garden and I want to pick the smallest size/shape that will keep cats from using it as a toilet.
At first I was considering sand, but that seems to ...
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Is your cat allergic to mosquitoes?
I have two cats who have an allergy to mosquitoes. It creates scab-like sores on their noses and ears that bleed easily.
The vet gave me this stuff called Ovitrol to put on their heads with a cotton ...
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How long will it take for a turtle to get used to a new aquarium?
I've set up an aquarium for my turtle, added the basics I know of.
I move my turtle like 4 times a day, 2 times to place it under direct sunlight since I'm yet to find UV-B and UV-A lights. And ...
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What are the health risk difference between elastration & surgical neuter?
Elastration is the banding of the testicles restricting blood flow and resulting in removal of the testicles. This method is commonalty used on farm animals, sheep and goats in particular.
Special ...
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Did the Bird's Eye chili kill my pond fishes?
I have a small garden pond (1x1m and a foot deep) that is surrounded by plants that bear red/orange flowers/fruits. When the chili plant became mature, the chili peppers just fell off into the pond ...
