Unanswered Questions
485 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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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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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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Strange black marks on cat
I've had my cat for about two weeks now, the Vets estimated that he is around 6 months old (i rescued him from being feral)
He has had some medical issues already with his bowel that he is making ...
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How can I remove waste from a tank with fry?
I have surprise fry in one of my tanks (I've counted 8 or 9 so far).
I've removed all the adults into a separate tank, so the fry won't be eaten.
I have apple snails in the tank as well. These ...
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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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Golden retriever: will fur grow back after infection?
My Golden Retriever is 1.5 yrs old. He lost his fur in the back and tail recently, and vet suggested it might be bacterial infection. For a week we gave anti-bacterial medication and looks like the ...
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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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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 hedgehogs break and eat hen's eggs?
I've seen a hedgehog milling about during the day. It is November, the temperature has recently gone below freezing at night, and the hedgehog looked pretty small, say the size of a large potato. ...
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Burying and growling
My dog just did something she had never done before. I gave her a treat, but instead of eating it she went outside and started to bury it near our tree.
About two months ago she had puppies and even ...
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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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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 ...
