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Chihuahua dog with diarrheaMy dog's poop is green and she is having loose stools. I am feeding her Beneful - chicken and she has eaten this before. Recently she spent a few days in a kennel. I hoped that the problem would disappear in a few days but it has not. What could be causing this? Should she go to the vet? | |
Dog with lump on spleenA week ago I rescued a spray poodle, that was quite debilitated. She had no tags on her and there were no reports of anyone missing a dog from the police. It turned out that the dog needed an operation after my vet noted on an ultrasound a mass. The mass was in the spleen and the spleen was removed. The mass was encapsulated. I am hoping so very much it isn't cancer. My vet won't say anything - one way or another. It was ruptured, as I believe splenic tumors can be. She said it did not look as bad as other tumors of the spleen that she had seen, and she said that it wasn't "that" big. Of course, we are waiting for the pathology report. However, I'm going crazy hoping it is benign. Would you know the percentage of survival or what chance (percentage wise) we hve for it being benign? The dog is about 11 years old. She was very thin when we found her, but has a wonderful appetite. She sleeps a great deal, but we are hoping that that is because of the surgery and the hard life she has had to endure on the streets. | |
Female dog with urinary incontinenceSavannah has recently( over the last month) started urinating unknowingly. Usually in her sleep. She will wake up laying in urine and she doesn't even know she did it. She has for a long time been eating from our Yellow labs bowl her Prescription ID food. However, has her own food Eukanuba. They like to share. However, this does not seem like a UTI type of thing. What could it be and is it treatable? Thank you. She's a black female Lab who has been neutered and is only 1.5yo | |
Dog with problems after spay - complicationsTori was never bred, and spayed two weeks ago at 5 years old. Was in false pregnancy. She had a dental as well and has had a 10 day course of antirobe following spay. She has been urinating more often and I have noticed her licking her vulva occaisionally since her spay, and last night there was some bloody vaginal discharge. She has no blood in her urine. MY QUESTION -- Other than vaginitis, can you tell me what other possible conditions this may be (especially any possible post-surgical complications). I cannot get her to the vet until Saturday, and I am treating it as vaginitis with neosporin ointment until then. | |
Dog with itchy skinI have a ten year old Husky mix named Nanook. For several years now she has had a problem with spots on her back. They are almost like what they call "Hot Spots" but the Vet says no. She gets them year around and they itch very bad for her. The vets up here have yet to tell me what they think it is, my guess is they don't know. They are along the top of her back from neck to tail and no place else. They get red and they end up with a discharge of some kind. She has had all kinds of tests and every thing seems to be normal. She is healthy. The food the vet told us to use is what they sell and we buy it there. It's Purina Veterinary Diet/ Overweight management. Same with her treats, they are same brand cookie bones or dog bones. She gets four cups a day at one setting. She is about 102 lbs and now about right for her size. She also takes Synivi G3 Grandilies per the vet. One dose a day in her food. All the times I have taken her in the treatment has been the same.....Cephalexin 500mg two caps three times a day along with Sebolux or Pyoben Dermatology Medicated Antimicrobial Keratolytic shampoo. She is given two baths a week when being treated.It's the same old thing time after time. She takes the medication and it does seem to help some at first but as soon as she is off it starts right back in again. This has been going on now for three years. My question is what could this problem be and what can I do about it? I was told once that it may be caused by wheat in her food by this same vet. However, the food he sells me has just that, wheat? One more thing.. Whatever it is, it is very itchy for her. One touch anywhere on her back and she quivers. Don't hurt any but it's driving her crazy. | |
Dog with shallow breathingRusty has short shallow breathing and is lethargic. He had heartworms when we rescued him and congestive heart failure. He has been on Lasix and Enacard for 6 years and has done well until this point. He recently had orthepedic surgery to repair his left shoulder (broken). The Louisiana Vet School repaired the shoulder with a plate. We took him to the emergency vet last night his temp was normal his heart and lungs looked good - he did have otitis externa and excessive tearing in his eyes which is now being treated. He may be constipated as well as the x-rays indicated feces in the bowel, but he only used the bathroom this morning and not very much. He did eat a very little bit last night. The vet checked his leg because he was limping a little (on and off), but she did not feel anything unusual - she gave him Rimadyl for pain, but he never moved when she was checking the leg so I don't know if he is in pain. She did say that she saw something unusual on the x-ray on or near his liver. She said it could simply be a nodule or it could be cancer. Is there anything that the vet may have overlooked last night? I love this dog and I want to do what I can to help him - he is like my child. He is not himself, a typical hyper terrier and he seemed to go down overnight - please help! |
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Cat losing hair with itchy skin
About a month ago my female neutered Siamese mix cat lost all the shine in her coat of long hair, and refuses to come into the house, preferring to remain in the garage. She is shedding her hair and it comes out in big clumps. The skin on her back near her tail is flaking off, like large dandruff, and the hairs have tiny black things on them near the base. This area is very itchy and when it is touched, she goes into an involuntary biting spasm. She also has small scabs on her skin spread all over her body. - Click
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