Cat with hair loss and dandruff
One of my cats (7yo female neutered DSH), has what looks like a dry skin problem. She is completely black except for her stomach and bottom of her paws which are white. 3 mos ago she lost some fur on her forepaws which the local vet diagnosed as a flea allergy. She had one dose of frontline. I saw that the frontline was an insecticide which I felt uncomfotable giving them. I started her on a B-vitamin for cats which was to create a flea repellant. (It is called Flea-Tabs)
The B-vitamin has actually made her fur better. However I have noticed one thing. Just after she had the frontline, I started seeing very minute white flake speckles in her fur, not alot but when I brush her more come out. I thought these were flea eggs, but she doesn’t seem bothered by them and is not scratching. They look like dandruff. My question is what could these be?
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Puppy diarrhea
About a week ago my dog (16weeks male Golden Retriever) started pooping a wattery poop in the afternoons his 2 morning poops were normal. We assumed he ate something. On Friday he became lazy and had a hard time pooping and it was watry and mucus. The vet checked his poop for worms and a single cell orgaims that I can’t remember the names of and said it looked like he wasn’t digesting his food good and the was a minor amount of blood and gave him some medicine for diarrhea that smelled like pizza. After a day of that he wouldn’t hardly poop at all, he tries 2 or 3 times before going and it is a very small amounts and its still watery and yellow. After he had the yellow mucus one he tried about 8 times since and nothiing. He didn’t eat much Sunday and It’s Monday morning and I’m going to take him back to the vet. But I am looking for a second opinion.
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Beta fish stopped eating
I have 3 bettas, each kept in separate filtered tanks: a 2 1/2 year old, a 3 1/2 year old–and my youngest, who is has not yet reached a year–and who is also the sick one. Seeing him would do absolutely no good, as he looks perfectly fine–if not just a LITTLE paler than normal–he also appears to act the same–that is, no constant lingering at bottom, frenetic behavior, or the like. He simply will not eat (I use betta bites)–it’s going on 7 days since he stopped eating. I’ve used a PINCH of aquarium salt (one time–recommended by many internet sites) in water and add betta fix (daily–tomorrow will be the 7th day for betta fix). Any suggestions?
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