Dog with smelly breath
My girlfriend’s dog (13yo Cocker Spaniel, male neutered) has VERY severe bad breath. We love him but his breathing is so unpleasant, that his panting will soil a room. They have had him for years, and apparently he developed this problem slowly through his old age. Now that I’m dogsitting, I was wondering what could be done. We were trying to give him milkbones, but his gums started to bleed from chewing them. We’ve only been giving him “softer” food and treats since, but his breath is as bad as ever. It smells like he eats rotten garbage or like his teeth are decaying…Anyways, any advice would help. Thank you.
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Cat weak and vomiting
My cat (6yo male neutered domestic short haired) lives indoors and outdoors. Recently it became very weak and cant walk much and is not eating for the last two days.
It either through vomit or excretia gave out black stools or vomit, not sure whether it was vomit or excretia.
It was seen eating mud, so my mom has kept it inside and is giving it electrolyte fluids through a small spoon.
Its tough to hold his particular cat, we have 3 more and a dog, so my mom with help wrapped it with a towel to avoid it from scratching and struggling and the vet gave it a poison antidote injection.
Earlier on it had a wound on the neck from a fight with the other cat, and we had treated it with antibiotics. It was limping before because it had jumped from the roof down.
Right now its weak, hardly can walk lying on my mom’s bed, while she is feeding it electrolyte fluids.
My mom and dad live up in a small town atop the mountains of southern india where there are three vets and none of them are very good. This one vet we use is the best of the lot who actually cares a lot of the animals and wanted me to seek outside help so that he can act on it.
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Sudden death in dog
Let me explain my scenario:
I am 19 years old and came home from work today to find my beagle (8yo female neutered), Kaylee, lying on my back porch, dead, with a very swollen stomach and a lot of blood that had come out of her nose and mouth. I am having a very hard time dealing with the loss as I loved her very much and she was much more than just a dog to me.
She had no health problems except she was a little overweight because, well, she loved food.
Now, I never allowed Kaylee to go out in the front yard because it wasn’t fenced in. I took her on walks instead. The back yard however is fenced in with no plants except for grass in it. Kaylee and my other dog, Duke, have gone in the back yard since they’ve been living at my house and have never come back with any illnesses, let alone dying.
My dad does give the dogs bones once in a while but they are never sharp chicken-type bones, just round and dull for them to chew on.
I am deeply saddened by the loss and I just have to know what exactly killed my beloved dog. She meant too much to me to just allow her death to go without knowing what killed her.
Please help, I don’t have the money to ask my vet for an autopsy. I just want to know what the possible situations are that killed her. The night before she died (last night) I saw her around 1am before going to bed and she was completely fine and happy.
Please help..like I said, she meant way too much to me to just allow her to go without knowing how she went.
How could she have died..and..was she in pain?
Thank you very much for reading..I look forward to your response.
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Scabs on cat not healing
We have three cats. One is 19, one is 5, and one is 1 years old. They are all neutered. The 5 year old, Leo and the one year old play and wrestle.
Leo has scabs under his neck and around his head. I think they began as play bites but now he keeps scratching at them. I clean them every so often and place neosporin on them so they won’t get infected. Everytime they heal he scratches them back open again. I have clipped his back nails rather short and he still manages to make more sores.
I am getting worried about him because they are not healing and I imagine he is in pain. He is eating and drinking and socializing with us and the others. The other two cats do not have the scabs so its isolated to Leo. I think he just can’t stop scratching. I know they give e-collars to dogs…do they cats as well? Would that help or there something else going on?
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Dog catching parvovirus from another dogs stool after vaccination
I have a 7 month old puppy (Staffy mix terrier, female neutered) that has survived parvo and is living with distemper. She has not recieved any shots due to the fact that the vet does not want to disturb the distemper. I have a 16 month old dog that needs his 1 year booster shots. Is there any way that if he receives his booster shots he may pass something to the 7 month old through his stool?
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