I had my dog in the room with me and then I noticed her doing reverse sneezing and it also sounded as though she had a hairball as it sounded like some coughing noise. I took her outside and then an hour later her face is swollen. We didn’t see her eat anything on the camera while I was working. The swelling has gone down a lot but still there. She vomited 4 to 5 times today (white and yellow vomit) and very little amounts. She ate a little bit of rice today and drank water. She seems uncomfortable as she keeps moving her sleeping position and keeps kicking while resting. We suspect it could be possible she ate mouse poop as we saw a mouse run through the yard. The image is of her swelling yesterday and it went down significantly with benadryl. She still has swelling but not verh noticeable. She did have dental surgery on January 30th but it shouldn’t cause an issue now. Please advise what we should do as the vet wasn’t very helpful and said to go to the hospital.

Hello, my family recently rescued two adorable barn kittens from a local Harford County Farm. Their mom unfortunately, was not attentive and abandoned the litter, so we have taken the kittens in and have been bottlefeeding. They’re thriving and seem happy and healthy. I know that Baltimore County has free or low cost spay and vaccine options for rescued pets through the Humane Society. Does Harford County currently have any programs like this? Thank you!

I have a dog with a growth,paw injury. She has been seen by two vets. Neither prescribed an antibiotic,and advised the growth couldnt be removed and it may result in losing ler leg. Im looking for any feedback,help that I can get.

Neurological Problems in kitten after eating
In November 3 kittens came to our shelter, estimated 8-10 weeks, healthy looking and acting. Shortly after one of them started to show neurological symptoms – weak hindlegs, wobbly walking, uncoordinated behavior – but was alert, cuddly and tried to play. It lasted for ca 1 hour and then he was back to normal. We saw this happening 2-3 times a day and linked it to him eating. Of course he has seen a vet several times by now – but we haven’t found anything wrong so far.
– is fed grain and sugarfree food, various brands
– several bloodworks (around 10 by now) – our own lab and external lab – 2 came back with elevated leukocytes, everthing else normal, at one point the external vet was worried for leucemia.
– x-ray and ultrasound – normal
– urin test for liver shunt (negative)
– ct scan of the head (brain) and abdomen (liver) – normal
– bloodwork for medasthenia gravis – negative
– bloodwork for FIP – negative
– fecal sample – showed giardia at one point, were treated succesfully
– is by nowneutered, dewormed and vaccinated – everything went good with these.
He is otherwise acting normal, active and playful. Has anyone experienced something similar and found the cause? Any more ideas what we could look for?

Hello!
I came across your youtube video about ivdd. I have a 6 years old mixed breed dog (around 20-22lbs, not overweight and actually pretty active) that suddenly showed limping and abdominal pain. I went to the vet and at the beginning there was just a suspect of pancreatites + muscle strain and started a 5 days treatment with gabapentin and metacam. The fifth day seemed almost back to normal, but the week after she got worse than before. The vet than suspected a ivdd, blood test was perfect, and suggested cage rest and new medications (gabapentin, robaxin and metacam). Now, it’s the nineth day but don’t see much improvement. She doesn’t limp as before, actually she walks pretty ok, she is just very stiff and walks super slowly, no wobbling. She doesn’t like to be manipulated so it’s extremely difficult to lift her up to bring her outside to go to bathroom or turn her. Once she lies down she keeps that position for hours. I just wondering if you have any advice or technique for dogs that growls if approached. I’m pretty sure it’s just a fear response cause she doesnt bite but i don’t want to hurt her and once she screams, even out of fear, i dont know if I’m doing something wrong. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

Our Puppy is 14 weeks old and he seems to have no control of his bladder- Can this be related to his testicles putting pressure on his bladder since they have not dropped yet? I read that can take up to 6 months?

My male kitten is almost 1 year old now.When he was 5 months of age, rectal prolapse occured for the first time .we went for purse string sutures, two times since then but problem was not solved.when he strains,prolapse comes out easily,mostly when he suffers from diarrhea orconstipation.he is otherwise healthy.Now for the past 4 days he had his prolapse out,it didn’t retract within a day unlike past occurrence post suture times.Tissues are red ,moist on its own ,soft .it started with diarrhea which was controlled with medicines our past vet prescribed during his first prolapse time,only doddyoff,rajmet,rantidine etc.he had vomitted once a day,and was controlled by rajmet.Initially for 3 days he was on plain water,fish boiled and chicken boiled water and on forth day he had a little bit cat food,wet jelly,tuna.But prolapse remained out,swelled,sometimes reduced,sometimes same again. Now,I have booked vet consultation,but suture failures are so common with him and I feel underlying reasons must be treated too.I don’t want any aggressive intervention or excessive medicine which my kitten was given during sutures healing.Can you suggest any process which will be beneficial for his health still prolapse problem would also resolve except colopexy.

I have a 9 year old female spayed cat. I took her to our normal vet because she was not acting herself. She had recently had a checkup with no issues, however, I had noticed she was spraying in different placed in the house which again is not like her. We have 2 doxies in the house as well. They did x-rays and said she had bladder stones and a couple in her urethra and they called so we could go over to their other emergent location to see if they could possibly flush those out. So I then took her to the emergent location and they took her back and were able to get a catheter into her and push the stones back but said when they did that, they came right back into the urethra. They then suggested that I start her on the special diet right away and hopefully that would help in time to shrink the bladder stones and maybe she could pass them. They said I should bring her back in about 6-8 weeks which will be towards the end of this month to do repeat x-rays. If she still has the bladder stones, they suggested her getting a cystotomy and said it would be over $3000. They also told me to closely monitor her to make sure she doesn’t get blocked and if she does to take her to the ER right away which I know would be even more expensive. I was hoping you could offer some insight on how much your practice would charge for a cystotomy and should I just go ahead and get that done? I have been monitoring her but I am so afraid she will end up blocked and I don’t want that. I have seen many of your videos helping the cats that have been blocked and I am so thankful you have been able to help them. I hope you can help me navigate the best direction for my kitty.

Good morning!
First and foremost, thank you for doing the work that you do!
I have a 7-year-old orange tabby named Milo. He started having seizures a couple of years ago. It became frequent enough that the vet decided to put him on the antiseizure medicine Phenobarbital. That was working okay, but then I started to notice that he was losing weight. Now, just to be clear, Milo enjoys his food, so he could benefit from losing some weight. However, he lost a considerable amount of weight in a short period. He also became lethargic.
I took him back to the vet, and after bloodwork, it was determined that it was affecting his liver, and he was anemic. The vet wanted to put him on Zonisamide instead. It was expensive, but we didn’t mind. We were told that the options were limited as to what he could be put on, and this was the only other suggestion that she had, so we took it.
Fast-forward a couple of months. It became nearly impossible to give him this medication. Milo would hide all day, and when we dragged him out of hiding to give him this medication twice a day, he would foam at the mouth and run back to his hiding spot. He was traumatized (I think!) from taking this medication.
My husband and I sat down to talk about this. We decided that we were going to take him off the medication because we wanted a better quality of life for him. At this point, he is back to being healthy overall (except for the few extra pounds he still carries).
He still has seizures, and on average, I would say that he has two a month. They are always at night. I’ve read that nighttime is a trigger because of increased brain activity. When he has them, they typically last under a minute (I’ve been woken up by him when he has them because he sleeps with us). He loses control of his bladder and will pee. He will foam at the mouth. Once he “comes out” of his seizure, he will then circle and meow for five (ish) minutes after. He is typically back to normal within 30 minutes.
Here are my questions:
(1) Would you recommend that he go back on antiseizure medication?
(2) Are the seizures affecting his brain? Or are seizures typically harmless?
(3) If medication is recommended, are there any other options besides the two that we have already tried?
Thank you for any insight you can give! I just want what is best for our Milo Man, and if that is medication, then we are fine going back down that route. But, at the same time, I do not want him to live in fear of taking the medication.

My 8 yr English Bulldog started dragging his front foot a few weeks ago.(what I now know was knuckling) It started after we dremeled his nails and thought maybe we just did one too short. A few days later, he was running in the yard and face planted repeatedly. We took him in and the vet said she thought it was neurological. They did X-rays and showed us that he has no space between some of the discs. She said they could refer us to a neurologist and we could do an MRI and surgery but that would cost ballpark $15k which is not feasible for us. She also said that considering he is 8, he has lived a long life for a bulldog. We were given a steroid, muscle relaxer and something for pain. She said if he showed no improvement in a week, that we need to look at quality of life and consider euthanasia. I have since done my own research and believe it’s IVDD. It seems to be affecting his left side so he can’t balance himself. I immediately set up a large crate and he has been in it for a week now. He is eating and drinking. He is urinating and defecating. He has feeling in the limbs because he responds to me tickling his feet. I’ve also seen him use both limbs to push himself around in the crate. He seems to be his normal self except his ability to stand/walk. He’s getting annoyed now being in the crate and barking a lot to get out. At what point do I try to get him to stand & walk? I know this could take weeks/months of crate rest. I found a vet 1.5hrs from me that does acupuncture for IVDD and am considering that also. Appreciate any advice. Maybe naive, but I refuse to believe this is an automatic death sentence for an otherwise healthy but chunky happy dog.
Thanks so much.