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My dog had his shots yesterday and blood drawn and now he wont get up and move ususlly he is running around the house
I dropped a pitless dried prune and my little Yorky ate it. Is she going to be ok?
She should be fine except it may cause GI (stomach) upset because it’s something different. My biggest concern is that yorkies tend to be small and an upset stomach could lead to dehydration etc. So, if she does have an upset stomach (vomiting and diarrhea) more than 1 or 2 episodes I would take her to the vet for treatment.
Good Luck
Dr Dawn
He has big puncture wounds all around his neck and is in a lot of pain what can I do for him he has blood all over him can I bath him and what can I put on the wounds and can I give him baby tylonal for the pain he can’t hardly get up he keeps calapesing
Hi so yesterday I took my male 2 1/2 year old cat to the vet he got the Leukemia 1 and the FVRCP 1 and now he wont put weight in one of the arms…
Since there not open now and they dont answer calls very well if he is still acting the same way im going to take him in tomorow! Hopefully he just is sore from the muscle and he gets better! Thank you so much! What is the clinic? Is it your clinic or do go to it? 🙂
Our corgi has some emotional issues we deal with. She hides her head while going on car rides. She is not scared of the vehicle just the movement of the vehicle. When going outside to use the bathroom if any one is outside(neighbors) she will not go in front of them. If it is windy she turns and wants to go back in. Noises inside the house, computers, vacuums. beeping sounds, she will go to her crate to hide.
has she been spayed? maybe she is going into heat and is treating the toy like she would a baby.
My dog has a dark green discharge in both of his ears.
your dog needs a vet. he’ll need an antibiotic and probably prescription ear drops. while there, talk with your vet about preventative measures you can take to avoid this in the future.
My old greyhound is still in season, she has been bleeding on and off for 2 months now.
2 months is entirely too long. please get her to a vet today.
You need to take her to the vet as soon as u can
Absolutely get her to a vet! A dog in season does not bleed for 2 months no matter how old she is.
Hi I have a 15 yr old Persian male cat who has just been to the vets had a blood test and has high glucose level they told me he would need to go on insulin but I wondered if there is a alternative to this his diet is iams chicken dry food
i’d get him off food with corn in it. is he overweight or just has high glucose?
No he isn’t over weight luara
what else did your vet suggest? did they recommend any particular food?
No as I have take him back tom just thought that maybe there might be another way rather then insulin Laura
this is a conversation you should have with your vet and a nutritionist.
Ok thankyou Laura
My cat tested positive for the toxin that is produced by clostridium perfringens. He has had diarrhea now for what seems like forever. He recently was treated with clindamycin for a staph infection in his urinary tract. While on this medicine it cleared up his diarrhea.. For about two months, then it started again. This is when I got a diarrhea panel done and it tested positive for the toxins.
We first tried metronidazole.. No success.
Right now he is on tylan powder and it’s been about a week. He is no longer going on the floor like usual, but I did notice little puddles of diarrhea In the litter boxes. I don’t believe it is any of my other cats because they never have had issues with diarrhea. Well tonight he threw up multiple times. It was mostly his cat food. And colored like his food. I waited about an hour and fed him a little more food which he kept down.
I did not give him his medicine tonight. I am going to call my vet in the morning.
The next step would be for him to go on clindamycin again. This was my vets last choice and she said she really didn’t want him to go on it again. Because it is not the safest medication for cats.
After this clears up he will be going on probiotics and a fiber supplement such as Metamucil.
I’m just really nervous about him being on clindamycin again. Have you seen this problem happen in cats before? Why is he not responding to any medication? Are there any other options? Ugh.
Thank you.
I’m going to give you the best advice I can give. I have not experienced this personally but I’ve read a little about it.
1. Get an opinion from multiple vets not just one. Some veterinarians have more training in that area than others and some have better meds.
2. Start feeding your cat chicken baby food with rice it will be better for his intestines and less painful.
3.once you found a vet or you decide to stay with what ever vet ask them to retest for parasites. Sounds like he could have possible hookworms even though it’s uncommon he may have it on top of the toxin.
4. Get pedilite or something to help boost your cats electrolytes this is important because with that much diareah he could loose too much fluids.
5. Write down everything you cat does and what time so your vet knows what is going on. Include pee time, color and look of diareah, color of gums, his activity, his pain level, his playfulness. Everything he does while you are there.
And I can’t stress enough call multiple vets and explain what is happening and what is not working okay? Blessed be honey keep us updated.
I need help with my leopard gecko. She has shared a tank with my other female leopard gecko. They have been with each other since I first got them with was 12/27/15 I was feeding my other geckos and came to her’s and Binx tank and her head was bleeding from her right eye and is bruised around her head. She’s barley moving but we can’t get her to the vet till tomorrow because the ones that take reptiles are closed. Either something fell on her or Binx got to her..? I have her in a smaller tank with a hand warmer under a rag, a place for her to hide, water, and a heat lamp slightly turned away from her because her tank is small(not to small) and I don’t want it hurting her eyes.
i wouldn’t be surprised if there was a fight. leos are very solitary and territorial, and unless you kept them in a VERY large enclosure, they probably fought.
for now, what you’ve done is fine. there isn’t much else you’ll be able to do until tomorrow. once she’s healed, i wouldn’t put her back in with the other female.
It does sound like a reaction to his vaccinations. If he is not feeling better by tomorrow I recommend taking him back to the vet.
Good Luck
Dr Dawn