My 7 year old female cat Peggy Sue,has just developed feline stomatitis and has otitis externa bilateral and gingivitis.
Can you treat this with hemopathic medications?
Thank you.
7 year old cat w/feline stomatitis. Will homeopathy work?
April 4th, 2009Is scoopable litter bad for cats?
April 1st, 2009I am using scoopable litter for my 1 yr old cat.
I recently read that It Is unsafe and want to know if that is true.
I can’t seem to find any info on it.
Thanks!
Can cortizone cause a dog to lose hair?
March 23rd, 2009My 3 year old Coton de Tulear has been losing his hair.
He has had 3 cortizone shots in the past year to treat itching/scratching. I feel the cortizone shots may be causing the hair loss.
What else can be done for the itching/scratching?
13 y/o cat losing fur on one side. Why?
March 18th, 2009My cat- about 13 yrs old and a neutered male is losing his fur especially on one side.
It is continues to grow to be a larger area.
He also seems to be scratching more than usual although otherwise he’s seems to be ok.
Nothing has changed like his diet etc.
What would cause this alapicia and is it a symptom of something else?
7 mo. Shih Tzu with high liver enzyme count and copper in system
March 18th, 2009We have a 7 month old female Shih Tzu.
She was spayed on February 13.
She was supposed to get spayed on January 30, but her liver enzyme count came back really high. It was 864 and they told us that it was not supposed to be any higher than 118. So, we brought her back on February 13, to get spayed. When they spayed her, they did a liver biopsy.
The results they got back, it was either Microvascular Dysplasia or Liver Shunt. They also found a lot of copper in her system.
What would give her a lot of copper in her system?
We were feeding her Purina Pro Plan for Small Breeds, but after we found out that her liver enzyme count was that high, we thought it might have been the protein, so we switched her to Nutro.
After the vet got some of the results back, they suggested to switch her to Nutro which we already had done.
Can you give me an idea of how she got so much copper in her system? What can we do from here?
Please let us know.
My cat has been diagnosed with FIP
March 16th, 2009My cat has been diagnosed with FIP, (Feline infectious peritonitis).
Is there any alternative medicine. Like DMSO, or hydrogen peroxide treatments, of which both are known to treat viruses?
Is there anything you can do to prolong my cat’s life.
He is a 5 year old male. He hasn’t lost weight from this disease.
Do you have any prior experience with treating this fatal disease? I’m heartbroken and feel there must be SOMETHING that can be done to make him well again.
15 y/o cat with constipation
March 14th, 2009I have a 15 year old cat who is constipated frequently.
She has early kidney disease, a heart murmur and a hyperthyroidism.
She is on 3 different medicines.
My biggest concern is the constipation.
Any ideas?
Information on heating pad burns to pets after an operation recovery
March 13th, 2009I came to VetLocator looking for some information on the incidence of heating pad burns to cats during operations/during recovery.
Perhaps one of your pros can help by stating what the physical result of such a burn could be, what the site would look like, the healing process, what if the skin does not reform properly over a joint – anything on this really.
My cat is long furred so we didn’t notice until 2 weeks after the op for bowel cancer that he was losing patches of fur and skin around his shoulder and leg joint. The very thin layer of skin which was left shriveled-up resembling a bit of burnt bacon, it was a quite large area, the scab has now come off but skin has not formed properly around the leg joint, he has a largish area which looks like flesh rather than skin.
I was a bit dismayed when the vet said it was difficult to say whether it was a heating pad burn or whether the area which hasn’t healed has some relation to the cancer.
I’m just looking for information.
Thank you
Annette
Sheltie won’t stop scratching
March 12th, 2009My Sheltie is on frontline plus and still scratching losing her fur in back area.
The vets used predisone, antibiotics and still nothing has helped. 250.00 dollars down the road for nothing.
Her fur will grow in then she starts scratching again. I ordered an omega based vitamin and want to see if that helps her. She even has a special shampoo.
Any other suggestions??? I’m going crazy trying to help my baby.
Picture of my dog’s paw with something weird on it
March 10th, 2009
What do you think this is?
