My bearded Collie is to have a growth removed from her spleen tomorrow.
Should I be over concerned about this operation and how common is this type of problem. My dog is ten years old and the Vet seems to think there should be no problems, however I still can’t help but worry.
Regards
Collie scheduled for surgery to remove growth from spleen. I’m worried
January 19th, 20092 cats with chronic herpes. Can I use elderberry juice?
January 18th, 2009I have a couple of cats who have chronic herpes according to my vet. I treat it periodically with antibiotics but it’s effectiveness is short lived. My question is: since this is a virus could it be helped by taking elderberry juice/syrup since it is a natural anti-viral. I have plenty of elderberries. I certainly would not give it to my cats unless I was certain it would not poison them.
Litttle dog mated with huge dog. Help!
January 18th, 2009Long story short, I was left with a non-spayed female jack russel/mini pincher.
She mated with a germanshepard/rotweiller.about 4wks ago.
Definetly preg.
I’m concerned,& on. a fixed income,but I think she is uncomfortable & don’t want it to get worse.
What are the possibilities &where do I go from here?
8 y/o Bichon Frise with pinkish brown paws. What is it????
January 17th, 2009I have an 8 year old Bichon Frise and recently noticed that the hair on top of all four paws has turned a pinkish brown. Any idea as to what might be causing this. Aloha, Bob
Dog frequently throws up. What could be the cause?
January 17th, 2009My dog keeps throwing up. She doesn’t do this everyday but when she does it, it’s a few times a day. It looks like foam and spit.
What’s going on?
Stress in 13 y/o dog that just moved to new house
January 16th, 2009We just moved to a new house and my dog has not been the same.
She seemed a bit restless the 1st couple of nights, and now she has not been eating much and follows me around everywhere. She is panting a bit and just does not seem herself.
She was absolutely fine before we moved, and it is not like she has not moved before. We have moved a lot, granted she is 13yrs old so I am sure that it is more difficult on her, as it is on me:)
She seems to be doing better today, but how long should this last, if it is in fact stress.
thanks,
January 15th, 2009
My name is Brie and I resentally got a new dog. We got her from another family who were sort of abusive to her. She is about 6 months old and she is a pitbull and an american bull dog mixed.
When we got her she had some little sores on her neck and we thought they were from the last owners because they had a spiked choke collar on her but she keeps itching at it and now the little sores have spread to her stomach and we think it is now a rash but we have no clue.
We need to know if it can be spread because we have a few other pets and I would really like to know what it is so we can fix it.
Thank you so much!
Nux Vomica ok for diabetic cat?
January 14th, 2009Is it okay to give Nux Vomica 30 C to an 8lb diabetic cat for constipation?
How much mineral oil would you give for constipation?
Stumped on what condition cat has. Suggestions?
January 13th, 2009My 8 year old female spayed beagle has an abnormally enlarged belly constantly. It’s very firm and not blubbery like with fat. It doesn’t come and go. According to the scales, she is overweight, but in looking at her only her belly is large. Her head, legs, arms, shoulders all look normal.
The reason I took her to the vet was because all of the sudden she stopped wanting to play with her frisbee, meaning I throw it, she runs and gets it, and brings it back. She literally would not do it and that’s been at least 8-10 months ago. This was something we did every single day for years. I took her to the vet and they did routine blood work. They found that her neutrophil were very abnormally high and her lymphocytes were low. I don’t remember what the numbers were exactly, but it was like if normal neutrophil counts are 5, then her’s was like 10,000. That huge of a difference, anyway. The vet thought possibly Cushing’s Disease. They did the test and it came back negative. Now we’re stumped.
We started her on a special diet of MD dog food (sorry can’t remember the name), made especially for her liver, if I remember right. She has been on this now for over a month and I can’t tell any difference at all. We walk 2 miles every day and she is pretty much just as energetic as usual, although a little slower. She doesn’t seem to be in pain, short of breath or otherwise uncomfortable.
My question is do you have any ideas of what else could be wrong with her? Or what other tests can be done?
Her only other symptoms of anything I can notice are a noticeably thinning of her hair around her highquarters, multiple lipomas all over her body, and the fact that she looks like she is aging quickly.
I really appreciate your help!
13 y/o Lab with soft feet condition that’s getting worse
January 12th, 2009I have a 13 year old lab in good health…clean labs, good weight, mild arthritis. She developed soft feet(pasterns) about a year ago in one foot, did not seem to bother her at that time. She has recently developed it in the other. It seems to really be bothering her. She receives Glucosamine daily and is on a regimen of adequan. Is this a typical occurence with age.
No known trauma. Is there anything that can be done. I have seen braces or splints..could these be helpful?
