•calico kitten •I’m guessing between 6-8 weeks •unsure on sex •unknown body weight but very emaciated •found on the street in our neighborhood walking around with a sick cry. No sign of mother cat. Eyes and nose sealed shut with crusted discharge. There was also some old blood around and in its mouth. Very emaciated and lethargic. I brought it home and cleaned the crust off the eyes and nose, and a friend with cats gave me some terramycin eye ointment which I’ve been applying 3x day. I have been syringe feeding it around 6 mls of liquid cat “bisque” along with small amounts of water around every 3-4 hours. I’ve been keeping it warm as well. It is still extremely lethargic and weak and only wakes up for me to feed it. This is its 3rd day in our care, and we have been unable to get it into a vet in our area I imagine due to the holidays. Any advice or recommendations on what I could do differently would be very appreciated! •we are located in a cold climate and this kitten was found outside shivering, I imagine it was quite hypothermic.

Hi,

We are in a foster to adopt situation with a 6lb mutt (spay date set for 1/7). She’s prob chihuahua, terrier, something. She doesn’t have much of a bark when she tries. At night, after laying down for an hour or two, she starts hacking like she’s trying to clear her throat. As a result, it’s disrupting our sleep. Will this get better after she’s fixed? After reading up on it, it seems like it could be a tear in her larynx.

Is there anything we can do at home to help?

She’s a great dog, but I need a full nights sleep.

My little Simba has been having nose issues for a few months, the vet suggested him wearing a cone and then starting a course of steroids. He had the steroids and wore the cone for 2-3 weeks and his nose was back to normal. Since the cone has come off and steroids stopped, he’s been rubbing his nose again but not constantly, and he’s got the scabby bits back. It was at its worst 15th Nov, seemed better 29th Nov when we took his cone off, and today 21st December it’s been bleeding again. It’s been advised to get a skin scraping or biopsy - any suggestions? Please help, it appears to be bleeding inside the nose and now a bit on the outside.

• Species: Cat

• Age: 10

• Sex/Neuter status: Male, neutered

• Breed: Long haired tuxedo Maine Coon mix?

• Body weight: 11 lbs (I'd say normally he's 16ish lbs)

• History: Respiratory issues in the past, giant nasal polyp removed 1yr ago and was doing great health-wise since.

• Clinical signs: Over the last 2 weeks he has slowly stopped eating and started losing a noticeable amount of weight. His typical diet was 2 small cans of wellness wet food a day, plus probably a handful of purina naturals dry frood. Now he barely eats anything, he will eat maybe a few licks of the chicken squeeze tubes but won't finish one. He drinks a lot of water, slightly more than usual. Seems weak and tired, when he purrs it's much quieter than normal. He swallows a lot, and it seems like he doesn't want us to go near his mouth more than normal. Usually very cuddly, now he seems to want his space.

• We took him to the vet 4 days ago, they said his blood work looks good and his organ functioning was mostly good but he had an inflamed bladder. I'll attach the results of everything once I get a link.

• We were prescribed 5ml gabapentin in a squeeze syringe and onsior pills. He was so traumatized by the syringe that we didn't think it was worth it after the second time (he threw up immediately and was hiding in the closet), but we finished his pills without issue.

• We've tried different wet foods, lots of treats, those pet gravy/broths. There are some that he will eat sometimes but not very much.

My non-professional thoughts:

• I think initially he had an inflamed bladder from stress (vet said that could be it, and he was extremely pissed that he couldn't go for walks anymore bc of the cold) and the pain caused a loss of appetite and more sleepiness/inactivity?
• He would eat like half of his wet food up until after the vet, and I'm afraid that he was maybe injured or traumatized when we gave him the gabapentin and now he barely eats anything. From what I can see his teeth look fine and his breath is fine. Idk man.

Any advice is appreciated. We are taking him to the vet again on Monday but I want to know your thoughts.

Hi! I have a 1 and a half year old toy poodle. In November (week of 11/17-11/24) she was boarded in a facility while I went on vacation.

We picked her up Sunday and on Tuesday she started having softer stools which led her to having diarrhea. The vet prescribed her Metronidazole and a probiotic. Started giving that to her and it seemed to be helping the stool. I was also feeding her bland diet (chicken and rice).

I also tested her poop and nothing abnormal came back. Once her stool was firmer, I put her back on regular diet and stopped the medication. Since then, her stool is still soft.

This week I have noticed that the stool is getting softer and softer and it seems like she is on the same path for diarrhea again. Has anything like this happened to anyone?

Some additional information: -tested positive for giardia in early November but she tested negative for it on retest. -she is fed Purina pro plan wet and dry food there was no change to her diet. -she has been acting normal -she is eating and drinking like normal

I flushed the vomit before thinking to get a picture (I heard her dry heaving so I put a bowl in front of her) but this is very similar to what it looked like. White/foamy with a lot of black/black seeds. (No pink or browns)

She’s acting completely fine. No loss in appetite, running and playing as normal, drinking her water, and her stool is healthy looking.

The consistency was mucus-y (it held together instead of a liquid).

It wasn’t similar to some of these “coffee grounds vomit” images I’ve seen so I’m not 100% sure what to do at the moment.

If anyone has any recommendations or has seen commit similar to what I’m describing, I’m all ears! 🙏

2 hour update: she ate her breakfast in its entirety, drank plenty of water, and now we’re outside and she’s running/zooming as if nothing happened. I’m still watching her closely, all advice is appreciated ❤️

My 15 year old tabby has asthma and hyperthyroidism, both treated w meds. Sseveral months ago, he was diagnosed with a UTI and treated with antibiotics. Now, it has come raging back. We have been trying to get rid of it for well over a month. It is resistant to antibiotics. Doc said it is common for a UTI to reoccur in thyroid cats and senior cats. We tried 2 kinds of antibiotics but to no avail. We sent out a culture and sensitivity test and I am awaiting their results.

Meanwhile, she has mentioned a 24 hour IV at an ER may be necessary as treatment, suggested rechecking his thyroid because he now has diarrhea, and an ultrasound to check his kidneys. A few weeks ago she did a blood test for his kidneys (they were fine) but this week she told me that was to see if his kidneys were failing while an ultrasound will show if they are dilated. All of this is estimated at $1000, not including the IV and 24 hours at a different facility. We have already spent a large sum and I often have to push back on what I think is really necessary. I am trying to help his diarrhea with probiotics but it’s not working yet.

Anyway, at 15 and with the strong possibility that the UTI will be a chronic issue, is it best to let him go? At what point does treatment become for us and the unfair choice for our pet? I am waiting for the test results but not optimistic. Meanwhile, aside from the diarrhea, he is acting fine re eating and grooming.

Please help me try to narrow down what could be causing chronic diarrhea for my dog and what we can do for him until an internist can see him in Jan.

• Species: Dog
• Age: 8 years
• Sex/Neuter status: Neutered
• Breed: Mix- pit, lab, mini pinscher, chow chow
• Body weight: 54.2
• History: GERD and sensitive tummy since adoption. Has consistently been on fortiflora probiotics, had omeprazole for 3-4 weeks in Oct-Nov. Diarrhea began Dec 2. Had x-ray for leg injury in june of 2024 and recorded slight spleen enlargement, followed up with abdominal ultrasound in August of 2024- no concerns and spleen enlargement during x ray due to anesthesia.
• Clinical signs: Pale yellow loose diarrhea with mucus began Dec 2. On Dec 5, vet was seen, and diet switched to Purina EN canine. Given sucralfate, did standard blood draw and labs, received injections of cerenia, vitamin b12, famotidine, fluids, and had fecal test with giardia. Had 1 additional loose stool 2 days after with mucus and blood and did not want bland food. Metrinidazole prescribed and bloodwork and stool sample results showed no infection/giardia. Improved over two weeks with loose/ soft stool but getting firmer and no blood or mucus. Both metrinidazole and sucralfate finished over a week. Ran out of purina EN and switched to only boiled chicken and white rice on dec 15. Diarrhea with mucus began again today dec 21. Energy, appetite, thirst has been consistent and normal whole time. I Have been calling the vet daily across the last week for next steps/assistance/ diagnosis and will not return calls. Has an appointment with internist at another vet but not until Jan 10. On cancellation list for earlier appointment but vet closed for holidays so unlikely. Interim plan is to find more purina EN and go to emergency if stool is bloody again, or appetite changes
• Duration: 3 weeks.
• Your general location: SF Bay area
• Links to test results, vet reports, X-rays etc.: Ultrasound

My cat who is 3 years old got his first rabies shot at 6 months old and then just got his second one on October 6th of this year. Right before his 3rd birthday. Anyway. He bit me on November 12th or around that time and I freaked out but doctors said it was ok. anyway today he is kind of acting strange just kind of sitting around not doing much. And I don’t feel good today and I’m just panicking. It’s been over a month since he bit me but I just can’t get the fear out of my head and yeah. But could there be another reason he’s acting strange and just sitting around all over? He has done this before in the past but I’m just not sure.

My cat is randomly shaking his head, 5 - 6 times a day.

He had a cat friend that was constantly scratching his ears. Unfortunately that cat got into a road accident.

I assumed my cat had caught ear mites from his friend and bought some flea treatment from my vet that kills fleas, ticks, mites, worms etc.

There was some brown discharge in the ears. I put some RenaSan ear drops in for 3 days and his ears look very clean now, but the shaking continues.

I've just moved house and have had lots of extra expenses. I know this isn't the cats fault and if I have to take him to the vet I will have to use credit.

Any suggestions please?

Male 6 year old cat, healthy, on prescription diet for urine.

I’m in need of advice. I have a 1 year old goldendoodle. For the past month or so every time I try to touch her feet to see if they need grooming she runs under the bed. She does the same thing when I try to brush her tail even if I do it as gently as possible. She always has been very sensitive in those areas. She pulls her hands away any time I try to trim the hair under her feet or brush them but she never used to run away. Also we work on commands together around the same time every morning but over the past couple weeks she runs under the bed as soon as I give a command. I’ve never hit her or yelled at her or given her any reason to run from me. We play a lot in the yard and she goes a little crazy with fetch so I’m thinking maybe she could have hurt herself doing that. She could be connecting the commands to her hand pain because one of our commands we work on is “give me your hand”. Also her tail has a slight kink or bend in it and may be a bit swollen towards the base. idk if that’s normal for her breed or not. She isn’t limping or showing any other signs of pain that I can see other than pulling away and hiding. Please give me some guidance. I don’t want her to suffer if she needs medical attention I will put it on a credit card or something.

Dog is a mini poodle, 9 months old, me and my mom were walking him early this morning, made the mistake of not feeding him before hand, and while we were walking he found a chicken leg bone and just swallowed it before we could react, didn’t even see it myself, my mom just started yelling. She said it was a full bone, but she didn’t have time to see. Managed to pull a third of it out after wrestling his jaw open. He didn’t choke but he presumably ate the rest of the bone without chewing much. it’s now been 3 and a half hours and no pain, he’s just normal, but I’m very worried for him. Bone wasn’t dry so we’re not worried about shards. Mom said he was gonna be okay, but is there anything I should look out for?

Got a very old cockatiel which has developed arthritis. The vet has given me meloxicam pills, we do not have meloxicam liquid here, so he said i can try crashing pills into his water. The vets here are not very familiar with birds..He said to dilute 2mg of meloxicam pill into his water. However, online, the instructions are very different and im scared. We have no avian vets/zoo/specialised care for birds here.

Can i give meloxicam to my bird that way instead of syringe (as per european and american articles suggest).

Our kitten brought ringworm into our house and my 4 year old cat got it too. They are about 1.5 weeks apart on antifungal medicine. We’ve also topically treated and done baths with vet recommended baths with vet recommended ringworm shampoo. All lesions have healed on both cats and healed really quickly on our 4.5 year old because I think we caught it quickly and never got any new ones. Worst lesion he licked past the first layer of skin and it’s completely grown in new healthy fur completely grown over it now. I also did my own cultures and the first one was positive and the second a week later was negative. Our home has been cleaned too to bottom a million times. We let the kitten out a little over week ago after he was done with his 5 week off/on course of intrafungol last week and he’s been fine but our older boy is miserable now being quarantined for 4.5 weeks and he’s getting depressed and sleeping all the time. They are very bonded and were quarantined together. One vet told us we could let him out a week after our kitten stopped his meds and the other one said to finish his course which would put him in there one more week. What do you all think who have been through this assuming no environmental contamination? It’s breaking my heart.

My Shihtzu has a stone in her bladder. He is struggling to pee with only tiny drop coming out from yesterday. I took him to a vet and got X-ray. I’m actually not in my hometown so I can’t take him to his regular vet. The vet here says it is not that Serious and gave him pain killer whereas the I sent this X-ray to my regular vet and he says it is life threatening. I’m confused I can’t go there at least for a week. Could u guys help me with this. Is this problem that serious or can it be treated like regular infection.

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I have an appointment this monday to spay my 3 year old cat, but I think shes starting to show signs of heat as she’s been meowing more loudly. I was wondering if it’s safe to spay her while she’s showing signs of heat? This week is the only break I have to get her spayed in until summer but I don’t wanna risk her life because of that.

My cat is getting spayed now ..after seeing vidoes on the Internet and some bitter experience in the comments makes me wonder if it was a right decision..I am a 1st time cat mom I really love her and the pain she was in due to heat was made me take this decision.. will cats able to walk properly with 24 hrs ? Some advice on the aftercare would be appreciated:) it's a scotish fold cat about 6 months

Hello! Below are my dog Shorty's stats. He is on 15mg daily of Phenobarbital for seizures but has increased anxiety as he's gotten older. We have a toddler and a baby on the way and he's getting more nipping, whining, licking. Our current vet is making us see a behaviorist about his anxiety but the waitlist is 6 months. He gets daily walks, good food, is greatly loved but is suffering as he is so stressed all of the time. Our toddler is a toddler in all ways but we monitor him closely so he doesn't bother our dog/get in his face/get near his food.

Is there a possibility for doggie Prozac or other anti anxiety medicine and the phenobarbital? Our vet hoped the Phenobarbital would help his anxiety but it hasn't.

His liver is monitored and doing well. He has a clean bill of health otherwise.

Species: dog Age:11 Sex/Neuter status: neutered Breed:chihuahua min pin mix (rescue) Body weight: 11 lbs History: seizures Clinical signs: whining, licking sheets and our legs constantly, on edge, barking, increased aggression with other dog (who died of diabetes) and our toddler sometimes, whining. Seems to be out of control with his doggie emotions. Duration:whole life but getting worse with age and new babies Your general location: Phoenix, AZ Links to test results, vet reports, X-rays etc.n/a but clean bill of health besides seizures

I use Mohawk Alley Animal Hospital for my two pit rescues and Pet VM for meds for one of them who has Addison's Disease (Cripplingly expensive, currently $230 for 4 ml of Zycortal, 2.6 of which must be given every 25 days).

Every year they block the approval for the meds until I get her annual exam. I want my dogs to be up to date on vaccines and check ups but she got diagnosed right when the pandemic hit and my industry fell off the face of the earth. So instead of amazing steady work I had when I rescued her, I work gigs few and far between and I get stuck sometimes. I can't always pay for their stuff right away... Blocking my dogs life saving meds kind of really pisses me off. Can they legally block them for ever? Or am I dead wrong and this is a legal requirement from California for them to even approve of the meds to be sent to me?

But I’m wondering if it’s better to get the masses surgically removed first and then proceed with the biopsy? I did some research and read that a biopsy can cause cancer to spread. My vet is closed on the weekends so I’m unable to ask them right now.

• ⁠Species: Dog

• ⁠Age: 7

• ⁠Sex/Neuter status: Male neutered

• ⁠Breed: lab mix

• ⁠Body weight: about 75 lbs

• ⁠History: ear infections and allergies

• ⁠Clinical signs: 2 masses in neck, 1 in leg

• ⁠Duration: idk

• ⁠Your general location: east coast

• ⁠Links to any test results, X-rays, vet reports etc. that you have: n/a

I was petting my dog and felt, then saw, a scab on her back. I cleaned it with a wet paper towel and then thought I saw some white stuff. It ended up being pus and then this other thing popped out. I put neospirin on and will monitor until vet opens on Monday. Just wondering if anyone has any guesses. This was right square in the middle of her back. A hard place to scratch or bite I’d think.

https://imgur.com/a/ZBxGSTE

So i got him at 9 weeks. He didnt have this bump in his mouth, because once i got him i looked at his teeth to see how big they were and if he lost / grew any. A week or two later i noticed this little bump growing as well as one of his teeth coming in with it. Thought nothing of it. Now i checked and its even larger than before. He is now 12 weeks. It doesn’t seem to have liquid in it. Its soft and pretty firm. Doesn’t seem to be sensitive to touch.

Asking cat parents and preferably actual vets.

14 year old female domestic shorthair. Has history of yeast infections in ears. Recently treated with ear drops (1 month ago). I noticed some dry skin/flaking on the edge of her right ear and the next day she started holding the tip of her right ear weirdly. Normally she has fully pointy ears. Her left ear is normal. Is she in pain? Does this warrant a vet visit? She’s been holding it weirdly like this for about 5 days.

• Species: Cat
• Age: 14
• Sex/Neuter status: Female, spayed
• Breed: Domestic Shorthair
• Body weight: 12lb
• History: yeast infections in ears.
• Clinical signs: I noticed some dry skin/flaking on the edge of her right ear and the next day she started holding the tip of her right ear weirdly, letting the top 1/4" (6mm) of the ear flop down. Normally she has fully pointy ears. Her left ear is normal. Is she in pain?
• Duration: 5 days
• Your general location: Front range of the Rocky Mountains. She's 100% indoors. Very occasionally goes into attached garage with door closed.
• Gorgeous girl showing symptom https://imgur.com/a/MPRbq2n

I have a mainecoon cat from Ukraine. I got him as a kitten, we live in Canada. A month after I got him he started having breathing attacks every two weeks almost to the exact day. My vet said it looks like some sort of asthma but isn't sure it is. He has done blood work and multiple x-rays. I went to the states to get a transtracheal wash from another vet and he said the results were pretty normal. He thinks it looks like human asthma but also isn't sure. We tried puffers and chambers with no luck. We give him predisnolone(close enough) when he has an attack. I’m not sure if I can post videos in here but he rocks back and forth, his nostrils flare and he breathes shallow from his lower back instead of his lungs. I hate that he's suffering. If anyone has any ideas at all I would love to hear from you.

My SiL just found a puppy. Female, very young, probably 8ish weeks, some type of bully breed. That’s all I k ow at the time.

My husband wants to keep her, but I know we need to go through stray hold, etc. working on all of that currently.

My concern is we have a 2year old rescue that we brought home about 3 months ago.

Question: what diseases do I need to watch out for from this puppy to ensure she doesn’t give any of them to my current dog?

If we decide to keep her we are going to of course take her to the vet ASAP.

Any advice for that?

Please offer advice, I feel like my obvious only option is to surrender my sweet baby but I'm so heartbroken . My daughter and I adopted a 7 year old sweet boy from the shelter last year after we left my ex husband. We went to the shelter to pet sweet babies and couldn't help but fall in love with him. He had been in the shelter almost 8 months and was NOT handling the shelter life well. The three times we visited, he would paw nonstop at the door like he was trying to dig his way out. The shelter told us his horribly sad story of him being extremely bonded with his old owner, following him everywhere after being rescued as a kitten. Unfortunately the old man passed away and in the shelter Benny went. The shelter wanted us to give him a home so bad they waived the adoption fee and let us pick anything out from their pet room for him. It took him about a month 5o adjust, he was very timid and barely came out or ate. Fast forward a year, he has adapted his life extremely well and was very loving. Still occasionally desperately pawing at doors and floors, but always eating and ALWAYS snuggling.

We literally just had to move from our previous place in such a hurry due to extremely unsafe people being around. A friend of ours let us stay for the year knowing we needed help while i did my divorce process, but there was a house fire and the people he was hiring for dirt cheap were drug users and someone who just got out of prison for doing unimaginable things that he bragged about. I needed to leave ASAP for our safety.

I had no where to go, so my mom is housing us until I can get us back on our feet.

I have a young child and an infant, and I fled as soon as I found out how unsafe these people were. My problem is Benny is an outdoor cat who will occasionally wonder to our loving neighbors who love to feed him for a few days. No one was home and he hadn't come when called, so I had no choice but to leave and to go back and get him just a day later when I had no kids.

Benny has been acting strange since, I've been struggling to pinpoint what is happening but my mom and I chalked it up to him being stressed again like when I had first adopted him. This morning I had been explaining Benny and my concerns for him with my friend who's house I moved from, which is when he told me he saw the guy who just got out of prison just haphazardly feeding his left over turkey to my cat... he believes Benny got a turkey bone and its a possibility he consumed it.

My mom has 3 cats so its hard to tell if Benny has been passing stool, but I know he's drinking like normal but eating very little/ showing little interest in food which is out of his now ordinary behavior.

Life just fucked my world up like no other, a move I couldn't afford, losing my phone because my roommate broke it, having sudden full custody of my oldest because her dad was found doing drugs again.. life is fucking killing me and I have no money to my name right now which is why my mom came to save us.

I know he needs help, but my ex fucked my credit up and I'm 7k in debt bc of him, I know I can't pull any credit cards or anything. My heart says I should surrender him for his own health, but I fear they will just put him down. I fear for his mental health as well knowing how traumatizing the shelter was.

I don't want our baby to die and I feel like I'm watching him slowly die. I don't know what to do, I am at a loss.

Please help me decide, I'd hate to give him up, I usually have a cushion of money saved but this spontaneous move fucked my life up. Please offer advice, we are heartbroken...

I have an almost-2-year-old boy cat, Woody. He's the sweetest cat l've ever owned, aside from some accidental skin casualties from his huge claws, but that's life. However, he has lived in this cone a majority of the past year. At some point he developed the habit of licking his inner elbows / forearms and gnawing at them until they bleed and get scabby.

I’ve taken him to the vet, where he also gnawed at his arms on the examination table and the cat-specific vet told me to just “keep him occupied and distracted.” I hope you can imagine my frustration, my house has more cat trees and toys than human furniture. I work from home, so I’m able to give him boundless attention, but it’s gotten to the point I feel guilty for leaving if even for a few hours, and no amount of cuddles stop his licking and gnawing. I’ve been giving him CBD treats, which maybe calm him down 2%. I moved with two cats a little over a year ago, and the Gabapentin that knocked the other one out was essentially ineffective on him. The only “treatment” given to me by the vet was a topical, which he of course licks off if he is not coned (her recommendation) so I took the obvious route of keeping him in a cone until the spots healed and hair grew back, hoping he might ‘forget’ and at the least pick a different spot to anxiously lick.

However, even with the cone on he will go through the motions of licking his arms, and when the spots heal up and I de-cone him, he IMMEDIATELY goes back to gnawing at them. Food, play, nothing can distract him. The cone does not slow him down at all, and he’s a generally happy and active cat, but I truly can’t imagine him living in a cone for his entire life?? It’s beyond upsetting. I’ve tried variations of onesies and he slips out of them. I’m at a loss. I don’t think the feliaway diffusers do anything, but I have a couple around the house. They have a timed feeder and food puzzles to keep them busy, maybe I find more variations of puzzles? I think he’d still gnaw at his arms.

He is a pretty vocal boy, constantly talking to me or meowing at the walls, so anxiety could be an option but I’ve never had a cat with this strain of behavioral issues before so I don’t know how to tackle it. I work from home so he is not at all at a lack of attention, maybe he got too much in his youth and that’s the problem.

I adopted a 10 month old cat from a shelter here in Italy. When I adopted her, the shelter said they had a vet spay her, and she was stitched up on her tummy. However, about 2 weeks later she went into heat. I took her to our own vet thinking maybe a small piece of ovarian tissue was left over. They saw an ovary on the ultrasound so decided to do surgery again. I was SHOCKED when they called to say she was completely intact, uterus and ovaries.

Is it at all possible for a vet to completely overlook a cat’s uterus and ovaries while spaying the cat? Our vet implied maybe the shelter vet was rushed and the uterus was so small it was missed, with the shelter vet maybe assuming the cat had been spayed already. It seems insane to me, I don’t know what to think.