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Puppy Sneezing Snot. What Is Wrong?

Alan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:42:50 +0000

I adopted a puppy from the SPCA last week. He had shots 3 days before I got him, and I took him to my vet the next day, where he had a shot for rabies and was wormed. Since then he has started sneezing, it is mainly clear “snot” which he licks off his nose immediately. He is very playful, and does not have a temperature. I called the vet, they said he could have allergies, but to be sure I would need ot bring him in. I do not want to spend more on another vet visit if I don;t have to. Anyone know if he could just have a cold, or allergies. He has no other symptoms – no coughing, etc. If it is a cold, how long do they last? Any input would be great . I have other dogs and would hate for them all to get sick.

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What Is Wrong With My Female Cat?

Alan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:12:50 +0000

My cat has been dragging her butt “scooting” on the ground and then I noticed increased trips to the litter box with little urination. She has been more vocal lately but still affectionate. I have had her for four years and she has never once peed on anything but within the last week she has been peeing on blankets and today she peed in the bathtub and I noticed her pee was pinkish she even tried to pee on my sleeping brother. I’m fairly certain this is a UTI. However, that doesn’t explain the scooting. Anyone have any suggestions? I am going to make her an appointment tomorrow for the vet. Anyone have any idea what the cost range will be? Also, my roommates have three dogs and two others were visiting for a while. Im worried the scooting could be from worms. Any other ideas? How long before contact would it take for symptoms to occur? Thank you in advance for any help. I’m very worried. Please assure me she isn’t going to die. She’s only four.

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What Happens During The Process Of Getting Rid Of Hookworms?

Alan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:15:05 +0000

We found my dog a few months ago as a stray and he recently tested positive for hookworms. The vet gave us some medicine to give him and ever since he’s had crazy amounts of diarrhea lately. He has to go out every few hours and we just get a ton of poop.
I expected this for a couple of days since all the worms need to flush out, but it’s been 5 days and still the same. Is this typical? And when we give him his second shot to make sure the larvae that have hatched are killed will we have the same scenario or will it be better the second time around?
It’s been super hot here and he’s not drinking much water so I’m worried he’s dehydrated from all the loss of fluids. He’s been a bit more tired than usual though we did have him playing in the creek all weekend which wore him out. I just want to make sure that his current actions and symptoms are pretty normal… thanks for all the input!

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What Will De-wormer Do To My Dogs?

Alan — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:02:33 +0000

Hi! I have two dogs. A 4 month old Chihuahua and a Dachshund that is nearly two years old. My Chihuahua has been acting funny here lately. Diarrhea and not eating as well as she normally does. The vet said she probably had worms and she had me come buy and pick up some de-wormer pills. SHe said it would be best to give them my Dachshund as well since they live together (even though he’s not showing the same symptoms as the Chihuahua). Anyway, she said that the dogs wouldn’t require any extra care after I gave them the pills. But I’ve heard from some coworkers that de-wormer can make dogs really sick. Should I keep them outside for a few hours after I give them the medication or will they be ok in their normal inside environment going outside every 3-4 hours?
Also, I forgot to ask my vet this, (i may call her later and ask her) but I have a cat as well. Should I give him some wormer too? Does it have to be the same vet strength or can the OTC brand work on him?

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What Is Wrong With My Cat?

Alan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:05:18 +0000

well first of all we figured out that our cat has worms. (were getting a vet as soon as possible), we looked up the symptoms of having worms, this has nothing to do with it.
my cat is NOT nocturnal, or at least i think it is. ever morning my cat meows at my door wanting to get out, but she is already fed, i give her TONS of affection. but she just meows away. the earliest she has woken me was about 5 in the morning. the latest was 7.
THEN
when she gets up in the morning i feed her along with my dog, but whenever my cat is playing (or i think she is) se pounces on my dog. but she pounces on EVERYTHING! she also runs everywhere and when i come up on her she runs like crazy under my bed, but she does that because of me. ha
is there anything wrong with my cat?

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What Is Wrong With My Puppy?

Alan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:21:40 +0000

I think my puppy has parvo but don’t know for sure. On Monday (christmas eve day) I bought some worming medicine for her and my younger puppy. Abby, the sick one, is around 5 months old; and Nina is like 9 wks old. They are both lab mixes. Anyways, since Nina seemed to have a pretty bad case of worms (we just got her less than 2 wks ago) and it seemed like-despite my efforts to cure Abby of worms- she still seemed to have symptoms of worms like being underweight–so I treated them both with worming medicine. Very soon afterward Abby started acting sickly. She is lethargic, has had smellly diarehha, has discharge from her eyes and has been drooling from the mouth.
I thought she was better this mourning (Friday) because shgot up and opted to drink and I thought ate some dog food but she isn’t. I feel horrible but my boyfriend and I are pretty strapped for cash and can not afford some hugh vet bill. What can you tell me. Any advice would be greatly helpful.

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Are Symptoms Of Parvo More Violent Than What I’m Seeing?

Alan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:22:15 +0000

I have a 13 week old Shih Tzu puppy. We got him 9 days ago. He had his first shots on May 8 by the breeder’s vet. I just gave him his second shot last night. I bought the vaccine (Duramune Max 5 Cv-k) at a feed store. I had called our vet locally and they wanted $58 (to be seen and for the vaccine) so I thought I’d save some money and do it myself which I have done Several times with my dogs as well as my mom’s dogs. I have however, never had a small breed. I had read before hand not to give Lepto to small dogs or puppies, so I skipped that and thought this shot would be ok. Puppy has been fine up until a few hours ago when he vomited yellow liquid, no food in the vomit. He has seemed a little less energetic today, but not lethargic or anything. He is still cheerful, and playing, just a little more sleepy and not as crazy bouncy. He’s playing with a squeeky toy right now. Anyways, I freaked out thinking that maybe he is having a reaction to his vaccine. His stool is still normal, and he hasn’t vomited again. It has been a few hours since he vomited. I did start him on Pedialyte just to help him out a bit. I called our emergency vet and they wanted to see him/test him for Parvo at a cost of almost $300 so I decided to wait to see if he vomited again or got diarhea…so far so good. Does this mean that his vommiting (one time) was just a freak thing? There was nothing in his vomite (like paper or chunks of anything that would make me believe he ate something) he has been wormed (once by the breeder’s vet)….Am I just freaking out? If it was Parvo would he have gotten worse by now? He hasn’t been anywhere (not even in our backyard) because we were waiting until he got more vaccines. He is trained to go on his puppy pads….I’m just wondering if I am being to laxed about this?? I just don’t want to jump the gun and spend at least another $300 if it’s really not necessary, but I don’t know much about the onset of Parvo…

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What Could Possibly Be Wrong With My Dog?

Alan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:33:23 +0000

She is 2 years old. For the past year now I’ve been having problems with her…she got Lyme disease and was treated for it but ever since she has had health problems. First she started chewing herself till she would bleed. Vet suggested that it was a food allergy and to try different foods. I tried many different foods.Her skin cleared up and her hair grew back when she was eating Blue Wilderness. 3 months later she starts getting sick. She will go a week or two with normal poop and then she goes thru a day with diarrhea. Then she’s fine again for another week or two before it happens again. I’ve made sure she doesn’t get into anything and she never picks up any thing from the ground outside. She has been checked for worms and all other internal parasites and she doesn’t have either. The vet did say when she had lyme that she did have it very bad. She did have full blown symptoms of Lyme. I only found that one tick on her even tho she had frontline on. What could possibly be wrong so I have an idea of what the vet will end up doing to treat her insted of running unnesicary tests that cost a fortune.

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What Can You Tell Me About Intestinal Worms?

Alan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:07:34 +0000

So today after my dog didn’t get better from her bland diet, i took her to the vet. I had originally thought it was due to switching her food too quickly, but she didn’t get better. My vet was great and squeezed me in to do a stool sample reading. They couldn’t find anything, but from the symptoms think it’s work and since they only shed their eggs every three days, they think they could have missed them. So what should i expect? My vet was so busy i couldn’t get all my questions in. Also should she just rest or can i treat her fairly normal? She seems a little more tired than normal, but that may be due to not sleeping well (she gets me up at 4:30 am and has to go out, and then we only sleep till 8 after that).

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My Boyfriend Has Excessive Mucus In His Feces, What Could It Be?

Alan — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:02:24 +0000

After we got a puppy, we both started having symptoms of aggressive cramps while defecating. We both examined our feces, and I made sure it wasn’t moving, OR worms(because we took our dog to the vet, and she had hookworms–she is done with antibiotics, and is clean of worms). My symptoms went away in 3 days. He still has his and frankly, his looks a lot more gross than mine did. Looks very white and mucus-like. I’ve done the research. I know it’s nothing something he ate, for we eat the same meals and I dont have it any more. It has been going on for about 1 week. Any suggestions? I can only assume it’s infection, or bacterial disease.

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