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Hello, I have a bunny named Martin. He was attacked by my dogs on thursday. He was not hurt externely. Plus he was doing okay. But he was having loose poops and now he is being lethargic. What should i do?
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I adopted a beautiful cat with a stunning personality, she is loving and relaxed. She is 1 year 7 months old and they have been struggling to get her adopted. We brought her home And she was immediately so happy, eating and playing. We have two chihuahuas, one is a very timid, nervous baby but so so sweet. When we opened our bedroom door, she ran out to say hello and the cat just pounced on her, making deep scratch marks and only letting go when my husband yelled “NO!” In a panic. I am feeling such guilt at bringing a new pet into the house, that hurt my baby. I absolutely adore the new cat, but my heart is broken for my baby girl. She is now absolutely terrified of any sound, we are keeping them separated and the cat is happy as can be, but I am feeling so nervous about how to resolve this issue. Giving the cat back is just not an option for us, we already fell in love with her. What can we do in this situation?
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Anonymous Did you do any sort of shutdown when you brought the cat home? By that, I mean keep her in a room to herself for a couple of weeks, to give her time to acclimate to the household, then allow her to meet your chi in a very closely supervised situation. Furthermore, had she been tested with dogs?
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Suanne Villarreal Hi! We actually have separated them, the meeting was accidental (our chihuahua ran out of the room once the door was opened). Currently we are keeping them in separate rooms and switching them every so often so they can get used to each other’s scent. She was adopted from a cat shelter so no experience with dogs thus far…
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Anonymous That may very well have been due to shock. I would reevaluate in a couple of weeks.
I have a 3 month old siberian husky. He loves everyone and is never aggressive besides play biting, and even then it’s not bad. I live with my dad and my grandma, and he loves my dad. For some reason though, he’ll random run up to my grandma and start barking. She gets scared and says he hates her, but I try to reassure her otherwise. Why does he do this?
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Anonymous He wants attention from her. If you don’t want him doing this I suggest keeping a leash on him when he’s out of his crate, so you can pull him away from her (while calling him to you, to reinforce recalls).
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Ashlee Brown That’s what I thought, but she gives him treats, let’s him out sometimes, and talks to him. She doesn’t want to give him too much attention because she’s afraid of him charging at her (which I try to remind her that he’s not like that). He’s fantastic otherwise though, and it’s so random when he barks at her that it would be difficult to have him on a leash.
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Ashlee Brown I try telling her to just give him time and attention but she just gets stressed over it and says he is going to attack her when I know he won’t.
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Anonymous Okay, so this is where a drag leash REALLY comes in handy. She’s encouraging the behavior, so you need to step in. At this age he should have a leash on him and either leashed to someone or dragging it behind him (and confined to areas where you are, to ensure he can’t get into mischief, or crated when you can’t supervise him). It isn’t hard – just leave it on when he’s in the house and supervised, take it off when he’s crated. SHE needs more education on puppies and puppy behavior, and if she isn’t comfortable with puppy behavior she needs to stop encouraging him with treats. Remind her he’s a baby.
When is it ok to stop prednisone abruptly after the dog has received 5 days of twice per day Med? An ER doctor who gave us the med had warned us against stopping it abruptly because it could cause complications. Approximately 5-6 days later the dog had emergency neck surgery at the same facility where the ER vet worked. After only one day of rest post op, they said the dog could go home early! When I asked about the prednisone and tapering it, they said, just stop. The discharge doctor said the surgeon didn’t want him on it. I was very confused at this instruction. Does anyone understand why we were told to just stop his prednisone?
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Sarah Good morning? When you were given the new instructions, did you let them know that previously you were told not to do that? It is a steroid, so there could be side effects if you stop giving it suddenly, until the body can “catch up” on production. Perhaps a phone call to your regular vet might be worth it… besides, you’ll probably need a follow up exam after the trip to the emergency ER which you can schedule when you call. Good luck?
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Krista Magnifico I agree with Sarah. You are owed, deserve and paid for an answer that makes sense and is for the benefit of your pet.
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Rhonda Newberry Thank you both so much for your response. I think this was not the first sign we had that our experience there was not going to be a good one. Since our dog’s dc from that surgery center, we have consulted another physician to reevaluate and help recovery efforts with better medicine selection and pain control.
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Rhonda Newberry It is just hard for me to believe that a surgeon would not expect that stopping prednisone mid treatment would be imprudent. Further, if my dog were to have a crisis, it would be in their financial gain when I brought him back for stabilization. As I wrote earlier, this was one among other issues that came up with our dog’s post -op care. Now, I wouldn’t willingly take any of my animals there again.
14 year old 20lb Terrier – looks like Benji– has a growth/tumor somewhere in the stomach area- pushing on the spleen and intestines. He started having accidents in the house a few weeks ago– went to our vet — took x-ray — our Dandy has strong desire for food and water. Stomach is puffy. Lost his desire to walk much and when he does he is not 100% sure of himself. Is taking a Selegiline pill once a day. I guess because he is eating and drinking that is a positive of some degree. What can we do med wise or food wise to make his days left with us the best for him?
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Krista Magnifico Hello,
I’m sorry but there isn’t enough information here to help me understand what has been diagnosed and how to proceed. Please ask your vet to guide you. -
Tom Kochendorfer Hi Dr. Magnifico — what do you need to know?
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My Boykin Spaniel, Georgia (will be 1 year next month) has just started vomiting yellowish color bile. She also has very foul smelling, dark urine. She eats and drinks very little at the time. Could the bile and dark urine be from something she ate recently, or something more serious going on? Any suggestions?
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Sarah Hello? I would call the vet. Seeing as she is almost a year and her annual exam and shots are due soon, they may even squeeze everything into one visit for you. But the fact that there seems to be something going on needs to be addressed/assessed by your vet.
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Anonymous The combination of things makes me worry. Please get her in today.
My kitty is 8 weeks old, a Himalayan Breed a male as his name is Rocco. We took him to the vet after a couple days we was doing bad, as he was very lethargic, not eating, and weight loss. As the vet, recommended us to get a ultrasound for the kitty since he has a heart murmur problem as the vet can see he’s low on fever, blue lining in the gums… Anyonr on here experienced something like this with their kitties/(not sure if pups have the same concept and kitties). I’ve been really down lately, not knowing what to do, and would love to hear from others. Thank you.
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Krista Magnifico Hello,
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Angelina Grande Hi, Krista I can definitely provide more information! All I know his mother is negative for Fel/FIV. However, recent Tuesday we took him to the vet for the first time after getting him after a week and two days.. but during that time he was doing well and normal he ate regularly, played all the time like a crazy kitty would and then fall asleep that was his kind of routine for the first three days, then all the sudden got very sleepy, loss of energy, didn’t wanna eat/drink, and stoped playing and noticed by day he was getting a little bony and threw up no more than 4 times of food and 1 time of clear yellowish color. However, on Tuesday they listened to his heart and mentioned how he has a heart murmur, they did a x-ray to see if any was up in his intestine or had any infection and he had nothing, did a blood sugar test, tested his stool for parasites he was negative for that, he was low due to not eating well and being hydrated. Then, they gave us Vetoquinol Care-Nutri-Cal to give before his meals (wasn’t very helpful) and canned food called “Hills”-Prescription Diet of Urgent Care a/d with Chicken (Wasn’t too helpful as well) to use for the kitty. Afterwards, the vet told us to call/visit after three days if no changes… he wasn’t doing a little worse, still nothing improved and noticed his meowing changed to more of a hoarseness sound ( we are not sure if it’s from all the meowing he had at the vet/wait for 6 hours) .. on Friday recently went back.. took his body temperature which was 99.8 low but not too severely they said, did his blood sugar test which was normal, they said to keep up feeding him but gave us syringe to put food/water in.. but in the meantime I sent a text to the owners of that bought kitties from the same breeder we did since they are sister/brothers. However, one of the kitties was underweight under a pound due to inflammatory in her private, so the owner mentioned he feeds her KMR-Kitten Milk Replacer with canned food mix and the kitty is now a double weight.. so I asked the vet about it.. he said, definitely I could do that.. I was very upset he did not mention it to me but since I was lucky to have the owner tell me since from last night he was changing slowly.. and still is now and always meowing for food when he’s hungry, eats very little almost every hour of mixed milk substitute and urgent care canned food. Thank you for responding. I appreciate it so much.
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Angelina Grande Let me know what have to say, I would appreciate it so much. I’ve been worrying a lot lately. Thank you once again.
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Krista Magnifico Hello,
I’m sorry for the delay. I don’t rhink there is enough information to help guide your much. If your cat is not doing well o strongly suggest that you seek more help from your vet or ask for a referral to a feline specialist. I think that part of the dilemma here is that we aren’t sure how severe the murmur is and how much this is influencing the current condition of your kitty. In general I think more tests and answers are needed to help guide you to help youe Cat feel better. I advise you get more help immediately. Don’t wait. Kittens are too fragile. -
Shiria I agree with Krista, try to get more help. Hear murmur in kittens cat be traeted. They may need an heart-ultrasound the see the cause of the murmur and to choose the right medication. When he’s better he may start to eat enough on his own again.
We syringe-feed kittens with a mixture of hills a/d food and kitten formula. They usually accept it very well and gain weight properly.
You may want to try and look for a second opinion, if your current vet doesn’t help any further.
How does cold laser/k laser therapy work?
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Anonymous Hi Ashley, this is all I could find on K Laser: https://k-laser.com/veterinary-professionals/science
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Krista Magnifico Hello,
This is the brand I use at the clinic. I use it for inflammatory conditions. For some patients it really seems to be beneficial. It is commonly used in human sports medicine. There is lots of information there.
Looking for cool ball python enclosures, pre-built! Anyone got any suggestions? Already looking at the 36 x 18 x 18 Exo-Terra, that’s like the only one I can find that’s ~40+ gallons with nice width. Also, that being said, I’m not looking for anything smaller than 40 gallons, as I don’t really want to have to upgrade the tank because I’m creating a bioactive viv for a noodle that I’m rescuing. If anyone can respond with some links to purchasable tanks/terrariums that are somewhat wide and don’t have a lot of height, that would be a great help to my search! Thanks!
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Anonymous Most snake people go with racks. I can ask a friend in Retics if he knows anyone who builds custom, but there will definitely be some lead time.
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Ben Miller Thank you so much! I would go for racks if I were a breeder, but I’m just planning to get a singular ball python for a pet. 🙂
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Anonymous Then the exo-terra is most likely your best bet, based on where you’re located. Unless you’re willing to DIY, of course.
My dog had surgery 3 weeks ago to be spayed I’ve just noticed a lump under her scar but she’s fine in herself?
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Krista Magnifico Hello,
Please call your surgeon and ask them to inspect the incision. It’s always better to be safer than sorry. Hopefully it’s just some post op swelling. But the only way to be sure is to have your vet check it.
Hello,
In my experience every bunny with any sort of external sign of injury needs immediate care from a vet. Please call your vet immediately. Your bunny needs their help now.