How lose it typically take for diarrhea from eating something wrong to resolve? (Dog, no other symptoms)
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She is just over 2 years old and a Belgian Shephard Cross with (I think) Podenco, due to the fact she has very large ears and was born on the Canarian island of Tenerife. It did grow quite quickly, it seemed to appear overnight almost and it hasn’t really grown much since I spotted it.
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Christina Chambreau Dear Amy,
The conventional approach will be well covered by another, and probably will be to do a biopsy. The blood will probably show eosinophils so that may be the first thing to do.
I am holistically trained so I have a few different suggestions for you. We often find that any type of tumor is triggered by vaccines and toxins, so for now, avoid all vaccines and other toxins (flea control, house and yard chemicals).
We often see tumors resolve when you discover the ideal diet – usually a fresh meat (raw or cooked) and pureed vegetable diet.
Since the tumor stopped growing and may very well be benign, take a few days to research for an integrative veterinarian where you live (or homeopaths can help by phone) so you can be offered many different choices (mushrooms, Acupuncture and more (TCVM), supplements, homeopathy, essential oils, etc). We sometimes find that when a tumor is removed the overall may suffer. However, sometimes not removing a tumor can cause an increase in cancer if the underlying quantum field has not been healed. An integrative veterinarian can help you weigh the different choices.
An integrative veterinarian is trained in many different approaches, including using conventional drugs only when absolutely needed. Working with one can increase the chance that your cherished companion can live a long and healthy life. There are good ones and great ones, and a few homeopathic veterinarians will consult by phone or email. You can go to the web sites for each type of holistic practice and use their referral list to find one near to you:
1. Wide range of other treatments: http://www.AHVMA.org – American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association and http://www.civtedu.org
2. Homeopathic veterinarians (these can often help you by phone if no other holistic practitioners are nearby that you like): http://www.theAVH.org and http://www.DrPitcairn.com
3. Chiropractor – http://www.animalchiropractic.org
4. TCVM (Acupuncture and Chinese medicine):http://www.IVAS.org
http://www.avaa.org & http://www.TCVM.com5. Herbal- http://www.VBMA.org
6. Postural rehabilitation – dogs and horses – http://www.posturalrehabvets.com/Postural_Rehabilitation/Find_a_Practitioner.html
I also have an article on my site (www.MyHealthyAnimals.com) on Selecting and Working with a Holistic Veterinarian.
Cooper has a swollen eye and nose. he gets into a lot of things. Is it ok to give him Benadryl once to see if this helps solve the problem?
I have a female pit bull terrier (spayed) that is 10 months old. Pearl generally has a great disposition and gets along well with everyone including other dogs. The “problem” is that she is showing less and less interest in her dog food when first provided to her. And it’s the meaty stuff (Alpo cans)! I’m not too worried because she usually eats it eventually but she often will wait hours. Yes, Pearl is spoiled with treats and bits of human food but it seems so odd that she would rather eat whatever we might be having (e.g. a french fry) than this wet, meaty food. She weighs about 55 pounds and gets one 13 oz can in the morning and one in the evening. She also has a constant supply of dry food in a dish but she just picks at that upon occasion. She has a regular place to eat near where we eat and spend most of our time and her Alpo is given to her each time on a new (clean) dinner plate. We have one cat that ends up eating some of the food and Pearl doesn’t seem to mind. In fact, Pearl seems to be more interested in trying to eat the cat’s plain dry food than her own. In short, she seems to like eating most anything except her own dog food. Thoughts?
Can a mouse bite pose any risk to a dog?
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Trying to help 6mon old feral kitten the was attacked by something last weekend. He was treated at Jarrettsville Vet Mon & today. He will not move his body, hasn’t been to the bathroom since this AM, pupils large, constant meowing. ER?
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Kelly Furgason Yep, fleas can find their way into your home . Many ways this is possible, visiting friends and family coming into your home may be coming from a home with pets that have fleas and the fleas simply hitch a ride with them. You can track fleas into your home if you’ve gone in a location where other pets have been, fleas can hitch a ride on your clothing and hop off when you get home. Fleas are great at location hopping. Also if you have carpet in your home and have had pets with fleas before, flea eggs can actually lie dormant for a long time and vibrations from a vacuum cleaner actually stimulate them to hatch… Lots of rental units stay infested this way.
It’s good to keep your cat on monthly flea control as a precaution because once you get them they are hard to get rid of. It’s easier to prevent them than get rid if an infestation. Hope this helps.
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Christina Chambreau Indoor cats can get fleas. Often, though, people think that because a cat is itching that they have fleas. There are two ways to discover if your cat has fleas – one is to see the fleas themselves, often on the thinner hair of the belly. The other is to look for the black gritty debris that seems like coffee grounds, often on the back just up from the tail or behind the ears on the neck. To be sure it is not dirt, put the debris on a damp white cloth – if it turns red it is definitely flea stool. They suck blood, so their stools are black and the blood will show red when it gets wet.
There are multiple ways to eliminate fleas – holistic or conventional. Both require that you treat the environment (house, for an indoor cat) and the cat. The kindle book, Fleas Be Gone: A holistic veterinarian’s guide to natural flea control, will give you lots of great steps to remove fleas, some at almost no cost – 1. Buy a good flea comb and comb twice a day until 2 weeks after seeing no fleas and 2. build a light trap to attract the fleas to soapy water where they will die and 3. vacuum a lot – 1-2 times a day and discard the bag or keep diatomaceous earth in the bag so the fleas will not lay eggs or crawl back out.
The fleas can hitch a ride into the house on you or your clothing, though this does not often happen.
My 8 month old Old English Sheepdog Shirley gets extremely car sick every time she goes for a ride. FYI at most the ride is 15 minutes. Excessive niagra falls drooling and vomiting. HELP. Otherwise she is perfection ❤️
Cookie has a bit of a squinty eye today and hubby’s not here We already have Maxitrol drops which she got for “general care” because she kept having white discharge from both eyes in the morning. How much do I worry about the squinty eye?
She had eaten little on the weekend before her vet visit necessitating me taking her in. She ate almost nothing yesterday after the visit. So maybe stool can’t be expected? This morning she had a good breakfast and drank enough to make a clump by 10 am. She is very frightened now to be picked up so hoping she doesn’t need to go back. NO stool so far at noon.
Thank you. Carole and Katie
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Katie Isabella Schulman Thank you. The Vet is who gave her the enema after 2 viewing x-rays. He said Laxatone or the like each day. She was otherwise normal. She had pooped a normal length that very morning. However he viewed enough in her colon to give her the enema. Today, she ate normally (so far) since last mid-week. Hoping to see a poop sometime today or from overnight. Thank you so much.
How long, of course … I HATE auto correct.
I usually expect diarrhea to resolve within 24 hours, if it lasts more than that I take my pooch to the vet. Are you sure he/she is not running a temperature?
No temperature, no other symptoms.
This is a prompt for you to learn some home care techniques that can help in any situation. Also a good prompt to buy some books on holistic care for dogs. Then you will be able to help your dog quickly move through most problems.
I strongly recommend getting some training in understanding the wide range of
approaches to health so you can be in charge of what you choose for treatments
for your animals – given by you or by your integrative veterinarian. There are so many different ways to stimulate healing that
you never need to give up trying to treat any problem. Of course, this time I assume the diarrhea cleared up. When dogs are healthy, though, they can eat almost anything and not get any diarrhea. From books, on-line and in classes you can
learn Reiki (which can take the “bad” out of vaccines and any needed
drugs, or even make food healthier), massage, HTA (healing touch for animals), TTouch, acupressure, flower
essence therapy, all of which are 100% safe to use for any problems. There are
many more approaches you can do to help heal your animals with some training
since they need to be used more carefully – homeopathy, herbal medicine,
Chinese herbs, aromatherapy. In addition to classes there are many very good
list serves filled with people experienced with not vaccinating and feeding raw
meat diets. Classes are found through your health food store, by phone or
on-line. As with human health approaches, there are many different opinions, so
you need to experiment and see what makes your animals more or less healthy.
I also recommend finding an integrative veterinarian with whom to work, and I know there are some good ones in Montreal. This
is a person trained in many different approaches, including using conventional
drugs only when absolutely needed. Working with one can increase the chance
that your cherished companion can live a long and healthy life after recovering
from this current problem. There are good ones and great ones, and a few
homeopathic veterinarians will consult by phone or email. You can go to the web
sites for each type of holistic practice and use their referral list to find
one near to you. Many practitioners are members of only one or two of the
organizations, so you do need to go to every site to find who is near you:
1. Wide range of other treatments: http://www.AHVMA.org, American Holistic Veterinary
Medical Association and http://www.civtedu.org.
2. Homeopathic veterinarians (these can often help you by phone if no other
holistic practitioners are nearby that you like): http://www.theAVH.org and
http://www.DrPitcairn.com.
3. Chiropractor – http://www.animalchiropractic.org
4. TCVM (Acupuncture and Chinese medicine): http://www.IVAS.org,
http://www.avaa.org & http://www.TCVM.com
5. Herbal
– http://www.VBMA.org
6. Postural rehabilitation – dogs and horses – http://www.posturalrehabvets.com/Postural_Rehabilitation/Find_a_Practitioner.html