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Pawbly | 8 years ago
My Dog Has Been Having Diarrhea For About 4 Days Now, And Is Only Eating…

My dog has been having diarrhea for about 4 days now, and is only eating at night. He will happily eat two meals worth at night. He has been having super smelly farts. I noticed that the farts seem to come mostly after he eats (several an hour for a couple hours), but through the rest of the day, its about once every few hours. His diet doesn’t really change, but he does love spending a lot of time in the back yard.

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  1. Dawn Ferara, DVM

    I recommend having a vet do an exam, fecal float (to look for parasites) and possibly x-rays.  Diarrhea for 4 days in a dog this large is not an emergency but he should be seen by a vet soon.

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Pawbly | 8 years ago
We Moved Into This Apartment In February Of This Year, Beautiful Home Out The Country…

We moved into this apartment in February of this year, beautiful home out the country across from a farm. Anyway, the previous people had outside animals including dogs and cats. My boyfriend are thinking that they never did anything for the flea issue and we are taking on their issue. We have done at home remedies and chemicals, nothing is working! Our upstairs where the cats litter box was, is infested with these parasites. Can somebody give us some feedback?

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  1. Andrea Cox

    OK this is is what I have done many many times over the years helping friends and family and it works 100% of the time. It takes some time, effort, a little money, and mostly, elbow grease. First thing you need is to purchase some flea killing pills called Capstar. Ebay, or a vets office or online, the animal swallows the pill and 30 min later all fleas are on the ground dead.  Order them today. Then go out and get a good flea med. Some vets won’t give you any if you haven’t been seen by them, so I suggest Frontline from the pet store, use by body weight.  Don’t apply it just yet.  Purchase at least 3 new vaccum filters as the vacuum is your best friend in this scenario.  This requires at minimum a weekend for the initial treatment and then continuing to vacuum daily so suck up any new eggs that hatch. Repeatedly.

    Capstar pills, flea meds for each pet, flea bombs for each room of the house except kitchen,  vacuum filters, and most importantly cat carriers or cages or somewhere to place them while this is happening besides the house. 

    Now sat morning wake up and get animals out. While they are out give each one a dose of the Capstar pills, a bath,  and then apply the flea med.  Next move all furniture and anything a flea can be under to one side of the rooms and cover with bed sheets.  Next. Vacuum like a crazy person. Twice!  Change the filter and take trash bag with old filter immediately to the outside dump. Vacuum again. Under beds. Under under under.. under couch cushions and anywhere a flea will hide. Closets, etc . Take litter boxes to bathroom and bleach clean. Pick everything up off floors.  Next let the bombs off in center of each room with doors closed and leave the house for alloted time frame.  After that come inside and vacuum good again to suck up all dead fleas.  Now clean off bomb residue off cabinets and stuff and anywhere like tile floors and wipe it all up. Open windows air out a while. Let’s pets back in. Wash sheets covering the furniture.. And put things back. Beside off of floors because you need to vacuum daily for the next 2 weeks.   This will work. It takes effort but will work.  At the 3-4 week mark. I would repeat and bomb again.  At the 4 week mark apply more flea med to animals.   

    At some point try to get a better flea med from a vet but for now the frontline will work. Good luck! 

  2. Ashley Blanchard

    Thank you for your advice! We are getting flea collars for our cats to see if that works. Unfortunately, the landlords will not do anything about it, sadly. We also do not have the money to get a professional out here to take care of these parasites, so we are working with what we got. We have used raid spray for bed bugs/flea/dust mites that has worked a bit, but we need to spray again. These fleas are never ending…

  3. Ashley Blanchard

    Thank you for your advice, much appreciated! Capstar may work great but, I am not sure how I feel about giving my animals something that they ingest, just seems off putting to me! We vacuum every other day, we have a bagless and wet vac that we use to vacuum our home with. We have no carpet in our home, just hardwood floors so it is a little easier to keep up with. We have tried raid flea spray that you spray around your home, we think it worked a little bit, but where their cat box used to be — we are having no luck there is still load of fleas there. This weekend we are getting the cats flea collars, as much as I don’t want too I think it will work.

    Thank you again for your advice!

  4. Andrea Cox

    Flea collars won’t do anything and just annoy the animal that isn’t used to them. If you have hard wood floors getting rid of the fleas should be easier. You haven’t tried to bug bomb the room with the litter boxes yet so that is the best bet. That room needs to be bombed and vacuumed over and over again. Not a spray but an actual bug bomb that you leave in the room for a day. Make sure to clean up after using raid and bug bombs.

  5. Ashley Blanchard

    Ohhh damn, maybe I wont get the collars then. I have tried frontline, it was a waste of money and did not work for us. We vacuum every other day, I will have to try the moth ball thing!

  6. Ashley Blanchard

    Dang, you are the second person to say that the collars do not work… so I will not be trying them. We have sprayed and we always vacuum and mop the floors after I do not want my fur babies tracking through poison. The fleas are not terrible in our living room, kitchen, and bathroom. However, once you step foot into the upstairs where their box used to be, it’s loaded with fleas. We live in an old farm-house so there is cracks in the floor, and I am 99.9% sure they have been laying eggs in the cracks and reproducing. Such a pain… I’d rather deal with house flies than fleas!

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Pawbly | 8 years ago
Before I Provide Details, I Plan On Taking Her In To The Vet Tomorrow As…

Before I provide details, I plan on taking her in to the vet tomorrow as her regular vet is closed to. I’m hoping someone will be able to provide me with what I can do in the meantime. My three year old dog is in alot of pain in her hind legs and when I lightly touch her left hip down to her leg she yelps. She cant walk but still has a little feeling in both legs. I have tried almost everything to help relieve some pain but it doesn’t seem to be working.

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  1. Andrea Cox

    Probably the best thing right now is to make her comfortable until tomorrow. Try to keep her from moving around too much. A crate or dog travel pen is commonly used to avoid moving around. I would place her inside.. right after she uses the bathroom one last time and given some food or water.  Don’t keep touching her where it hurts and don’t fuss over her just keep calm and relaxed.  Good luck.

  2. Dawn Ferara, DVM

    Unfortunately there is no pain medication you can give her.  Keep her calm and laying down.  You can also try ice or heat to her painful area.

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Pawbly | 8 years ago
Dachshund Frequent Urination, Lack Of Appetite, Tired And Weak. No Fever, He’s Dehydrated And…

dachshund frequent urination, lack of appetite, tired and weak. No fever, he’s dehydrated and currently getting fluid at the vet along with antibiotics. What could be making him sick? he started getting like this earlier this week

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  1. David R Thompson DVM

    With out additional info the problem list is long even if you have ruled out infection. Let your vet perform some blood work and other test to reach a diagnosis

  2. Angie Shoop

    Hi David. Blood work has been done and they only said his while blood count was low. Also checked his urine and it came back ok. Haven’t really gave any information as to why he is sick

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Pawbly | 8 years ago
Why Is My Dog Vomiting?

why is my dog vomiting?

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  1. Autumn

    Vomiting can be for many reasons.
    Upset stomach? Could he/she have gotten into anything? Ate something they weren’t suppose to?

    We recommending withholding for for the day and starting to then feed small amount if they seem to be improving.
    Next steps would be radiographs to confirm whether anything seems odd, and sometimes sending out a blood panel to check levels.
    Let us know if you have any questions!

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Pawbly | 8 years ago
My Name Is Ankush Singla From India. I Have My Friend From Turkey. She Has…

My name is Ankush Singla from India. I have my friend from turkey. She has a dog of breed mixture of wolf and Burmese …so we can say he is Burmese wolf . From last 7 days he is not eating. He is around 11 years old. She took him to doctor, he prescribed some medicines and giving some liquids to him through glucose bottles. But after three days of treatment, still hr is not eating…lay whole day and sad too. Before that he was never like that. What should she do ?,please help us because we can not see him in pain.

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  1. PK Dennis

    Often when a dog decides to stop eating it means that they are going to die.  Eleven is an old dog when it is mixed with wolf.  Since the dog has been seen by  a doctor I would suspect there is not much to be done for this dog save to make him comfortable (manage his pain).

    So sorry to hear of his troubles.

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Pawbly | 8 years ago
I Adopted My Dog On July 31,2016 She Got Spayed And Everything Was Going Fine…

I adopted my dog on July 31,2016 She got spayed and everything was going fine except she has being peeing or popping and today we were play with her in the house and when she turned over we noticed the area where the cut was inflated and we don’t know why if you guys can tell me what i should, thank you.

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  1. Dawn Ferara, DVM

    Call the vet who did the surgery or your local vet and get her seen ASAP!

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Pawbly | 8 years ago
My Chinese Pug Is 8 Yrs Old And Has Difficulty Walking. After Sleeping, His…

My Chinese Pug is 8 yrs old and has difficulty walking. After sleeping, his front legs cannot move well. What it could be? What can he take medically to alleviate it?

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Pawbly | 8 years ago
How Do I Find Out How Old My Puppy Is

How do I find out how old my puppy is

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  1. PK Dennis

    You take him/her to a well puppy vet appointment and the vet will be able to give you a good idea based on its teeth.  Here is an article that talks about how the vet makes an educated guess: http://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/how-can-you-tell-how-old-a-dog-puppy-is-age-determine-ask-vet

    But really – every puppy should see a vet within a few days (3 at most) of arriving at your home.  There are shots the puppy needs to stay healthy, the vet can give you an idea of age, answer questions about diet, tell you if the puppy is healthy or if you have problems brewing.  So set up the appointment now.

    Congratulations on your new family member!

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Pawbly | 8 years ago
My 1 Year Old Dog Got Spayed A Month Ago And Just Last Week I…

My 1 year old dog got spayed a month ago and just last week I saw two small fluid-filled bumps right on her spay incision. Im pretty sure they are seromas. I have tried restricting her activity for days but she can be a very hyper dog. One of the seromas is leaking clear-ish fluid and Im freaking out as I dont know if it is a big concern or if I should take her to a vet?

Just incase I cant get into my vet – what should I do to treat this? And how do I know if this is infected?

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