My 7-year lab mix tore her chest apart on a hose bib earlier this year. She developed a large seroma on her chest after her vet closed up the massive gash. We drained it once after the port holes naturally closed. She does not want to reopen the holes because of infection risk. To help the seroma shrink, she suggested a compression vest which I immediately ordered since I couldn’t find one locally. It will get here tomorrow. I hadn’t seen any comments regarding compression vests for seroma. Thoughts? My girl is happy aside from being a little dopey from drugs – she had an allergic reaction to who-knows-what and is on Benadryl. She’s been through so much over the last couple of weeks and we just want our Casey back to normal.

My husband and I are planned to pick up our new pup from the breeder this weekend. The breeder just emailed us that our puppy was found to have juvenile cellulitis or “puppy strangles”. Researching online, it looks like most dogs have full recovery and no long-term effects with this diagnosis. The breeder said they caught it early and they went to the vet this morning and medications were initiated. Does anyone have any success stories of their pups having puppy strangles? Did it cause scarring or any long-term complications or side effects? Thanks so much for any feedback! (The pup is a goldendoodle and is 8 weeks old).

My 1 year old cat has been lowering her body to the ground and raising her rear while crawling around on the ground and meowing and I was wondering if this means anything. [EDIT] A few hours later I found that she had gone to the toilet on my bed, something she has never done before. She’s still meowing constantly with no breaks.

3 year old pitbull has been on antibiotics for 1 week, she didnt eat much today,and is a little lethargic. She has thrown up2 times today…. help?!

My beagle is 4 days out from IVDD Cervical Decompression via ventral slot and is still in horrible pain with all the same symptoms. Neck spasms, rigid stance, head lowered and will NOT lay down. He stands for hours on his bed then finally he lays down. He is on a very very strict medication schedule using Gabapentin, Tylenol 4, Diazepam, famotidine and Prednisone. He is taken out 3-5 times daily using a ramp to get to grass for potty breaks. How long should this take for even a small amount of pain relief?

I recently adopted a 3 year old male treeing walker coonhound from my local shelter. We don’t know any history on him, but it is clear that the shelter did not work with him while he was there for several months. For the most part, he seems to be housebroke. However, whenever we leave he decides to urinate all over the house. He doesn’t do this when we are home, but we don’t let him out of our sight due to this being an issue. He also has this thing where he doesn’t want to do anything for himself. He doesn’t want to move, he doesn’t want to get up, he doesn’t come when called, he doesn’t ask to go outside, he doesn’t want treats for good behavior, he doesn’t eat a lot. It’s like he does what he wants, on his own time, when he wants. We are being patient with him, but we would really like for him to be a family oriented, trustworthy dog. We also do not want to have a dog we have to keep kenneled. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do to fix these behaviors?

What’s your opinion on the “slow kill” method of heartworms? My friend is treating the dog she rescued from the pound for heartworms and opted for this method, as she said she felt it was a better choice than getting injections. She feels it is the safer method. Is it fool-proof? What are some signs that the slow kill method is NOT working? Are there any recent peer-reviewed content covering this topic?

I have bought a green-cheek conure(pineapple mutation) to handfeed it. I started to feed it Harrison’s formula with a specialized spoon from its 9 days old.
Around its 20 days old, it started to show regressed appetite for the formula. Even when its crop is completely empty, it only actively took in formula for the first 2-3ml. Every time I feed it with a spoon of formula, this little baby shows resistance to the next spoon of formula. After I fed it 4-5ml of formula, it becomes completely unwilling to take in any further formula regardless of the temperature or thickness of the formula.
Given its crop was far from full then, I had nothing to do but force it to take in another 3-4ml of formula in case it gets too hungry between two meals. This lasts for nearly ten days and I don’t want to force it to eat anymore because it may really hurts the baby conure or our relationship from the perspective of long-term.
Trust me, I have tried to feed it with a syringe and it didn’t work either. The baby conure still showed resistance to any further feeding after being fed with 4-5ml of formula. In addition, during the last week, I sparsely noticed any active eating behaviors from it after the first 2 spoons of formula.
If there is any similar problem you’ve ever experienced, please inform me with the solutions. Thank you so much!!!!

what dog breeds have golden eyes?

My dog is limping on her left hind leg and I don’t know why she wasn’t doing so this morning and when she walks she limps all over the house