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My cat won’t stop peeing on my gas stove.
Husband wants 2 put dwn, but I refuse! If the General fights 4 life I will 2. But, laceration looks terrible & husband refuses 2 put a lot of $ n 2 him. What can I do 4 his neck laceration?
I have a wonderful dog that I care highly about. He has developed a rash on his belly (sometimes dry/sometimes moist) Now turning a bit scabby and sadly, I can’t afford the fee for him to be looked @ to be told he needs a topical cream.Help
that is what u call a hot spot veryy common in lighter fur colored dogs. At petsmart/walmart there is a cream for hot spots about 5.00$. These spots will get larger if left untreated….. They are also painful. Some antiseptic spray will help work the pain., bactine us what I use. Do not give your companion any type of pill unless a vet has prescribed them. Hope everything works out ok for u and your little friend
I doubt the vet is going to tell you that all you need is a topical cream! You need to figure out what is causing these rashes – not just treat the symptom. And that usually requires the help of a vet. Some times wet, some times dry – sounds like this is an ongoing problem and if you have been to a vet in the past and did not get to the root cause, you need to find a different vet.
So, make a trip to the vet and get the problem diagnosed. If the vet recommends Benadryl to help with the itch, use Zyrtec instead – a generic form of Zyrtec is fine. It seems to work better for dogs than Benadryl. Use the same dosage the vet recommended for the Benadryl.
In the meanwhile, get all grains out of your dog’s diet (including treats!) if you haven’t already done so. Go to a real pet store (not a box store or grocery store) and find the dog foods that say “grain-free” right on the can or bag. Then pick one that has real meat as the first 2 or 3 ingredients. Real meat will be: elk, pork, turkey, lamb, salmon meal, whitefish meal, beef, etc. Meal is the entire animal ground up and dried so that is good. DO NOT buy anything that lists ‘by-products’ in the ingredients. By-products can be nothing more than ground up chicken feathers! And no dog needs to eat that.
You can wash your dog, but not too often — no more than once every 10 days, unless your vet tells you differently. I recommend using Aveeno oatmeal bar soap – it will help sooth the itch and works just as well as expensive dog shampoos that are suppose to help with the itch. If the vet wants you to use a medicated shampoo I would follow his advice (unless he is selling you a shampoo that just contains colloidal oatmeal cause that is the active ingredient in the less expensive Aveeno. Find Aveeno soap in any box store or drug store in the US – not sure if you have it in the UK).
Give your dog a final rinse of 1/3 organic cider vinegar and 2/3 water. This will help sooth the itch and help the skin heal. You can use this rinse 2 times a day if your dog has a short coat that will dry quickly (you don’t want him to be constantly damp, that will encourage other problems to develop). If you have a long haired dog I would use the rinse only once per day or every other day.
If he develops hot spots (raw, open wounds) dab some witch hazel with aloe on the spots and allow that to dry. You can do that several times per day.
Good luck!
My 9yr old cat had small lumps on his rear end,when I groomed him they bled
. He is 2years old. He is a yorkie mix. I am looking for some advice to what may be wrong with him.
you need to take him to your vet first thing this morning.
My small dog just had a small drop of brownish red blood come out of her rectum, and so I took her out to potty and she had a softer stool than usual, but still solidly formed. My boyfriend gave her a small piece of pizza this morning, and after she had a gooey stool but, obviously things were more firm this evening. I’m taking her to the vet tomorrow to get one of her shots updated, but do I need to find an emergency vet now, even if she’s acting completely normal?
I just noticed a quarter sized swollen spot on my 9-10 week old puppys hind led no hair loss not itchy but it has a greenish puss/scabby substance on a small fraction of it what could this be?
omg go to the vet !!!!!!
My dog smells like something rotten even after a thorough bath. This began about 2 weeks ago and at first I thought he had rolled on something dead while he was outside. I gave him a bath promptly. That seemed to help for about a day. I watched him closely to make sure he wasn’t rolling around on something and he did not. He’s had several baths since, but no change… Still smells horrible after a day or so. He’s always had dandruff, but recently it’s been very excessive. The last time I was bathing him (he usually LOVES bath time) he whimpered the whole time like I was hurting him. What could be going on? Some sort of skin infection? He’s had a mild one before (treated w/ antibiotics) but nothing that ever made him smell like death! Included photos of his “dandruff” (quotations because I’ve never seen anything like this)
I bought home two 8 week old chihuahuas today, I was told they had been given flea treatment two weeks ago however, I have found fleas on them? What should I do?
Do you know what kind of flea medication was used on them? I would contact your vet tomorrow to see if you can get them in to be examined for their 8 week puppy shots etc and see what type of flea medicine your vet recommends. As for tonight I would give them both a bath to try to remove any live fleas and remove flea dirt so it is less likely to leave fleas or eggs in your house.
Good Luck
Dr Dawn
Thank you both – I’ve contacted my vet and got them booked in for first thing tomorrow morning. I’m also going to get treatment for my house – recommended by the vet, so hopefully can stop it from spreading. They are a couple days over 8 weeks and have already had their first infections, so I need to schedule the second injection, microchip and flea/worming plan.
My dogs eye is pinkish red. It gets crusty. Do dogs get pink eye? What can we do to treat it?
Yes, he probably needs antibiotics, maybe even sutures to close the wound. Unfortunately, only your vet can provide the care your bird needs- the antibiotics aren’t available over the counter. If you have Rimadyl on hand, a med/large breed rooster can have 12 mg, I believe, for pain/inflammation until he can be seen. I hope he heals!