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Tonight my boxer has started scratching his ear like crazy and crying while he’s scratching. I think he might have mites but when I try looking he cries more and pulls away. How can I make him comfy till we see the vet in the morning
gave my 10 wk old puppy robitussin dm as advised by vet for kennel cough, one hour later he was yelping and running in circles and wimpering. at vet now. is this some weird reaction to the medicine?? anyone else had this happen?
my dog is vomiting a liquid, yellow, flemmy substance.
he still wants to eat and drink. no fever or different behavior.
Hello,
It sounds like your dog is vomiting bile. Sometimes if a dog hasn’t eaten in awhile the bile can irritate the stomach and then they vomit. How long does your dog go between meals? If your dog only eats once a day, try doing twice per day…or even three times per day if possible. Use the same daily amount of food, just divide it up into more than one feeding.
Of course, it could be other things that can cause this, but this would be my first thought.
~kelly
Cat has real bad open wound and they say to wrap it up but it won’t stay up and falls and rubs the spot then he starts chewing on it so what do I do do I have to wrap it
Can you take her in and have the vet or technician so you how to wrap it? Or use a t-shirt/dressing to cover it safely.
How could just wrapping this be the answer? Looks like it needs a major repair!
Oh we already went to the vet cost 200 for him to stay all weekend and they gave him antibiotics they wrapednit but it didn’t last half day they want 25 bucks just to rewrap it I don’t have the money for that and its in a place where it wont stay either
Yes she had a X-ray and said it was Brocken but I have had dogs all my life and could see that the dogs leg was not out of place and she was running on all fours so can you tell me how the dog could run and jump with no sign of pain
I have seen animals run around and act normal after their leg is splinted. Can’t say that I have ever seen a dog run around with a fractured leg and not limp or hold the leg up. Even dogs with toe fractures hold their legs up.
He has been to the vet stayed all weekend long but is there like something to spray on it so it gets better
Use an antiseptic
solution or plain water and gauze or a cloth (not cotton) to gently
clean around the wound, and a syringe or similar device to flush the
solution over the surface of the wound. Antiseptic solutions are made by
diluting concentrated solutions bought at the store that contain either
povidone iodine or chlorhexidine diacetate as the active ingredient. Do
not use alcohol or hydrogen peroxide on the wounds, as these will
actually damage the tissue and then put so antibacterial ointment on it and rap it with gauze and change it every day till its healed
Thanks so much I was told to use some kind of horse spray but I was so afraid it would feel like putting alcohol on it he is using it fine and its hardly licking and has no sign of infection at least I haven’t let him outside either he hates that too so thanks a lot I will do that
Oh you said to wrap it well I’m having problems doing that well the vet did that it lasted half a day he sat and chewed it off and it wouldn’t stay up at top and kept falling and rubbing the spot
If your vet said to wrap it, make sure you put the cat in an ecollar so that he cannot get the wrap off. Your vet can give you “vetwrap” to use. It’s self sticking wrap that won’t fall down.
She has sores in ears & swollen neck & face. Could this be strangles? Ears are oozing and pup is lethargic. I have limited income for vet and would like to walk back in with an idea. It reads like some descriptions of Strangles, just backwards from how I read it.
Hello, did your vet take X-rays?
She felt where the injury was and decided that the treatment would be the same because it wasn’t snapped. wrapped, pain meds and revisit in a week. Now with added symptoms I am glad she didn’t add the expense.
She might need further diagnostics. Maybe her initial pain was related to the joint pain? I would have bloodwork done and perhaps survey X-rays. Good luck! I hope she improves
The dog is a six month old Lhasa apso and what she did have for a day was she lifted the leg up a few times it was the back leg and then she started to put it down the next day and is running and jumping up to my wast and jumping up and down from the couch.
I have a red eared slider that kept wheezing as it opens its mouth. It has an extreme loss of appetite and often closes its eyes. May I know what I could do to diagnose it? Thank you
that sounds like it COULD be a respiratory infection. do you have a vet that will examine your turtle?
this may be of some help: http://www.redearslider.com/respiratory_behavior.html
Thank you, but I do not live near a vet. I am wondering if it is possible to cure it without consulting a vet. It seems that respiratory infection is lethal and I want to save it as soon as possible
My 2 and a half yr old staff has developed a wart like lump on the flap of his ear, it doesnt bother him but its growing. Its feels scabby and solid. I noticed it after herubber his ear in the grass during a walk so wondering if its a sting
Thanks, he is booked to go to the vets, just thought id see if anyone had any ideas what it is..
I’m wondering if that is a possible allergic reaction to Dextromethorphan? What did the vet say?
-Adam
Hello,
I’m glad that you are at a vet now to see if any reaction is happening. Robitussin can be used by dogs (it’s not cleared by FDA for use in dogs, but many vets to use it to treat)…
I’ve never heard of any reactions with it, but I’m sure there are some dogs that do.
Would be interested to hear back from you after the vet does the exam.
~kelly