Did you wake up in the middle of the night to hear your pet scratching its ear, shaking its head, having restlessness, hyperirritability, and pain? These are the usual signs that your dog or cat may be suffering from an ear problem. CAUSES OF COMMON EAR PROBLEMS Dogs Ear mites Dog mange Food or medicine allergy Bacterial and/or fungal infection …
First you have to identify if it is a dark or non-dark chocolate. Dark chocolate and baking chocolate are more potentially toxic than regular chocolates. Meaning a bite of Ghirardelli Intense Dark Chocolate should keep you worried, while Cloud Nine, Goya or Choko-choko should keep your pet away from hospitalization. Should your pet swallow dark or baking chocolate, please immediately …
A screeching halt. A scream of agony. A traumatic accident is a challenging experience for both the pet and the owner. This is a serious emergency that can not wait. If your pet is in excessive pain, do little to move the painful part. Do not give any human pain killers to avoid kidney failure. Based on my experience, vehicular …
Difficulty in Urinating Can’t pee? Painful pee? Very little pee? One day you wake up to find your precious baby girl squatting for a long time and no pee is coming out. You approach her only to find her back arched, and her tummy tender. Is it just UTI? Problems of the lower urinary system of pets could manifest as: …
Both coughing and sneezing remove irritants from your pet’s nose, throat, windpipe and lungs. Coughing is a sudden noisy expulsion from the lungs. Some pets gag after coughing. Do not confuse this with vomiting where your pet expels food or acid from its tummy. On the other hand, sneezing is a sudden expulsion from the inside of the nose. Too …
Blood which comes out of your pet’s nose, genital, anus, or any body part is called bleeding. It could either be caused by an external problem like traumatic injury, or internal problems such as having cancer or having low platelets. https://manilavet.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/stop-the-bleeding.mp4 If your pet is anemic in its Complete Blood Count (CBC) despite not having any external injury, this could …
An itchy skin in pets is an unpleasant sensation which provokes a scratching desire. When your cat or dog has an extremely itchy area, it could lead to self-mutilation. Being the largest organ of your pet’s body, it has many nerves making it highly prone to sensations of touch, cold, heat, pain and itch. Your pet itches because it is …
When your pet is ill, the first sign you will notice is an untouched bowl of food. Good appetite equals good health. There are hundreds of diseases and problems that make your dog or cat uninterested in its food. CAUSES OF ANOREXIA Diseases and conditions – infections, inflammation, poisoning, kidney or liver failure, pain, late pregnancy, foreign body in tummy …
Fever is an increase in your dog or cat’s temperature above the normal range that is a result of a wide variety of conditions and diseases. In order for you to check if your pet has a fever, you need tools to enter the back door. Gently insert the tip of a rectal thermometer with a liberal amount of petroleum …
