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Why Your Arowana Keeps Getting Sick: Common Mistakes
If your arowana keeps getting sick, you may be falling short in a few key areas. Disease in arowana is driven by physical, chemical, biological, and human factors, and getting these right is the foundation of keeping your fish healthy.
Why Does a Dog Get Conjunctivitis?
Many causes: infection (bacteria, virus, fungus) most common; allergies (food, drug, environment); external irritation (dust, smoke, chemicals). Susceptibility varies. Prevent: clean eyes regularly, avoid harmful substances, boost immunity.
What does a skin rash look like in dogs?
A rash shows itch, hair loss, breaks, scabs; the dog may chew the spot, making it wet, red, inflamed. Causes: bacterial, fungal, parasitic infection, allergy, poor nutrition, endocrine. Get a skin scraping to confirm before treatment.
I brought a kitten home, it looked small, I bathed it, and now it seems to have skin issues—what types are there, and does it need a vet?
Feline skin disease includes external types (fungal, bacterial, parasitic, allergic) and internal types (seborrhea, immune, endocrine, nutritional). Common ones are fungal (ringworm), bacterial, parasitic. Ringworm causes hair loss, itch, round scaly patches; use a Wood's lamp at home, but see a vet to confirm and avoid spread.
What happens if water gets in my cat’s eyes?
A little clean water is usually harmless, but dirty or soapy water can sting and itch, causing redness, tearing, allergy, inflammation. After water gets in, watch it; if it scratches, use an Elizabethan collar, then antibacterial eye drops to prevent inflammation; if worse (tearing, lid twitch, pus), see a vet.
Why is my dog having diarrhea and vomiting yellow fluid?
Causes include swallowed foreign objects, bacterial gastroenteritis, infectious disease, or food-change upset; unclean food or long hunger also trigger it. Gastroenteritis or distemper, parvo, or parasites also cause it. If unvaccinated, test for infection; for gastroenteritis, use dog-specific anti-emetics and probiotics.
Why are my cat’s ears so dirty?
Dirty ears may be ear-mite, bacterial, or fungal infection, or just lack of cleaning. Itch or more discharge suggests ear disease; get a skin test at the vet and clean ears and deworm regularly.
How should I treat my cat’s eye inflammation?
Eye inflammation can come from scratches, bacterial conjunctivitis, or herpes virus. Use an Elizabethan collar and see a vet; for irritant causes, neomycin sulfate drops 4–6 times daily; if no improvement or viral conjunctivitis, seek veterinary antiviral treatment.
What causes a rabbit’s swollen ear?
A swollen rabbit ear may come from bacterial or fungal infection, mites, or trauma; untreated it can ulcerate and inflame. See a vet to identify the cause and keep the environment clean.
My dog was bitten below the eye and it’s bleeding—what should I do?
After a bite below the eye, rinse with saline, squeeze out pus, apply antibacterial ointment (e.g., Neosporin) to prevent infection. Since bitten by another dog, also prevent rabies—if unvaccinated, get the rabies vaccine at a vet. The dog may resist; if you can't handle it at home, go to a vet to avoid infection.