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What to Do When Your Budgerigar Has an External Injury
Budgerigars commonly suffer minor scrapes, broken toes, or beak injuries in the cage. While small wounds often heal on their own, you should always disinfect the area to prevent infection; serious trauma such as a broken beak or leg can permanently affect the bird's ability to eat and move.
What to Do When Your Arowana Has Tail Rot
Arowana tail rot is usually caused by poor water quality, which these fish are highly sensitive to. Treat it by improving water quality, isolating the sick fish with aquarium salt, applying potassium permanganate to severe lesions, or giving antibiotic (oxytetracycline) baths for bacterial rot.
What to Do When Your Dog’s Eye Is Swollen
A swollen dog eye can stem from a foreign object, heat, injury, blocked tear ducts, infection, or allergies. Flush out debris, adjust diet, use vet-approved eye drops, and see a veterinarian if it doesn't improve or an allergy is suspected.
What to Do When Your Dog Is Losing Hair
Hair loss is the shedding of fur. In dogs it may be a follicle disease from self-trauma by scratching or chewing.
Common Oral Diseases in Cats
To live, a cat must take food and water by mouth. If trauma, foreign body, periodontal disease, stomatitis, or immune disease causes oral disease, the cat cannot eat, lacks nutrition, and may struggle to survive.
Common Cat Ear Diseases and Care
A cat's hearing is extremely acute; its two ears work like radar, distinguishing similar sounds up to about 20 meters away. The ears are vital for hunting and daily activity.
Common Cat Eye Diseases and Care
For cats, impaired eye function affects daily life and can make them irritable from a lack of security.
What Eye Diseases Can Cats Develop?
The eyes are the windows to the soul; a cat's agility and charm are thanks to its eyes. Today we discuss feline eye diseases.
What to Do for Acute Moist Dermatitis (Hot Spots) in Dogs
Hot spots (also called acute moist dermatitis or pyotraumatic dermatitis) are localized, moist, red lesions of skin caused mainly by self-trauma. Acute moist dermatitis is a common skin disease in dogs. It often appears in long-haired and thick-coated breeds and is more common in summer.
What to Do About Contact Dermatitis in Dogs
Contact dermatitis is an uncommon skin condition in dogs, mainly caused by contact with plants, drugs, and various chemicals. It is less common in animals than in people because a dog's skin is well protected by its coat, so it appears on sparsely haired areas. This article explains the allergic and irritant types and how they are diagnosed and treated.