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What do a healthy small Golden Retriever’s eyes look like?
Healthy eyes are clear and bright, usually brown or dark brown, with wide-set, slightly recessed eyes and little visible white. Cloudiness, heavy discharge or tear stains need checking.
What Does a Healthy Turtle’s Eye Look Like?
A healthy turtle has round eyes with a black or dark brown pupil. The iris color and size vary by species, age, and sex. Healthy eyes look bright and clear, with no redness, cloudiness, whitening, closing, or tearing. Such signs usually mean an eye infection that needs prompt treatment.
Rabbit Eyes Bulging and Watering — Is It Conjunctivitis?
Bulging, red, watering rabbit eyes usually point to conjunctivitis, which can progress to pus, ulcers, and blindness if untreated. Causes include irritants, allergies, trapped debris, or infection; treatment is cleaning, antibiotic drops, and removing the trigger, with a clean, dry, well-ventilated hutch for prevention.
Common Causes and Remedies for Arowana Drop-Eye
Drop-eye in arowana is the downward displacement of the eye caused by excess orbital fat, mainly from uneven lighting, overfeeding, sinking feeds, and a tank set too high. It is cosmetic rather than life-threatening, but can be corrected by switching to floating feeds, balancing the light, cutting fat, wrapping the tank, or surgery in severe cases.
How to Pick Healthy Goldfish
Picking healthy goldfish is the first step to keeping them well; beginners should choose carefully, but telling health apart is hard. Here are tips for selecting goldfish and preparing the tank.
Common Health Issues in Exotic Shorthairs and How to Care for Them
Exotic Shorthairs are prone to eye discharge, a short nose with breathing trouble, malocclusion, delicate paw pads, ear issues, and coat/skin problems from poor self-grooming. Daily cleaning, brushing, and early vet care keep these in check.
How to Pick a Healthy, Gentle Guinea Pig
With their cute looks and quiet, easy-going nature, guinea pigs have become one of the most popular small pets. Before bringing one home, learn how to pick a healthy, gentle guinea pig so you do not end up with a sick or weak one.
How to Pick a Healthy Bearded Dragon
The bearded dragon is not very common in China, but as the world's third-most-popular pet lizard it has grown popular in recent years. Many are curious about this gentle, handsome reptile and want to try keeping one. Here is how a beginner should choose a healthy bearded dragon.
How to Tell If a Pomeranian Is Healthy
Check eyes, ears, mouth and anus for no redness, odor or discharge; coat should be smooth and glossy; and the dog should be active with good appetite. Sudden drops signal illness.
How can you tell if a cat is healthy?
A healthy cat is active, bright-eyed, responsive and eager to eat. Check the face and mouth for excess eye discharge, smelly ears, pale gums, bad breath or dry hot nose. The stool should be formed, with no soft stool, blood or dirty, swollen anus.