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Common Reasons a Turtle Won’t Eat and How to Respond
Unpalatable food, unfamiliar surroundings, low water temperature, and gastroenteritis can all make a turtle stop eating. Turtles hibernate: appetite peaks at 24–28°C and drops as temperature falls; below 15°C they enter hibernation and stop eating. For aquatic and semi-aquatic turtles, water depth also matters—too shallow and they may refuse food; keep water at least covering the shell.
Can a Puppy’s Diarrhea from a Food Change Heal on Its Own?
Puppy diarrhea from switching food can partly resolve on its own, but don't ignore it. Transition gradually by mixing old and new food, increasing the new ratio so the gut adapts. Watch the puppy's energy, appetite, and stools. Severe diarrhea may need pausing the switch and a vet's advice. Diarrhea can dehydrate, so ensure water and consider probiotics.
What Happens If a Cat Eats Raw Egg?
An occasional raw egg usually causes no big problem, but a cat's gut can't digest it well and it may bring bacteria or parasites, so avoid raw egg. Feed only cooked yolk, not white (hard to digest even cooked). Yolk benefits coat, vision, immunity, and blood, but limit to 2-3 a week; obese, kidney-diseased, or allergic cats should avoid eggs entirely.
What Happens If a Dog Goes Three Days Without Food?
Whether three days without food is dangerous depends on the dog's age and condition. An adult dog with water usually survives three days, but the ordeal can trigger fatty-liver disease, gastroenteritis, or low blood sugar. A puppy left three days without food can be at real risk of death. Feed on a fixed schedule, monitor intake, and if you must be away, arrange for someone to care for the dog or board it.
Caring for Your Dog Through the Four Seasons
A dog's body adapts to each season, so owners should adjust care through the year. This guide covers spring shedding and checkups, summer cooling and parasite control, autumn exercise and coat care, and winter warmth and diet.
What should I do about my dog’s diarrhea?
Diarrhea causes include indigestion, chill, cold, gastroenteritis, infectious disease. Watch energy and appetite. Severe cases need a vet. If active and eating, likely diet/indigestion/parasites — withhold food and give probiotics; see a vet if no improvement.
Since arriving home it has had diarrhea with a bit of blood and won’t eat; with kibble soaked in goat milk it only drinks the milk and leaves the kibble, and ignores canned food too
Bloody diarrhea has many causes: food, gut, parasites, stress, infection. A newly arrived dog may get acute hemorrhagic gastroenteritis from intolerance or stress, needing IV fluids with anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, and anti-diarrhea drugs. Unvaccinated dogs need infection checks.
My dog recently developed small black spots on its body; I considered age spots but it is only four years old. Could it be from feeding fish oil too often? Also, this morning its stool was a bit loose with a little blood
If the skin only has black spots with no other symptoms, it is mainly considered a genetic trait or pigment deposition. For the loose stool with blood, causes include gastroenteritis, parasites, parvovirus, or distemper; see a vet. If a visit is hard, fast it and give broad-spectrum anti-inflammatories.
My Cat Has Clay-Yellow Soft (But Formed) Stools, Poor Appetite, and Is Now Lethargic
Soft stools, poor appetite, and lethargy can come from diet, indigestion, acute gastroenteritis, viruses, or parasites. See a vet for the cause; before then, offer easy-to-digest food to ease the gut.
My Dog Vomited Foamy Mucus
Causes include gastroenteritis, poisoning, indigestion, infection, or parasites. If the dog is bright, fast it and give probiotics; otherwise see a vet.