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Why Is a Cat’s Stool Not Formed?
Unformed stool may come from indigestion or parasites. Feed probiotics and light food; if it worsens, get a fecal test.
What Happens If a Cat Eats Cold Canned Food?
Cold cans irritate the gut, causing cramps, diarrhea and vomiting, even acute gastroenteritis. Serve at room temperature; use kibble as staple to avoid pickiness and oral disease.
What Happens If a Cat Vomits White Foam?
White foam may be hairballs, gastroenteritis or poisoning. If it is hairballs with normal spirit, give hairball paste; if mixed with yellow/green bile, it is acute gastroenteritis, see a vet.
What Happens If a Dog Eats Sour and Spicy Food?
Sour/spicy food irritates a dog's gut, causing coughing, drooling, diarrhea and vomiting, even acute gastroenteritis. If eaten, give probiotics; vet if symptoms appear.
My Cat Has Vomited for Days, with Hair in the Vomit and Yellow Fluid; Gave Cimetidine and Albendazole. What Is Wrong?
Vomiting in cats has many causes, including poor diet, hairballs, gastroenteritis, pancreatitis, drug irritation or panleukopenia. Fast the cat for a day and use probiotics and cimetidine; if no improvement, see a vet.
What happens if a dog eats a bottle cap?
Eating a bottle cap may block the gut, causing abdominal pain, vomiting and poor appetite; caps cannot be digested and hooks may scratch the gut. Feed honey water or yogurt, watch 3 days; if passed, fine, else see a vet.
Why does my dog vomit white foam in the early morning?
White foam may be gastric fluid or coughed-up phlegm. With abdominal cramps consider gastroenteritis from bones or meat, pancreatitis if severe, or an intestinal foreign body causing obstruction. Take the dog to a vet for diagnosis.
How long does a dog’s gastric bleeding take to heal?
Causes vary; simple hemorrhagic gastroenteritis with fluid, hemostasis and gut repair usually improves in 3 to 5 days. Viral enteritis like parvo can be fatal quickly without treatment, so see a vet early.
What is normal dog stool like?
Normal stool is a moderately firm long cylinder, yellow-brown, 1 to 3 times daily. Too dry means constipation from low water or slow motility, so add greens and exercise. Soft stool means indigestion, treat with probiotics; watery stool suggests infection needing a vet.
What does wet tail in a hamster look like?
Wet tail shows as damp fur at the tail, dull eyes and frequent diarrhea, linked to environment, gastroenteritis, colds or stress, common in 3 to 6 week olds and contagious. Severe cases may die within 2 days, so see a vet. If not, clean the cage, dry the tail, give glucose and probiotics.