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What happens if a dog eats hormones (steroids)?
Hormones can make a dog grow too fast, causing deformities and obesity if bones/organs can't keep up, and upset hormone balance affecting the reproductive system—lowered libido, testicular shrinkage, irregular heat cycles. It may also cause behavior changes like aggression, anxiety, or depression.
What happens if a dog eats but doesn’t drink water?
Long-term low water intake can burden the kidneys and cause disease, and in summer lead to dehydration or heatstroke. A lack of intestinal water also dries the stools and can cause constipation and poor appetite.
What happens if a dog’s nerves are damaged by a bite?
A bitten nerve can cause lameness, seizures, paralysis; eye-nerve damage may cause blindness. Nerve damage is hard to heal on its own, so seek veterinary care. Vets use mecobalamin, vitamins B and E, calcium to aid recovery; acupuncture, massage, heat, electrotherapy can help. Treat external wounds with cleaning and anti-inflammatory/pain meds.
What happens if a hamster bites you?
A hamster bite can cause pain, skin injury, and bleeding, and its mouth carries bacteria that can infect the wound. Wash with soapy water and apply iodine; for large or serious wounds, see a doctor.
Sometimes it swells a bit and feels painful
From the photo, the lump is near the mammary glands — consider mammary hyperplasia, mastitis, or a mammary tumor. Hyperplasia causes heat, hardness, swelling, and pain and may be treated with antibiotics; a tumor shows irregular nodules. Have a vet examine and treat by cause.
What happens if a dog gets mastitis?
Canine mastitis usually causes breast redness, swelling, pain, lumps, and local heat. In severe cases the milk may look abnormal in color and have a strong odor. Pain can reduce appetite and change the dog's mood (restlessness, lethargy). See a vet promptly if these signs appear.
What is a polar bear’s favorite food?
Polar bears mainly eat seals (ringed, bearded, harp, hooded), and also walruses, belugas, birds, fish, and summer berries or roots. Seal fat stores the energy they need for hibernation.
What changes after a dog is neutered or spayed?
Neutering (spaying or castration) is a common pet medical procedure. It not only prevents over-breeding but also lowers the risk of reproductive-system diseases such as breast cancer, pyometra, and ovarian tumors in females, and testicular cancer and prostatitis in males. In addition, neutering removes the heat cycle, so heat-related problem behaviors disappear — including restlessness, inappropriate urination, increased aggression, running away, and excessive barking. Finally, because of hormonal changes, some dogs tend to gain weight after the procedure, so the owner should moderately reduce the dog's food intake.
How can a puppy develop anorexia?
Puppy anorexia can stem from physical illness, hormonal changes, or psychological stress. Pain from mouth, digestive, or respiratory disease suppresses appetite, while anxiety from moving or separation can too, as can sudden weather changes.
What happens if a dog is thirsty but doesn’t drink water?
Without water, toxins can't be excreted well, accumulating in the kidneys and raising stone risk, even kidney failure. Severe dehydration brings dry mouth, less urine, dry eyes early; later breathing trouble, lost skin elasticity, sunken eyes, dry gums, thick saliva, dry nose. Extreme cases: shock. In heat, no water can cause heatstroke.