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Kitten diagnosed with panleukopenia, mild diarrhea, no other symptoms; treat panleukopenia directly or diarrhea first
Treat panleukopenia directly; diarrhea is from the virus, needing monoclonal antibodies and interferon to control replication and boost immunity. Vet adds antibiotics/antidiarrheals. If eating, daily shots; if diarrhea/vomiting worsens or no eating, IV for nutrition and dehydration.
What Should I Do If My Teddy Bear Dog Ate a 5mg Montelukast Chewable Tablet?
Montelukast can harm a dog's heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys. If adverse signs appear, see a vet for flushing or gastric lavage.
I bought smectite, oxytetracycline and gentamicin online; will they help? It is only two days in
Canine parvovirus needs antivirals and supportive care, plus fluids if it stops eating. Smectite helps diarrhea (halve dose for small dogs); gentamicin and oxytetracycline are antibiotics. Human gentamicin injectable should be halved or replaced with safer amoxicillin-clavulanate. Add interferon/parvovirus serum.
Two-month-old Papillon, not eating and diarrhea for 3-4 days.
3-4 days without food plus diarrhea risks dehydration; take it to a vet for fluids and to find the cause (enteritis, parvo, parasites). Treat specifically.
Just got the cat three days ago; it keeps coughing, won’t eat or poop, low energy, x-ray shows severe pneumonia and rapid breathing
Pneumonia has many causes — aspiration, bacterial, fungal, viral, parasitic — with cough, nasal discharge, and in severe cases breathing difficulty. Treatment uses antibiotics, cough relievers, and nebulization, often requiring hospitalization.
My Cat Won’t Eat, Drink, or Use the Litter Box, Is Lethargic; the Vet Said Poisoning but It Doesn’t Seem Like It
Many reasons for not eating or drinking - illness (early or late) or normal physiology (teething, estrus, pickiness, but not complete refusal). If disease symptoms present, it's pathological. Judge by clinical signs; best get tests to rule out causes. If suspected poisoning, follow vet's detox and IV to speed metabolism; if not poisoning, more tests needed.
My cat vomited; blood test showed high lactate and glucose. What does it mean?
Many causes of vomiting; high lactate and slightly high glucose alone don't indicate much—could be temporary from vomiting; suspect diabetes needs further glucose test. Clinically combine symptoms with X-ray, SAA inflammation, fecal, ultrasound; treat per experience. Vomiting often from GI disease, hairballs, parasites—try subcutaneous antiemetic or famotidine; after stopping, give probiotics; if won't eat/drink, IV nutrition.
My dog won’t eat, has no energy, runny nose, and keeps whimpering; it doesn’t respond when called.
Not eating, runny nose, lethargy, whimpering suggest a serious disease. Without regular vaccines, high risk of distemper or infectious tracheobronchitis. See a vet promptly; viral distemper has high mortality and needs IV/antiviral. If it's a common cold, appetite/energy stay good—keep warm, give dog cold medicine and anti-inflammatory, more water.
My dog has coughed with phlegm, sneezed, had a fever, and yellow dried nasal discharge for two weeks—X-ray shows pneumonia. What now?
With pneumonia, oral meds are poorly absorbed—better to go to the hospital for IV, injections, and nebulization. Puppies need infectious disease screening (distemper can cause pneumonia, needing interferon/monoclonal antibodies). Bacterial pneumonia: do a sensitivity test, then use amoxicillin, cefotaxime, doxycycline by weight. Poor appetite: glucose-saline IV. Lots of phlegm: aminophylline to open airways.
My dog had acute gastroenteritis with bloody stool and vomiting blood after treatment—what now?
Acute gastroenteritis needs treatment matched to cause and symptoms, starting with fasting and water restriction. Persistent vomiting causes dehydration, electrolyte imbalance and even shock or death, needing urgent anti-emetics and fluids. Bloody stool and vomit are severe—give hemostatics, gut-repair and anti-inflammatory drugs, find the bleeding cause, and use prescription diet during recovery.