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Why Is My Turtle’s Poop Green?
Green turtle stool can be normal—often from eating leafy greens—but it may also signal enteritis, especially with lethargy, mucus, or darkening stool. Treat enteritis by isolating the turtle and bathing it in oxytetracycline; severe cases need a veterinarian.
How to Care for a Myna Bird (and Daily Cautions)
A myna is a well-known, beloved bird; once tamed it becomes very clingy, much like a dog. Raise it in a roomy cage with perches and cups, feed chicks myna powder and adults egg-rice with meat and greens, keep the cage clean, and give water baths in summer. Watch temperature swings, prevent colds, and start speech training at 3-4 months.
Why Do Aquarium Fish Fight — and How to Stop It
Fish fight because of naturally aggressive breeds (bettas, piranhas, arowanas, flowerhorns), overcrowding, breeding rivalry, bad water (temp/pH swings), food competition, or wrong mixing. Prevent with isolation for bullies, hiding spots, lower density, careful water changes, enough food, and balanced sex ratios; treat injuries with warm clean water and an antibiotic or salt bath.
How to Care for a Postpartum Dog
After whelping, clean the mother, keep her warm, and support milk with nutritious soups and calcium; watch for lochia and metritis, avoid bathing, and protect puppies from a stressed or neglectful mother.
A small grass turtle has a translucent white film over its eye; the eyeball is visible but it cannot open its eye
A white film over a turtle's eye is usually white-eye disease, also called eye inflammation. Early signs include inability to open the eye and a foggy white layer around the orbit. Severe cases need veterinary treatment; if unavailable, try home medication. In early stages, apply erythromycin or chlortetracycline ointment after draining pus.
My dog is injured and we also have a cat — is it a cat scratch, how serious, should we go to the vet?
The nose wound does not look like a cat scratch, which leaves thin bloody streaks; this bald spot suggests an abrasion or fungal skin infection. Usually not serious — treat as a wound for a few days, and if no improvement, get a skin scrape at the vet. Clean with iodine and antibiotic ointment, use a collar, no baths.
No pet hospital in the hometown; what medicine to relieve first?
Small belly bumps are usually superficial pyoderma or eczema from dampness. Rinse with saline, clean pustules, disinfect with diluted peroxide or iodine, apply Pipute spray and zinc oxide twice daily. Oral antibiotics or medicated baths help; collar on; disinfect the environment.
Brazilian turtle has had white-eye for almost two months, eyes won’t open, very swollen – what medicine? So sad.
Severe white-eye needs hospital care; if not possible, try at home: isolate, keep dry except for medicated baths - soak in 30 mg/L erythromycin or nitrofurazone for 30-50 min. Severe cases need systemic antibiotics like cefuroxime by injection, plus eye drainage.
My hamster had some diarrhea, after medicine a bit better but eyes won’t open, starting with the right eye then both; left slightly open today. Wiped with tissue, no dirt. Also a black patch on its bottom that won’t wipe off and smells – from diarrhea or urine in the nest?
Eyes not opening may be from recent illness causing heat and conjunctivitis - use an antibiotic eye drop like neomycin sulfate, light diet, more water. The black bottom may be diarrhea staining or wet-tail; fix the diarrhea first, then clean with bath sand.
What happens if a dog’s anal glands are not expressed?
Un-expressed anal glands fill with fluid, causing bacterial inflammation and swelling. Express them about monthly, or have a groomer do it; treat inflammation with cleaning and antibiotics.