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What to Do When a Budgerigar Vomits? Which Medicine?
Budgerigar vomiting ranges from harmless (regurgitating to a mate, or overeating) to illness (partly digested food with mucus from bad feed, dirty cups, or parasites). If the bird stays bright, ease the gut with less food and probiotics; if it is lethargic or has diarrhea, get a fecal exam and never dose at home.
Early Signs of Pregnancy in Cats
A pregnant cat stops estrus the day after mating, then shows lower appetite, enlarged nipples, and gradual weight gain within 2-3 weeks. After mating, keep her safe from falls, supplement calcium and nutrients, avoid baths, worming, and vaccines, and prepare a quiet nesting box about 65 days before the due date.
Spirits are fine, just watery stool. What medicine is good?
Watery stool may be food allergy, parasites, or acute enteritis. If a visit isn't possible, try pet anti-inflammatory and anti-diarrhea medicine plus probiotics; stop new foods and keep deworming.
What to Do When Cat Ringworm Keeps Coming Back
Ringworm that won't go away usually comes from stopping medication too early, a dirty environment, wrong diagnosis, or poor management. Cure it for good by confirming with a skin scrape, keeping the collar on, clipping the fur, medicating a week past clear, disinfecting weekly, isolating other cats, and adding skin-support nutrients.
Early Symptoms of Ringworm in Cats and How to Treat It
Ringworm in cats starts as red, flaky, itchy skin and round hair loss as it spreads. It is a fungal infection that hits kittens and poorly kept cats hardest. Confirm with a Wood's lamp or scrape, then treat with an Elizabethan collar, terbinafine spray or ointment, medicated baths, and thorough environmental disinfection.
Day one there was a small spot I ignored; day two it grew; not sure if scratched open or ringworm; inside is a bit broken, but the ear is clean.
Likely ringworm; confirm with Wood's lamp or skin scrape. It is fungal, on face/ears/limbs/tail/body, forming round patches with severe itch. Use an Elizabethan collar, shave 1-2cm, disinfect with iodine, apply terbinafine/itraconazole; disinfect the environment.
My 10-pound cat got too high a dose during internal deworming. It has had poor appetite for over a month and lost a pound. What should I do?
Deworming medicine can irritate the gut, but a large overdose with lasting poor appetite suggests chronic liver injury or toxicity. Prompt veterinary examination is needed to decide treatment. Do not wait, as the cat has already lost weight.
My four-month-old kitten is between its second and third vaccines so wasn’t dewormed; I found fleas, applied topical treatment, but still see live fleas—did I use too little?
After topical deworming, parasites usually take 3–7 days to clear; fleas specifically 3–5 days, so seeing live ones early is normal—don't re-dose. Remove fallen fleas and disinfect the environment, and control the dose since the medicine is toxic.
What should I watch for when giving my dog deworming medicine?
First, dose by weight and label to avoid overdose/toxicity. Second, don't give on empty stomach—dewormers are irritating; give half an hour after eating. After dosing, vomiting/diarrhea may occur—normal; give some pet probiotics.
My cat has ringworm in several places; should I still take it for vaccines?
Mild ringworm without affecting appetite or spirits usually does not affect vaccination. But severe or widespread ringworm means you should not vaccinate, to avoid lowering resistance and worsening it. Treat actively, add B vitamins, and keep the environment clean, dry, and ventilated.