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What Causes Intestinal Intussusception in Dogs?
Intestinal intussusception in dogs is mainly caused by intestinal stasis, twisting, or prolapse, and playful puppies with big appetites are especially prone. Over-hunger, cold milk, poor food, and cold water can trigger it, as can secondary diseases. Symptoms include vomiting, abdominal pain, and appetite loss; seek veterinary care promptly to avoid a life-threatening blockage.
What Causes a Dog’s Runny Nose
As the weather cools, keep your dog warm - dogs get runny noses just like people do. Most often it is just a chill: a warm indoor spot, a cozy bed, and some cold care or cold medicine clears it up. But a runny nose can also signal distemper or parvovirus, both deadly, so take those seriously and see a vet at once if suspected. A quick home check: feel the nose. A moist nose usually means the runny nose is from cold weather (a healthy dog's nose is cool and damp when awake); a dry nose with tearing and fever points to a cold. Distemper shows as swinging temperature, heavy eye discharge, thick nasal discharge, cough, cloudy corneas, low spirits, bloody stool, and vomiting, while parvovirus brings tar-like black stool (blood), dehydration, violent sometimes bloody vomiting, and can lead to heart inflammation.
Why Dogs Lose Appetite and What to Do
Dogs may refuse food for many reasons - unpalatable meals, physical discomfort, indigestion, illness, internal parasites, or being in heat. Identify the specific cause and respond accordingly. If the problem is food- or stomach-related, adjusting the diet and aiding digestion usually helps; if it is illness, prompt veterinary care is needed.
Brought Home at 50 Days, Then Got Lethargic, Wouldn’t Drink Formula, Then Vomited and Had Diarrhea; Now Vomiting Yellow/White Fluid and Passing Blood; Gave Medicine but No Improvement, with Abdominal Breathing and Fever
A puppy with vomiting, diarrhea, labored breathing, and fever can have gut, infectious, or parasite causes. If unvaccinated, rule out distemper, coronavirus, parvovirus. Stop meds and see a vet if no improvement.
A few days ago my dog’s cough was mild, but today it worsened, with body twitching, yellow nasal discharge, and one vomiting episode, and no appetite
Based on your description, the dog's cough, twitching, runny nose, vomiting, and appetite loss may be from a cold or distemper virus. If unvaccinated, rule out infectious disease first. See a vet promptly to avoid worsening or missing the best window.
My dog recently developed small black spots on its body; I considered age spots but it is only four years old. Could it be from feeding fish oil too often? Also, this morning its stool was a bit loose with a little blood
If the skin only has black spots with no other symptoms, it is mainly considered a genetic trait or pigment deposition. For the loose stool with blood, causes include gastroenteritis, parasites, parvovirus, or distemper; see a vet. If a visit is hard, fast it and give broad-spectrum anti-inflammatories.
My cat has been vomiting for days and now has soft stools — what’s wrong?
Vomiting and soft stools can have many causes: diet, hairballs, parasites, gastroenteritis, pancreatitis, panleukopenia, hepatitis. Adjust diet, feed easily digestible food and probiotics; if no improvement, see a vet.
Golden retriever pup temp rose to ~40 C for 1-2 days then normal; two days later rose again with cough, serous to purulent nasal discharge, dry cracked nose; swollen eyelids, purulent conjunctivitis.
Description fits canine distemper: initial fever, low appetite, discharge, sneezing; day 2-14 fever returns with cough, purulent nose/eye discharge (mid-stage), then gut/skin, later neuro signs. High mortality - go to a vet now.
My dog foams at the mouth, runs around crashing into things, and ignores me when called, then recovers after a while; it had a seizure a week ago
A dog with rabies usually dies within 7-10 days, rarely two weeks. Your dog's symptoms are more likely caused by acute meningitis, epilepsy, distemper, or parvovirus. These are serious, so take the dog for a full veterinary checkup promptly.
My 3-month-old kitten has been home about 5 days; it will not eat or drink, occasionally has diarrhea and vomits, and now cannot stand. What illness is this?
A newly arrived kitten that will not eat or drink and has vomiting and diarrhea is likely suffering from a gastrointestinal disease or feline panleukopenia (distemper). Now being unable to stand suggests dehydration and electrolyte loss from prolonged vomiting and diarrhea, requiring immediate fluid therapy.