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What Happens If a Teddy Eats Feces?
If a Teddy eats its own feces, it usually has little effect, though eating a lot may cause indigestion. Eating other animals' feces can spread parasites, distemper, or parvovirus, causing diarrhea and vomiting.
Pros and Cons of Keeping Parrots
Parrots bring joy, but everything has two sides—good and bad. Their feathers are pretty but shed often; inhaling fine down may harm your lungs. Our team explores more pros and cons.
Can Cats Carry Toxoplasmosis?
Cats are a host but only carry toxoplasma if exposed. They catch it from infected animals, oocyst-laden feces, or contaminated water. Most show no signs; weak cats get diarrhea or worse. Prevent with regular deworming, glove use on litter, and no raw meat.
Can Cat Ear Mites Spread to Other Cats?
Yes—ear mites are highly contagious between cats (and dogs) through direct contact, and kittens are most at risk. Signs are itching, a foul odor, and dark ear discharge. Prevent with regular deworming, ear cleaning, good nutrition, and a clean environment.
Sphynx
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Canadian Hairless
The Canadian Hairless, also called the Sphynx, is an extremely rare hairless genetic variant that appeared during the breeding of American or European domestic cats. Although it shares the skin pigment of domestic cats, its skin bears only a few hairs. With a wedge-shaped body, large ears, and a bulky frame, its head looks like Yoda's. The whole look makes it seem not cute but rather frightening compared with domestic cats.
Tonkinese
The Tonkinese, also known as the Vietnamese cat, is not from Vietnam but a purebred short-haired breed produced by crossing the Siamese with the Burmese, first appearing in North America in the 1930s. With pointed coloring softer than the Siamese and a short, silky coat like the Burmese, the Tonkinese is famously affectionate, active, and people-oriented.
Ragdoll
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My puppy vomited pink foam with some blood streaks; it can’t get comfortable, keeps whimpering, and cries when touched
Pink foamy vomit with blood may mean: 1. stomach irritation or inflammation from irritants, foreign objects, or bones, with poor appetite and belly pain; 2. gastrointestinal bleeding from ulcers, tumors, infection, or parasites, with poor appetite, bloody stool, anemia; 3. viral enteritis like parvovirus, with diarrhea and bloody stool. Whatever the cause, first withhold food and water and take the dog to a vet promptly.
Why does a Golden Retriever get anemia?
Many things cause Golden Retriever anemia, including excessive blood loss, immune-mediated disease, infectious disease, parasites, and malnutrition. External or internal bleeding from injury can cause it; immune disease attacking red cells reduces production; and distemper or whipworm/hookworm infection also leads to anemia.