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Symptoms of Dog Asthma
Many owners are surprised dogs get asthma at all. It is an allergic disease whose main signs are wheezing, coughing, breathing difficulty, and a racing heart. Here is a deeper look at dog asthma.
Why Is My Cat Tearing Up? Does It Need Medicine?
Cat eye discharge is easy to overlook but can signal illness. Clear tears may just need watching; pus, redness, sneezing, or breathing trouble point to a respiratory infection that needs the right medication or a vet visit.
Upper Respiratory Diseases in Dogs and Cats: Types and Treatment
Upper respiratory disease is common in dogs and cats, with sneezing, tearing, low appetite, and breathing trouble, and it often triggers secondary infections. This guide covers colds, nosebleed, rhinitis, laryngitis, and tonsillitis, with the drugs that help each.
My cat has a cold with cough, runny nose and sneezing
If it is a common cold, give antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-cough expectorant drugs such as doxycycline with cough medicine. If viral, add antivirals. Severe cough may respond better to nebulization.
What oral medication is best for canine adenovirus type 2 and canine mycoplasma?
This mixed infection needs antivirals and antibiotics to relieve signs and prevent secondary infection; adenovirus type 2 causes infectious bronchitis treated symptomatically with cough/expectorant/anti-inflammatory drugs and electrolytes. Oral drugs work poorly, so injectables, IV, and nebulization are preferred.
My puppy was bathed at the clinic, caught a chill on the way home, rode an hour in the car, and since 7:50 has been coughing, gagging, and vomiting clear fluid; two soft stools; given doxycycline. What should I do?
Coughing and gagging after a bath and chill are usually a respiratory infection; doxycycline with an expectorant can help. Keep the dog warm and well-nourished. If it worsens or shows other signs, suspect viral disease and see a vet.
How to Treat Guinea Pig Colds, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia
Guinea pig colds, bronchitis, and pneumonia need different care. Colds take enrofloxacin or sulfadimidine; bronchitis needs higher-dose antibiotics plus an expectorant (carbetapentane or ammonium chloride); pneumonia is urgent — enrofloxacin plus Shuanghuanglian IV, aminophylline for breathing trouble, all at a vet. Isolate sick pigs and treat fast, as pneumonia can kill in 2–3 days.
My dog is energetic and eats well, normal outside, but started with dry/spasmodic cough, dry heave, slightly dry stool, now dry heaving, partly dry stool with some powdery bits, and sneezing
Cough, dry heave, and sneezing may be a respiratory infection producing phlegm; give doxycycline and an expectorant, keep warm, and ensure water. Many causes (bronchitis, pneumonia, heart disease) exist, so see a vet if symptomatic treatment fails.
How long does canine parainfluenza need to be treated?
Mild canine parainfluenza usually recovers within one week, while more serious cases with complications may need more than two weeks of treatment. Treatment focuses on antiviral, antibacterial, and supportive immune care.
What to Do When a Cat Has Pneumonia
Feline pneumonia usually follows a cold, fever, or bronchitis, starting with fever, nasal discharge, cough, and lethargy, then labored breathing and a head-down, front-leg-splayed stance. Treatment centers on anti-inflammatory drugs plus expectorants, keeping the cat hydrated with glucose, and good nutrition. See a vet promptly.