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What causes bad breath in cats?
Feline bad breath can be caused by improper diet, oral disease, or gut problems. Strong-smelling food, gum or periodontal disease, and indigestion or constipation can all cause it. Find the cause and treat accordingly.
My cat vomited and then would not eat or drink, breathes rapidly, and lies with its eyes open; it got an anti-vomit shot around 8:30 last night, first vomited a hairball, then yellow fluid
Based on your description, this is judged to be hairball syndrome. Excess hairballs cause vomiting of hairballs and irritate the gut to vomit yellow fluid. Give hairball paste, plus anti-inflammatory, anti-vomit, and acid-suppressant medication. If no improvement, see a vet.
Why does my Teddy dog’s mouth smell so bad?
A Teddy's bad breath may come from diet, oral disease, vitamin B deficiency, or gut issues. Strong-smelling food or unbrushed teeth with fermenting residue can cause it; brushing helps. For oral or gut problems, see a vet.
Not eating, no energy, and a damp mouth.
Not eating, low energy, and a wet mouth may come from heat, oral inflammation, or gastrointestinal inflammation; an infectious disease is possible if unvaccinated. Calicivirus can also irritate the mouth. See a vet promptly.
My dog is six years old, a male, has been vomiting yellow fluid fairly often lately, and yesterday suddenly gasped like asthma, seemed very uncomfortable, then recovered after a few minutes. What’s going on?
Frequent yellow vomit and gasping may be drug side effects, airway blockage, gut issues, or heart disease. An older dog may have heart disease; gasping means breathing trouble and choking risk, so see a vet for targeted care.
Suddenly became lethargic and likes to stay alone in a corner, wants to vomit but can’t.
Dry heaving and lethargy in a cat may be caused by hairballs, a gastrointestinal foreign body, throat obstruction, or gastroenteritis. Take the cat to a vet for X-rays to check for foreign objects and decide if surgery is needed.
A young cat fed only sausages, water, and pork liver; yesterday yellow diarrhea, today black tar-like stool.
Black tarry stool may be upper GI bleeding from bad diet, or greasy food damaging the gut. Adjust to easy kitten food and goat milk, add probiotics and gut antibiotics.
My cat passes yellow water and black loose stool – please help.
Yellow or black loose stool relates to gut health; if energy and appetite are normal, viral enteritis is unlikely. Use broad-spectrum antibiotics and probiotics; test for parasites/virus if unvaccinated.
My puppy is foaming at the mouth and its belly is very bloated
Foaming and a bloated belly may come from poisoning, internal parasites, gut blockage, or a viral infection - all serious. Take the puppy to a vet promptly; X-rays and abdominal ultrasound may be needed to find the cause. If gastric torsion, intussusception, or acute gastric dilation is present, surgery may be required.
Cat barely eats, vomits it back up, small frequent urination, now can’t urinate after a clinic shot — what’s wrong?
This points to urinary blockage from feline idiopathic cystitis, bacteria, or crystals/stones. Vomiting means the blockage may press on the gut or damage kidneys. Emergency catheterization is needed; delay risks post-renal kidney failure.