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How can I make an American Shorthair cat gain weight?
An American Shorthair that won't gain weight is usually from insufficient nutrition, parasites, or GI disease. Feed nutritious cat food with enough protein, fat, and minerals; feed small, frequent meals; deworm regularly to stop parasites stealing nutrients. If soft stools, diarrhea, or indigestion persist, see a vet.
My cat has yellow eye discharge and vomiting; I bought a lily a week ago, discarded it after learning it’s toxic—are these lily poisoning symptoms? Vomiting started only yesterday.
With vomiting and heavy eye discharge plus lily exposure, chronic lily poisoning is possible. Lily poisoning causes persistent vomiting, anorexia, lethargy, and severe kidney damage that can be fatal within a week. If vomiting is the only sign and the cat is otherwise normal, treat symptomatically for GI disease and monitor.
Why is my dog’s intestinal rumbling (borborygmi) so loud?
Loud borborygmi can have many causes—hunger, eating unclean food causing stomach upset, or gastrointestinal disease causing frequent, loud rumbling, often with other symptoms requiring veterinary care.
Why does an Exotic Shorthair have bloody stool?
Bloody stool in an Exotic Shorthair can be digestive problems like infection or ulcer, or parasite infection, abdominal trauma, or tumors. With other signs like vomiting, poor appetite, or weight loss, take it to the vet, who can test the stool and examine to find the cause and treat it.
My puppy is passing white stuff
A just-weaned puppy passing white stool points to gut disorder from milk, spoiled formula, bacterial or parasite infection, or white food, even passing clear jelly-like mucosa. Adjust the diet to normal food, add some probiotics, and if it persists with low energy or appetite, see a vet for a fecal test and deworm carefully by weight to protect the gut lining.
My dog vomited this
Vomiting undigested food with normal energy may be from overeating, indigestion, or gastrointestinal disease. Overeating easily causes indigestion and such vomiting; fast for a day and give probiotics or yeast-based medicine to aid gut movement. Gastroenteritis can also cause it, so if probiotics do not help, see a vet for targeted treatment.
My cat is energetic, kneads and cuddles, eats and drinks normally, but has difficulty defecating
Difficulty defecating is likely constipation from poor gut movement, low exercise, low water, bad diet, or other gut disease. While energy and appetite are normal, increase water and switch to wet food to avoid hard stool, and give probiotics, honey water, or hairball paste; severe cases can use lactulose. More play helps; if no improvement, see a vet for imaging to rule out megacolon or blockage.
My dog was excited before eating, then lethargic after, lies still, eats only a little meat, passed soft stool with faint blood, then whines, sits restlessly, and keeps pawing at its face
Based on the signs, the dog likely has an esophageal or gastrointestinal blockage from eating too fast or hard food like bones, causing throat pain and restlessness (hence pawing the face). If choking, use the Heimlich maneuver; it may also be allergy or acute gastritis, or parasites/parvovirus. See a vet for a full check.
My dog went out to play, came home and stopped eating, vomited the next day, only drinks water, sleeps more, and is less lively with low energy lately
Vomiting yellow fluid with no eating or drinking is usually a serious gastrointestinal disease and needs a confirmed cause before medication. For indigestion, give probiotics; for gastroenteritis with frequent vomiting, withhold food and give pet anti-inflammatory and anti-emetic plus probiotics; if no improvement, get IV fluids. Distemper or parvovirus also cause yellow vomiting and need early hospital care.
My dog started coughing last night, then retching, then vomiting clear sticky fluid with white foam; stool not loose but a bit black; gave anti-inflammatory, anti-emetic, and probiotics; still coughing and vomiting about every ten minutes, sometimes productive, sometimes not
Coughing up white foam is usually phlegm from a respiratory infection caused by chills, bronchitis, tracheitis, pneumonia, or chronic bronchopneumonia; retching may be throat discomfort or gut infection. Have the vet diagnose the cause; if not, try doxycycline for cough, plus pet anti-inflammatory, and keep warm. If weak, poor appetite, lethargic, or feverish, check the lungs and rule out contagious disease.