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What happens if a cat doesn’t eat meat?
As carnivores, cats need meat for protein, fat, taurine, and more; long-term absence causes weight loss, muscle loss, and weak immunity, and gut imbalance with diarrhea or constipation. Feed a meat-based diet.
My dog can’t pass stool; it’s been on fluids for days and had enemas, but still nothing. What can I do without surgery?
X-rays show stool buildup. If you want to avoid surgery, try 3 more days of conservative care: enemas plus vet-guided laxatives (lubricating/emulsifying) that aid passage but can disrupt gut flora. If no effect, surgery is needed to avoid megacolon.
Hello doctor, my cat vomits yellow fluid; it is not panleukopenia and seems energetic, and has had no outside contact.
Yellow vomit has many causes: gastroenteritis, parasites, hairballs, wrong food, virus. Fast 6 hours, give probiotics and gut-repair oral meds, and see a vet if no relief.
Appetite dropped from the day before yesterday; eats little hay and pellets, little water. Yesterday I gave water with lactic acid bacteria; today it drinks more but still little hay/pellets. Small, black droppings; today more than yesterday. No bloat or impaction, belly soft. Activity normal, lots of shedding, given hairball paste.
Small black droppings and low appetite suggest constipation or hairballs, often from low water intake. Increase water and feed high-fiber timothy or rye grass to aid gut movement and passage.
What happens if a cat eats a mouse?
In moderation, mice offer nutritional benefit, but poisoned rodents cause vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, and blood in stool. Mice also carry bacteria like E. coli and Salmonella, and parasites like fleas and ticks, causing gut and skin disease.
Why can’t puppies eat egg white?
Egg white is hard to digest for a puppy's fragile gut and contains avidin that destroys vitamin H, harming health long-term. Avoid it; feed cooked yolk instead for nutrition and immunity.
What happens if a kitten eats cat litter?
A little tofu litter is usually fine (digestible), but too much can upset digestion. Bentonite, crystal, or mixed litter can block the gut, causing pain, vomiting, and bloating; see a vet if abnormal.
Yesterday it ate only three homemade steamed balls, a spoon of kibble, a sausage, two chicken slices, a piece of roast duck (all eaten before). At 3 AM it started scratching the door, then had diarrhea, going downstairs three times in an hour, 3-4 piles each time. What is wrong? Help!
The varied diet likely caused indigestion and diarrhea; a dog's gut is fragile and mixed food burdens digestion. Feed mainly kibble with some cooked meat and veggies; fast 6 hours and give anti-diarrhea medicine and probiotics, seeing a vet if no relief.
No eating or drinking, no vomiting or diarrhea, very sleepy since yesterday afternoon. Dark brown discharge around the nose and a little at the eye corners.
Not eating, lethargy, and increased eye/nose discharge resemble respiratory infection or feline rhinotracheitis. A PCR test at the vet is needed; late-stage rhinotracheitis can block the gut and be life-threatening.
Why is my dog’s belly gurgling?
Vomiting with gurgling often means indigestion or eating something wrong. Fast 6 hours and give probiotics; if it continues, use anti-diarrhea and anti-inflammatory medicine, and see a vet for bacterial or parasitic enteritis.