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Symptoms of Amphetamine Poisoning in Dogs
Amphetamines are prescription drugs for human use. They are used as appetite suppressants, mood elevators, and to treat attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. If a dog eats medication containing amphetamines, it can be poisoned. This article explains what to do for amphetamine poisoning in dogs.
Understanding Why a Dog Drinks a Lot of Water
No sign of discomfort, no fever, not eating yet keeps drinking — the dog may have diabetes, Cushing's syndrome.
Causes and Treatment of Abnormal Bleeding in Cats
There are many causes of abnormal bleeding in cats, including diseases related to platelets, clotting factors, or blood vessels. Although these diseases are uncommon in cats, they can occur at any age or breed. This article explains the causes of abnormal bleeding in cats and how to treat it.
Symptoms and Treatment of Feline Distemper
Feline distemper, also called feline panleukopenia or feline infectious enteritis, is an acute, highly contagious disease in cats. A cat with distemper shows: reduced white blood cells, reduced appetite, soft stool, vomiting, fever, dehydration, and other symptoms.
What to Do with Your Cat When You’re Away for the Holidays
When you travel for a holiday, your furry child has nowhere to go. Taking it home risks stress from the journey and environment change; a boarding facility risks infection; asking someone over to scoop litter worries you about personal property. All these make every owner dread holidays. This article shares common placement methods and precautions.
What Medicine to Give a Cat with a Fever
What should we do if our cat shows fever symptoms? Most owners think of giving medicine, but few know what to give a feverish cat, so they cannot treat the cause and the cat suffers. Here we explain what medicine a feverish cat should take, for targeted treatment.
How to Choose the Right Dewormer for Your Cat
A cat's hygiene is not the same as a human's. Cats pick up parasites indirectly from the environment — through the owner's shoes and clothes, the air conditioner, balcony flowerpots, unclean water sources and more.
Feline Stress Response: Treatment and How Dangerous It Is
Nowadays more and more people are keeping cats and like to film interaction videos to share online. But whether you are a seasoned cat owner or a beginner, you should learn how to care for cats scientifically.
Features of Feline Hemobartonellosis
Feline hemobartonellosis, also called feline infectious anemia, is caused by Hemobartonella (a genus within Bartonella) that enters the cat and parasitizes red blood cells.
How Long Can a Dog with Severe Anemia Survive?
How long a severely anemic dog survives depends on the cause and severity: nutritional, toxic, or blood-loss anemia often does not shorten life with timely care, while hemolytic anemia is urgent and aplastic anemia from leukemia or kidney disease may be short. Treating the underlying cause is what determines the outcome.