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No Fever, Normal Stools, Yellow Urine, Reduced Appetite, Otherwise Normal
Whether moderate hepatic ascites recovers with medication depends on the cause. Mild cases improve slowly with drugs plus regular rechecks; treatment includes immunoglobulin, liver-protecting meds, and a balanced high-protein diet.
What Medication for a Dog’s Purulent Eye Discharge?
May come from dust irritation or infection. Rinse with saline to clear debris, then use a pet antibacterial eye drop; if no clear improvement, see a vet.
Suddenly found a red, swollen patch under my dog’s neck; it’s free-roaming and keeps losing hair there
Red swollen neck skin may be infected trauma or fungal/other skin disease. A vet skin exam confirms it; if care is hard, clean scabs with hydrogen peroxide, disinfect with iodine, apply a pet antiseptic, and add B-complex vitamins, then follow up as needed.
My Dog Has Diarrhea and Won’t Eat – What Should I Do?
Diarrhea with no eating can come from diet, indigestion, gut issues, parasites. If it eats nothing yet keeps having diarrhea, the gut is likely damaged. Give pet anti-diarrhea and anti-inflammatory meds plus probiotics; ensure water/electrolytes. If no improvement, see a vet.
My dog recently developed small black spots on its body; I considered age spots but it is only four years old. Could it be from feeding fish oil too often? Also, this morning its stool was a bit loose with a little blood
If the skin only has black spots with no other symptoms, it is mainly considered a genetic trait or pigment deposition. For the loose stool with blood, causes include gastroenteritis, parasites, parvovirus, or distemper; see a vet. If a visit is hard, fast it and give broad-spectrum anti-inflammatories.
My Dog Vomited Foamy Mucus
Causes include gastroenteritis, poisoning, indigestion, infection, or parasites. If the dog is bright, fast it and give probiotics; otherwise see a vet.
My Dog Has Had a Dry Cough Since 3 AM and Now Also Sneezes – What Is Wrong?
Dry cough and sneezing with a wet nose may be a chill or cold from cooling weather or big temperature swings. Keep it warm, set room temperature, soften its bed, give pet cold medicine. But these signs can mean other disease; if unsure or no improvement, see a vet.
My dog won’t eat and has become very thin
Not eating, vomiting, diarrhea in dogs can have many causes: indigestion, gastritis, intestinal parasites, viral disease. Withhold food and give broad-spectrum anti-inflammatories, anti-emetics, probiotics. If no improvement, see a vet.
How Should I Treat a Dog’s Gum Ulceration?
Dog gum ulceration can have different causes needing different care. Food irritation, foreign-object scrapes, or oral disease may cause it. For scrapes, rinse the mouth with saline and use a pet anti-inflammatory oral spray; for severe or unclear cases, see a vet.
Symptoms since yesterday: loss of appetite, can’t sleep and just sits panting, fast heartbeat and rapid breathing, sluggish movement, lethargy. But bowel movements are normal, no diarrhea, no vomiting. What disease is this?
The loss of appetite, rapid breathing, fast heartbeat, and lethargy may be from heart-lung problems like pulmonary edema, pleural fluid, or heart disease. See a vet promptly; the symptoms are serious and carry a suffocation risk if untreated.