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How long until a neutered male cat’s scrotum swelling goes down?
A neutered male cat's scrotum usually deflates in about a week. Mild inflammation right after surgery is normal; the vet may give a long-acting anti-inflammatory. Keep the wound clean and use an E-collar.
How to tell if a puppy’s leg is broken?
If the dog cannot stand, howls in pain, is paralyzed, lethargic, or even convulses and cools down, the leg is likely fractured. Take it to the vet for an X-ray and surgery.
What if a hamster’s left cheek pouch is full and it cannot spit it out?
If the pouch holds food, the hamster will usually spit it out and hide it when alone, which needs no worry. But if it contains wood shavings, cotton, or sticky food, it may develop pouch inflammation over time.
What if a cat’s otitis becomes severe?
Severe otitis causes inner ear infection, hearing loss, dullness, poor appetite, irritability. It may affect facial nerves - drooling, lip paralysis, ataxia. If it reaches the meninges, encephalitis and death. Treat promptly with a collar.
Dog can’t urinate, only drips.
Causes: 1) urinary disease - infection (amoxicillin-clavulanate or cephalexin, then hydrochlorothiazide); if still blocked, stones need X-ray/hospital. 2) slow metabolism - exercise more. 3) low water - soak kibble, give light diuretic foods, ensure water.
What happens with a dog’s pyloric edema?
Signs: low appetite, thinness, bloating, poor digestion, occasional vomiting, bad breath. Caused by inflammation and diet - use antibiotics, light diet. Severe vomiting with no eating needs hospital fluids for dehydration.
Vomiting and diarrhea for a day, I don’t know what happened.
Cat vomiting and diarrhea have many causes - gastroenteritis, viral infections like panleukopenia, pancreatitis, hepatitis, internal parasites. Get a hospital test; once panleukopenia is ruled out, treat routinely with an anti-emetic, anti-diarrhea medicine, and antibiotics, then probiotics.
Hello, my two-month-old puppy started with runny nose and congestion today, is less active – what should I do?
Runny nose and congestion are not always a cold; a normal cold keeps good spirit and appetite - use Shuanghuanglian and cefadroxil, keep warm, light nutritious food, better in 3-5 days. But unvaccinated puppies may have distemper, parainfluenza, pneumonia - with rapid breathing, fever, cough, see a vet.
Dog has had brown ear discharge for years, one ear healed, the other won’t; suddenly today barking, spinning, dripping urine, then calm, possibly vestibular syndrome or stroke?
Long ear infection with these signs resembles vestibular syndrome, also from middle/inner ear infection, drug toxicity, trauma, tumor, hypothyroidism. Signs: falling, head tilt, nystagmus, drifting, circling. See a vet for antibiotics/steroids and vitamins.
Dog had a stick inserted into its ear; the next day it started leaking blood-tinged fluid.
A stick in the ear causes infection; a deep stick may damage the eardrum. See a vet to avoid unprofessional secondary infection. If not possible, calm it, fit a collar, press with cotton to stop bleeding, clean with saline/hydrogen peroxide, then antibiotic ear drops.