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What happens if a cat eats body wash?
Ordinary body wash is not toxic, but it forms gas in the stomach and may cause vomiting or drooling; seek a vet if vomiting is severe. Medicated baths can cause real poisoning.
The whole belly turned red with small red pimples; the dog itches, and iodine plus erythromycin did not work; diet and life are normal.
Widespread red belly with pimples suggests allergic dermatitis, fungal or bacterial infection, or parasites; a skin cytology test guides treatment. Allergies need avoidance, fungus needs terbinafine, and parasites need monthly prevention.
How Long Does It Take to Cure Ringworm in a Cat?
Ringworm is stubborn and usually needs about a month, depending on severity and medication; mild cases may heal in 1 to 2 weeks. It is a fungal infection treated with ketoconazole or terbinafine, or medicated baths, but avoid baths for unvaccinated cats.
What Are the Common Diseases in Aquatic Turtles?
Common aquatic-turtle diseases—shell rot, colds, digestive illness, parasites, and white-eye disease—usually stem from poor feeding, dirty food, or bad water. Manage water quality and diet, keep the habitat right, and feed clean food to cut risk. Each condition has distinct signs and a targeted treatment, from shell cleaning to warm-water isolation.
How do you remove fleas from a dog?
Treat the dog with full-body external deworming or a medicated bath, then use an Elizabethan collar to prevent licking poison. Clean and disinfect its environment and sun the bed to kill eggs. Repeat deworming after a week and monthly after.
How long can a Brazilian red-eared slider live?
Wild red-eared sliders can live over 30 years; captive ones average about 20 years, but with good care they can reach about 35. During keeping, change water regularly to keep it clean, feed more high-protein live food and medicated feed periodically to lower disease risk and help them live longer.
Why does my dog have a patch of hair loss?
Hair loss may come from skin disease, hormonal imbalance, or missing nutrients during shedding. With scabs, itching, or red spots, get a skin scrape to diagnose and treat; try topical ointments. Symmetrical loss may be hormonal; see a vet. Otherwise supplement vitamins and fish oil.
What are the best medicines for dog skin disease?
Skin disease needs type-specific treatment, not a one-size cure. Parasitic causes need deworming plus sprays; bacterial needs antibacterial agents and an Elizabethan collar; fungal needs antifungals like metronidazole or itraconazole.
What medicine for a puppy’s skin disease?
Do not self-medicate; get a skin scrape to identify the type. Bacterial needs antibacterials and medicated baths, fungal needs ketoconazole, parasitic needs deworming first.
Cat Hates Water and Won’t Bathe? A 3-Step Desensitization Plan
Cats aren't really afraid of water — they're afraid of the loss of control when forced into a strange situation and soaked. Bad past experiences make it worse. Desensitize gradually: let them explore the bathroom, get used to water sounds and tools, then simulate the bath, and keep indoor cats to a bath only every 3–6 months.