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What Are the Symptoms of a Stroke in Dogs?
Stroke symptoms in dogs vary with severity, ranging from early signs like anxiety and dullness to serious issues such as head tilt, drooling, and paralysis. Strokes are classified as primary or secondary, with secondary strokes requiring treatment of the underlying cause.
What happens if a Teddy dog has rabies?
Rabies in a Teddy may start with subtle fever, tiredness, and restlessness. Within 1–2 weeks: behavior changes, reduced appetite, weight loss, insomnia, anxiety, depression; fear of light, sound, water, and wind sensitivity, with aggression. The nervous system is affected — stiff muscles, weak limbs, unsteady gait. By 2–4 weeks symptoms peak: hallucinations, spasms, drooling, then suffocation and death.
Why do dogs get calcium deficiency after giving birth?
Postpartum deficiency comes from low dietary calcium/vitamin D, fetal bone growth draining the mother during pregnancy, and large calcium loss into milk during nursing beyond compensation, raising muscle excitability and whole-body spasms. Supplement calcium before birth.
What happens if a guinea pig lacks calcium?
Calcium deficiency may cause poor bone development (rickets, osteoporosis) affecting mobility; poor tooth development affecting chewing/eating; severe deficiency causes neurological issues (twitching, spasms); also restlessness, reduced appetite, muscle weakness, fatigue.
My dog is over 20 days postpartum; after a bath today she became weak, can’t stand, has discharge, and is breathing rapidly.
Based on your description, these signs appearing around day 20 postpartum—still during lactation—most likely indicate postpartum fever and eclampsia, a serious metabolic disease of hypocalcemia caused by massive calcium loss after delivery, with overexcited motor nerves causing muscle tetanus.
For a dog in mid-to-late distemper with low fever, weakness, and mild seizures, what are its chances of survival?
Distemper is a severe viral disease with low cure rate and strong contagion. In mid-to-late or late stage the cure rate is low, around 20 percent. With neurologic signs such as seizures, it is likely mid-to-late stage, and without strong medical support the dog may not last long, though good appetite and active treatment offer a slim hope, often with lifelong aftereffects.
Dog flipped over at night, suddenly gasped and retched, I thought something was stuck; back pats brought nothing up, recovered after a few minutes then slept; about two hours later the gasping happened again and stopped after a few seconds
Reverse sneezing or gagging can come from an esophageal foreign body, respiratory infection, or cold-air irritation of the nose. Recurring episodes warrant a vet visit.
My dog sits and twitches now and then
Twitching can be physiological or pathological. Limb twitches while sleeping are dreams or noise; awake belly twitches may be harmless hiccups. But full-body twitches with tongue out, stiffness, or loss of control suggest seizures from epilepsy, meningitis, or distemper, or poisoning; see a vet.
How long does cat bladder paralysis take to recover?
Cat bladder paralysis usually recovers in 3 to 7 days, caused by urethral blockage or spasm dulling bladder sensation. Drain via puncture or catheter to avoid rupture, then treat with penicillin and streptomycin for recovery within a week.
Common Plants and Flowers Harmful to Cats
Curious cats often chew houseplants, and many common ones — autumn crocus, tulip, oleander, hydrangea, snake plant, and more — can poison them. Check your home for these before bringing a cat in, and learn what to do if ingestion happens.