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Can a dog take a deworming medication and metronidazole at the same time?
Metronidazole removes trichomonas. If a dog has both coccidia and trichomonas, it can take both dewormers, best spaced 1–2 hours apart to avoid conflict. But your dog has parvovirus plus coccidia and trichomonas, which is serious — seek professional vet care and hospitalization, and follow the vet's medication and nursing.
My cat has jaundice and liver damage, and now tests show feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) — what medication should I use?
The most used specific drug for FIP is GS-441524, but once typical symptoms appear the prognosis is generally poor. Under veterinary guidance use immune-suppressing and anti-inflammatory drugs plus broad-spectrum antibiotics. Supportive care includes draining ascites and fluid therapy. Given jaundice and liver damage, hospital care is best.
What happens after a female cat is spayed?
Right after spaying, the cat may be lethargic, eat less, and avoid activity while the wound heals, then returns to normal. She will no longer go into heat, so no more frequent calling, restlessness, or mate-seeking. Lower hormones make her calmer, and spaying removes pregnancy and nursing, reducing risks of mammary hyperplasia and pyometra.
My cat just had kittens, but we had no food at home and barely fed her, so her belly area is now skin and bones. What should I do?
Based on your description, the cat becoming skin-and-bones after giving birth is due to not feeding her promptly and not supplementing with proper nutrition. A postpartum cat loses a great deal of nutrients and energy while nursing, and without good postnatal care she becomes severely malnourished, which in serious cases can cause a range of diseases. When your cat is thin to the point of skin and bones, you need to take steps to help her recover. You can provide nutritionally balanced, high-protein cat food, increase feeding frequency, add chicken breast, feed staple canned food, and give the cat necessary liquid calcium and vitamins; if weight gain is not obvious, the BARF feeding method can help her gain weight and improve her condition. At the same time, remember to take your cat to the vet to ensure she has no other health problems.
My cat keeps sticking out its tongue, drooling, won’t eat, and is listless
Drooling and not eating in a cat may be from oral disease such as stomatitis or mouth ulcers, or pharyngitis. Early pharyngitis shows slow eating, later difficulty eating, drooling, vomiting, pharyngeal congestion, and pain. For pharyngitis, give pet-specific anti-inflammatory medication and soft or liquid food; for stomatitis, use a pet oral antiseptic spray and address the cause with good care.
What happens if a mother cat won’t nurse her kittens?
Kittens will dehydrate from hunger—hand-feed pet goat's milk. Without maternal antibodies they're more vulnerable, so keep them warm and clean. The mother may get mastitis from trapped milk if not nursing.
My cat is shedding wildly with floating fur that won’t comb out; maybe from washing with human shampoo; coat is dull and can’t be touched; what to do?
Heavy shedding with floating fur can be seasonal, endocrine, dietary, or from human shampoo damaging skin pH. Use pet shampoo, improve diet, and see a vet if needed.
Mother cat sneezes continuously with yellow nasal discharge and eye gunk the day after kittening
A nursing mother's sneezin, discharge and eye gunk may be post-birth low immunity causing respiratory infection or feline herpes/calicivirus. Isolate her from kittens (feed kittens formula) and use antibiotics and immune support; see a vet if no improvement.
How often does a mother cat nurse?
With a nursing mother, kittens feed on demand with no fixed schedule. If milk is low, supplement with goat milk; without a mother, feed every 2 to 3 hours. Under 2 weeks: every 2 to 3 hours; 2 to 4 weeks: every 4 hours; after 4 weeks: 4 times daily.
How long can a cat with late-stage chronic kidney disease live?
Survival with late-stage feline CKD depends on how well the disease is controlled. Fluid therapy, monitoring and regular rechecks are essential.