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My dog keeps vomiting and has no energy—what should I do?
Persistent vomiting and lethargy may be acute gastroenteritis, pancreatitis, intestinal obstruction, poisoning, hepatitis, or viral disease—see a vet promptly. Before visiting, withhold food to avoid worsening; to prevent dehydration/acid-base imbalance, give sugar-salt water after fasting. If no toxin and no further vomiting, try small-dose pet anti-inflammatory and antiemetic, observe, then feed liquid food.
My dog is vomiting yellow foam, won’t eat, is weak all over, keeps lying on the floor, and has yellow diarrhea
Vomiting, diarrhea, and weakness usually signal a serious disease; severe vomiting/diarrhea can dehydrate and exhaust the dog, so it lies weakly — get to the vet for fluids and treat the cause. Common causes: acute gastroenteritis from overeating or spoiled food; infectious disease like distemper, parvovirus, or coronavirus; intestinal parasites like roundworm, hookworm, giardia; also chill, stress, organ injury, or poisoning.
There are five young kittens just weaned; their mother is a neighbor’s cat but they’ve been in my yard since weaning. This afternoon my brother found a small orange cat lying down, listless, tail puffed and trembling; by evening it had died. I got home at night and found another small orange one foaming at the mouth. I tried to grab it for soapy-water induction but couldn’t catch it. What should I do, what could be the cause, and could it affect the other three tabby kittens? Thank you!! First photo is an older cat photo; the last two are the dead kitten.
In a shared litter, one dead and another foaming at the mouth suggests an infectious disease or poisoning from something eaten. Foaming can come from common digestive disease or poisoning — panleukopenia, enteritis, parasites, or food/drug poisoning. If others vomit, the most likely cause is food poisoning or contagious panleukopenia; all littermates are at risk. Separate them, watch closely, go to the vet, and disinfect the home; store toxins out of reach.
My cat started foaming at the mouth and won’t eat today; it has vomited several times
A cat vomiting white foam and not eating has many causes — swallowing a foreign object, indigestion, parasites, infectious disease, poisoning, liver or kidney damage — and needs a vet exam to find the cause. If the cat is otherwise alert, use anti-vomiting medication and probiotics, plus a gastric-protectant like cimetidine. If it's doing poorly, seek urgent care.
What happens if a dog bites a toad?
A toad bite can poison a dog; toad skin and fluids hold toxins that enter via saliva, causing drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, breathing trouble, fast heartbeat, fever, mouth inflammation, and pain, even death. The toxins can also irritate airways. Rinse the mouth with lots of water and go to the vet at once.
A 2-month-old Labrador with diarrhea, vomiting white foam, lethargy, no barking, no tail wagging
Diarrhea, white-foam vomit and lethargy in a 2-month-old have many causes needing clinical workup; usually acute gastroenteritis from bad diet, or viral/parasitic/toxic. If it ate spoiled or greasy food, suspect acute gastroenteritis—fast, give probiotics/anti-inflammatories, and see a vet if weak/dehydrated. If unvaccinated/un-dewormed and young, consider parvovirus, coronavirus or distemper—highly fatal—requiring hospital care.
My dog keeps vomiting, won’t eat, walks unsteadily, is listless, and visibly thin.
Persistent vomiting and not eating can cause low blood sugar and dehydrating shock, leading to unsteady walking, malnutrition, hind-limb weakness, and weight loss. IV fluids with glucose and electrolytes are needed, then treat the underlying cause. Causes include gastroenteritis, infectious disease, parasites, cold, stress, organ injury, or poisoning.
This morning when I took him out I saw a pool of red liquid near his testicles, and afterward red bloody fluid comes out when he uses the bathroom.
Your hamster likely has blood in the urine. Causes include too many red foods, excess vitamin C, urinary tract infection, or drug/food-induced hemolysis or nephritis. If he is otherwise energetic, change the diet first; if it's an infection, use pet anti-inflammatory medication.
What Causes Sunken Eyes in Arowana, and How to Treat It?
If the keeper finds the arowana's eyes sunken, treat at once, as it can be fatal. What causes it and how to treat? Our veterinarian explains sunken eyes in arowana.
What should I watch for with a dog’s external deworming?
For external deworming, part the fur and apply the drug to the skin, not the hair, and place it on the back of the neck to prevent licking and poisoning; use an Elizabethan collar after. Do not bathe the dog for 3 days, since the drug needs about 3 days to spread and bathing would wash it away.