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Why Puppies Refuse to Eat: Common Causes
Puppies have weak digestion and often refuse food. The cause can be illness, picky eating, physiological anorexia (teething, estrus, pregnancy), indigestion, parasites, a sudden food change, digestive enzyme deficiency, or serious disease such as parvovirus or distemper. Match the sign to the cause and see a vet when other symptoms appear.
What Is Hamster Wet Tail Disease?
Wet tail, also called proliferative ileitis, is a serious intestinal disease in hamsters, common in young ones and often fatal. Here is what you need to know about it.
How to Tell Heatstroke and Wet Tail Apart in Hamsters
Both wet tail and heatstroke are serious and can be fatal in hamsters, and their symptoms look alike, so owners often mix them up and delay treatment. Here is how to tell the two apart.
How Long Can an Escaped Hamster Survive?
Because hamsters are so small, they can slip out of the cage easily and are hard to find afterward, leaving owners worried about their survival. So how long can an escaped hamster live? This article takes a detailed look.
Why Are Blood Parrot Cichlids Prone to White Spot Disease?
Blood parrot cichlids mainly get white spot disease (ich) from Ichthyophthirius parasitism, with large temperature swings the top trigger. Failing to hold stable temperatures, or big gaps between new and old water when changing water, easily causes outbreaks. Beyond ich, gill rot, red-skin disease, and dropsy are also common — take preventive measures to reduce illness and deaths.
How often should a hamster’s bedding be changed?
A hamster's bedding is best changed every 1-2 weeks, with the exact frequency depending on feeding and elimination. Keeping multiple hamsters in one cage, or higher food intake, means more waste and dirtier bedding, so change more often. Damp bedding breeds bacteria and causes disease.
Why Is My Chinchilla Shivering? Common Causes and Fixes
A chinchilla may shiver from stress in a new, noisy home, from cold when the temperature drops too low, or from pain when it is sick or hurt. Calm and warm the environment for the first two; for pain—with signs like not eating, weeping eyes, fever, or reluctance to move—see a vet to find the cause. Most shivering falls into these three categories.
My kitten sneezes often, sprays saliva while sneezing, and keeps making a rumbling snoring sound
Sneezing with a rumbling sound has different causes. If a kitten sneezes often it is likely sick and needs a vet. If the cat is otherwise happy and the rumble comes from the chest, it is contentment; give cold medicine and keep it warm.
A small grass turtle has a translucent white film over its eye; the eyeball is visible but it cannot open its eye
A white film over a turtle's eye is usually white-eye disease, also called eye inflammation. Early signs include inability to open the eye and a foggy white layer around the orbit. Severe cases need veterinary treatment; if unavailable, try home medication. In early stages, apply erythromycin or chlortetracycline ointment after draining pus.
Common Diseases of Blood Parrot Fish and How to Treat Them
White spot, black spot, head-hole disease, and enteritis are all very common in blood parrot fish. To help owners respond better, here are treatments for each of these diseases.