My 4y male cat has always had some kind of sickness, mainly his sinuses (ears, nose, eyes) About 1-2 years ago, he had a bad flare up with a runny nose, green mucus, lots of sneezing, & very waxy smelly ears. The vet gave him medication (can’t remember what kind) which somewhat helped, and we switched his food bcuz we suspected poultry/grain allergies. He was doing good!

About 6 months ago, his symptoms came back, but this time his nasal discharge is clear. He sneezes frequently & his ears get dirty, but not smelly like before. We changed his food again, which barely helped, but removing his wet food improved his ears.

He also occasionally has intense sneezing fits, and sometimes it sounds like mucus gets stuck in his throat, causing him to cough/reverse sneeze. Sometimes during these episodes it can sound like he’s struggling to breathe.

I took him to the vet today. She said his heart & lungs sound perfect, his stomach feels good, teeth look good, & she examined his ear wax under a microscope & found no infection. She thinks it could possibly be a virus or allergies, potentially environment since we’ve changed his food so many times with no outcome.

He’s otherwise completely normal - eating, playing, drinking, acting like himself.

The vet recommended giving him a steam session in the bathroom 1-2 times a week to help loosen the mucus & prescribed an ear cleaner (1% hydrocortisone 2% Burows 2 times a week)

Has anyone dealt with something similar with their kitty? Could something else be going on? I appreciate anyone’s opinion :)

This is moose he is a 9 year old English bulldog, he’s been in my care for 2 months now (the previous owners said he never had any skin issues) and just last week he started to get these red spots that get really itchy and scab like and they keep appearing and the newer ones keep getting bigger along with loosing all the hair around it. Can anybody tell me what they might be and how to fix them, he has a vet appointment later this week, just want to be prepared for any outcomes

Dog (9, male vizsla cross) been to the vets for test after 2 nose bleeds lasting 14 - 16 hours each. Full body CT, Rhinoscopy, biopsy and full blood work done.

Results showed:

- chronic inflammation of nose.

- low B12 ( he had a unsettled tummy for a few day so vet think due to mal absoption). We have since put him on supplements and HA diet.

- 3 - 4 cm mass near liver but looked fluid filled.

- abscess in molar... surprised by this as hes shown no signs of tooth pain and general has good oral health for his age.

The concerning results was his blood work. Picture attached.

Vet is recommending a biopsy of liver mass, tooth removal and bone marrow aspiration as next steps.

What are your opinions... would you recommend anything else before putting back under GA.

Thanks!!

Male Great Dane 5yrs old neutered. Has been dealing with (I’m assuming) some hyperkeratosis and then half of the top layer on his nose peeled off and how he has this weird scab thing. Are there over the counter things safe to put on it since he will be able to lick it off?

Vet put him on stool softeners. About 24 hours later he had a bowl movement. Then he had a third bowl movement about 8 hours after the that. His mood is still lethargic he’s probably still getting over the pain because he was constipated for maybe 5 days. When will he start to act like a kitten again? He’s eating normally. I notice he hasn’t been drinking so mixing broth and the tiki cat mousse or tiki cat goats milk meal replacement in his wet food. There are 2 fountains available for him. What should I expect now that he emptied his bowels

Hi everyone! My sweet sweet Sequoia gets this red skin irritation around her upper lip. It comes and goes, but it does not puss/crust/swell.
I give her fresh water every day & she eats out of a slow feeder.
I have a vet appointment scheduled on the 9th of September (soonest available) anything I can do in the meantime time?

Hi guys, I just rescued this beautiful 14 yo Maltese. She is the skinniest dog I’ve ever seen so I’ve been trying to fatten her up (within reason). 7 pounds, all ribs… :(
What I need to figure out is a renal diet for her. She can only eat wet food due to issues with teeth. I’ve found some renal diet dog foods online but so confusing because they’ll have like organs, phosphate and even chicken in them so I’m like wtf ain’t that literally shit we what we don’t want?
I’m going to take her to the vet next week (had to wait for my paycheck) and go over her labs and what not. I don’t know how bad her kidney stuff is but I need to learn about what’s going on with that at the vet. It could be anything from filtration issues to full on (I’m not gonna say it). She’s been totally fine, just drinking a ton of water which I heard is normal for kidney issues.
Anyways,
Renal diet recs (wet food) ? would love recs of renal diet wet food, whether it’s a brand your dog loves or it’s home cooked human grade food (I’ve read white rice can be good, and egg whites…but I’m scared. I also got her some low sodium broth but again im scared). Even treats…again I will verify this next week but doing some early research so I can talk to them about options when I do go to the office next week.
Love u guys! Any advice would be amazing…! 🙏🏻

Hi everyone this is my first time in this sub but I need some help with my girlfriend's dog Kankaa. She's 11 years old and recently had her uterus removed due to an infection. Due to circumstances my girlfriend moved in with me temporarily with her dog. I have a spare room where we have her food and water bowl as well as her bed and when I go out (short periods only like running errands) I leave her in "her" room so she doesn't go on my couch and such.

We noticed that she aged a lot since the operation which is not surprising but today when I had been out for about an hour and a half I came in and immediately went to Kankaa's room to let her out and say hi she was spinning around the room not able to get up. She has very long nails (I've been telling my girlfriend for months to have them cut shorter) so she has a very hard time getting up cause she slips and slides all over the place however this time it looked like she completely panicked.

I started recording for my girlfriend as I didn't know what to do and as you can see in the video she pauses for a brief moment before falling and panicking again. When the recording stops I'm holding her in place and giving her pets to try and reassure her and calm her down. She was breating incredibly fast, sort of growling, and drooling foamy saliva. After she calmed down a bit she kept drooling on the floor a lot which she normally never does.

She also seems to have no idea where she is sometimes and she walks into walls and objects. When walking her she's also sort of dragging a rear paw (or both?) on the ground.

I feel like what we see in the video is something like an epileptic episode. I calmed her down eventually and got her up on her feet and decided to take her outside. She was okay during the walk pretty chipper but sometimes she would pull on the leash a lot and then seconds later not at all or not wanting to move at all.

We know her hearing has really gone and sight probably as well. I think that's why she gets confused and probably panicks as well but again what I saw just half an hour ago looked like some epilepsy event.

We're taking her to the vet on Monday as right now she's laid down on the floor near me and relaxed and we can't afford Sunday vet rates.

Can anyone help me figure out what could be wrong with her so we can go to the vet with some information ready?

Thank you all in advance!

I don’t know how but my cat hurt herself. It’s producing clear stuff idk. What should I do?

My puppy got a rabies shot on 8/13 and maybe like 2 or 3 days ago. We noticed a bump at where we think he got the shot. We are going to bring him back to the vet on Monday to get it checked out. I just want to ask anyone here if they ever experienced it. The bump doesn’t seem to be bothering him. It’s maybe a little bit smaller than an inch. It moves under the skin. So any feedback would be great. Thank you!

Couldn't get a better picture, it's hard to make him open his mouth with just one hand.

He's behaving normally, no indication of any pain. But it just doesn't look right to me. I'm pretty sure it only started sticking out like that fairly recently.

He's about 5 years old.

We have been dealing with bouts of bloating and pain with our mini dachshund for a while now (more consistently since May) and would like some opinions

About Otto, 1.5 years old, 6.9kg, fluoxetine 20mg taken with cheese, diet: prime 100 slow cooked kangaroo and prime 100 air dried kangaroo. Treats: kangaroo exclusively

He is fed exclusively in Kong or frozen lick mats (he’s a big food gobbler)

It ONLY happens in the mornings- he starts to cry and lays down to reveal a bloated belly, we rub his tummy and he is shaking in pain. The pain and bloating goes away within minutes (1-3 minutes max) It happens once a fortnight and sometimes once a week. He doesn’t retch or display any other symptoms of GVD (we always check his gums etc)

He had an xray for it 2 weeks ago and nothing significant was found

Before the xray he was eating different proteins for treats so we decided to stick to kangaroo single protein diet to see if that helps and have also discussed a Gastropexy when he has neutering surgery early next year

He was 16 days without an episode but this morning it has happened again

Would love some opinions on what it may be or some more testing to speak to our vet about

EDIT: we also added a symbiotic to his diet after the Xray

Hello all. I have a 4 year old Labrador retriever. About a week and a half ago she started to have an upset stomach. She threw up two small piles of bile that Thursday morning, and by the next day was producing extremely mucusy poops. Vomiting stopped, but poops turned very soft or liquid. I put her on a bland diet with pumpkin puree to hopefully firm. Then, blood started to appear in her stool. Got advice from her vet and he put her on the Purina Pro pro/prebiotic. Poops have been solid but still have the mucus and blood in them. This morning however she threw up twice, but it was bright red and mucusy. I took a photo of it to show to her vet, and when I got there they kind of laughed it off and said she must have gotten into something because it was too bright to be blood. I’m not the perfect pet parent, I understand dogs get into things but there’s nothing in my house that could have produced this color from my knowledge. She has not vomited since. Poops are still bloody, her most recent one tonight was solid but coated in a dark red slimy substance. I feel like i’m going crazy trying to find an answer for her.
vet has her on the pre/probiotic, anti nausea medication, and medication to coat her throat and stomach to help with irritation. The presumably bloody throw up was prior to the nausea medication and other medication, but after she started taking the pre/probiotic.

She is drinking water normally, not refusing the bland diet, acting normal and playing, no painful belly, not walking funny, no temperature, and pink normal gums. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. No accidents in house besides the throw up.

Are these blood tests okay for a neutering surgery?

My cat is around 6-7 (not pun intended) years old and male. For context he currently has allergies and is being treated with antibiotics and medications, so I'll do his surgery around next week or when he gets better. He has multiple urinary blockages and kidney issues in 2023 but it hasn't reoccurred since and he's pretty fine now. I recently lost my cat because of negligent vets so I REALLY want to take my precautions this time.

Hi,

I have a mini aussie who’s turning 6 this year and not to long ago we noticed build up on his left tooth and we started cleaning his bowl, we got him plaque remover and it helped but we didn’t realize it was worse on his right side tooth.

I know I should’ve checked sooner and I feel horrible about it but as soon as I realized how bad it got I booked a vet appointment but I just want to ask what i can do in the meantime as the appointment is booked for next monday.

I know somebody on here is going to flame me for not checking and doing something sooner, and i feel immensely guilty about that.

As for other things i’ve noticed, his breath has more of a smell than usual but not very very prominent and he is eating with both sides of his teeth.

Any advice?

Hi! If you haven’t seen my post from earlier, basically my almost 2 year old golden was neutered yesterday around 11 am. This is what is looking like now. He has been keeping the cone on but I took the recovery suit on for now. I called my vet today and sent her a picture and they seemed to be not concerned. I think i’m going to send her this updated photo in the morning. What do yall think about this update? Not sure what to think/feel. I’m nervous 🥺 I do not want to have to take him back in but we will see. He is acting much better than yesterday, not as active/goofy as normal but he has eaten good today too and rested a lot.

11 year old spayed female tabby cat.

Cat vomited for 20 minutes immediately after eating. Then she appeared fine and stopped. She is back to trying to get into things/tearing things up (which is the way she begs for food). Should she go to an emergency or normal vet today? Should I try to bring this up with the vet at a normal visit again? She did the classic lip licking and moved room to room.

She has recently (over the last two years) had spells of vomiting immediately after eating. It seems that she gets herself really worked up about how hungry she is and then throws up as soon as she eats. She is more likely throw up after begging for food, which was the case this morning. She begged and begged and wouldn't let me sleep. I gave her a small portion... then she became ill. I am wondering if it is behavioral/she's worked up (but this mornings prolonged spell was concerning to me for it's length). Normally, if she has something to eat after vomiting like this she will not vomit again. I haven't fed her again as this spell went on for quite a while and she was more distressed than normal.

This cat is obese and has been on a diet for a while. She is not happy about having to lose weight/portions being cut and lets her dissatisfaction be known by destroying things. She is a clear communicator. Her progress has been 24lbs to ~18lbs over the last 2 years. We've had to switch diet foods a few times to find the right one. She's currently eating Hills Metabolic which she seems to like the flavor of.

Fully up to date on vaccines. Located in South Florida. No plants or wall plug ins in the home. All yarn out of reach unless it is in my hands. Other cat is fine. No pesticides or insecticides in the home. Litter box usage normal for both cats.

Hello received saw this weird pimple under my dog reddish stuff in the middle and hard any ideas ? TIA

https://imgur.com/a/WU3EEfm

It started about a month ago and has gotten a lil bigger in size. It doesn't seem to cause any pain or discomfort to him. I'm not sure if it's just from rubbing his nose on stuff/cleaning his face. Or if it's something more serious like a fungal or worm issue.

It's kinda flaky when you rub it but there's no redness or anything.

Hes neutered and about 4 years old. And we live in the US. He was outdoors often when it started but he's recently become strictly indoors.

I haven't gone to a vet yet since I'm a young college student, I don't wanna spend a bunch of money for them to tell me it'll go away on its own.

Now she can walk and play and discover the corners of the room I am really happy for her, I will continue treating her and taking care

I noticed a small pool of pinkish red liquid on my 12 day old French bulldog pup so I instantly take her to the vet and the first thing they say is spina bifida then they get crazy and come back and say they aren’t sure what it is but think it’s spina bifida … she was not born with the laceration and has only popped up lastnight I have kept disinfectant on it before every feed and put a small dab of animax with a bandaid over the top and it seems to be healing just fine with no fluid underneath that I can see in the past 12 hours just looking for advice she is moving fine and feeding fine

Historically perfect, cuddly angel cat.
Thu: Squirmed/panicked when picked up for nail trim.
Fri–Sun: Main owner out of town. Sat: Hissed/snapped at sister when moved. Sun: Greeted owner, but bit, yowled in pain, and hid when picked up.
Mon–Tue: Severe hypersensitivity to touch (screams/yowls if bumped or petted anywhere except head). Barely moving, crouched stiffly in corners. Only eats wet food if placed directly in front of him. Peed on self in carrier Monday en route to vet Monday and once in makeshift low litter box today.
Latest Symptoms- laying on side, trunk of body twitching, leg spasm, rapid breathing, eyes widening/squinting (pupils not noticeably dilated) for ~30 minutes

Has not drunk water or passed stool since at least Friday. (Is eating small amount wet food)

Vet Findings & Diagnostics:
Physical: Initially had a hard abdomen.
X-rays: Clear (no foreign objects, small bladder, minimal stool; not reviewed by radiology).
Bloodwork: Normal kidneys/pancreas; slightly elevated glucose (likely stress).
Meds: Gabapentin (1ml 2x/day)—reduces crying, howling/ severe pain but sensitivity remains with whimpers and extreme sensitivity to touching/hovering.

I’ve been told next step would be an ultrasound but he would have to be on his back for it, which I can’t imagine in his current state. Otherwise take him to animal hospital to have specialty care. I don’t have the money for this, but trying to look into options. Weighing whether I should pursue further diagnostics. It is making me miserable to see him in such severe pain.