Hi, Helen, Could be one of several things - including a bladder infection. She might also have been stressed somehow, and is spraying to 'mark her territory'. Obesity in itself is a behavioural problem - yours as well as hers!! - she won't get obese without being given too much food. This is a case for your veterinarian to sort out. Walterby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Gordon, Your vet should have been able to give you some indication as to the nature of the 'lump' without having it checked by a laboratory. If it recurs, it recurs, whether or not you pay to have it examined! Ask your vet if his advice as to further treatment will depend on the lab. report. If, as I suspect he might, he says 'no' , save your money. Walterby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Gordon, You need to take your old lab to be seen by a vet. The problem is more likely to be a swollen peri-anal gland - not the same thing at all. Walterby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Mandy, I am sorry, but I cannot give you a diagnosis! There are a number of possibilities, but a full post-mortem would be required to be certain. For example it could be that she had a longstanding kidney problem, resulting in total kidney failure producing the signs that you describe : she could possibly have had an overwhelming septicaemia from an infected uterus if she was not neutered, oby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Bec, Be guided by your veterinary surgeon. She will have taken all the options into consideration. It is better to spay her as soon as the signs of her false preganany have subsided than to wait and operate when she may be on the point of coming into season again. If she has had such a bad false preganacy at such a young age, it is all the more important to have her spayed ASAP. Walterby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Many old cats develop a form of kidney failure, which can cause seizures of the sort you describe. Your vet can carry out blood tests which will confirm whether or not that is the cause. Wby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Jo, It seems like your kitten has an infection affecting her eyes and nose. maybe her mum was a carrier and gave it to her. Your vet will be able to provide you with eye ointrment or eyedrops ehich should help. In the meantime, clean her ayrs and nose (in that order) with cotton wool swabs moistened with warm water to which a little salt (1/2 teaspoonful in a pinthas been added, using a cleby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Cara, You have to attend a university with a veterinary school whose degree standard is acceptable to the Royal College of Veternary Surgeons,(WWW.rcvs.org.uk) There are 6 in the UK - Bristol, Cambridge, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool and London. Also Dublin and the Univeristy of Granada in the West Indies is taking British students. Differen schools Have different entry requirments, thoughby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Sandra, I strongly suggest that this is matter for your vet - it takes skill and bravery to empty a Rottie's anal glands if he does not want it done! Walterby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Paula, Did your kitten use her tray before she was neutered? If so, it should not be too difficult to train her to use it again. Does she always defaecate in the same place? If she does, put her tray there for the time being, and if she starts to use it there, move it a little at a time to where you want it. She will also have left her 'scent' behind, which provokes her to go backby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
There is no problem - emptying anal sacs by the method I proposed is NOT a 'veterinary procedure', and so long it is carried out on your own animal, the RCVS would not be concerned. Docking dogs, by statute, is restricted to veterinary surgeons who must be satisfied that it is being done for genuine prophylacyc or therapeutic reasons. Dehorning involves the use of local anaesthesia. Waby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Sandra, It is quite easy. so long as the secretion within the gland has not hardened. The vet would do it bu putting a lubricated finger into the back passage, and massaging from the inside, but it would be better if you were not to try thet. Take a small pad of cotton wool or tissue into the palm of your right hand ( if you are aright handed, hold up the tail with your left hand ( get someoby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi,Kathy, If the diagnosis of a primary mammary tumour with metastasis to the lung was correct, almost certainly her symptoms are due to further spread of the malignancy. If she has survived 10 months after your vet gave a guarded prognosis of 4 to six months, you have done very well. I do not think that any vet acting responsibly and in the best interests of your dog's welfare would eitheby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Sounds great - some of the modern shampoos are excellent at removing XS sebum, but they have to be used regularly. We too have a rabbit-chaing deerhound in the family! Walterby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Yes. Your vet should be able to recommend a good behaviourist.by Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Good. let me know how you get on.by Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, It is always worth getting a runny eye checked out. If there is a corneal ulcer it needs treating, and it is always a posibilty. Wby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Gill, Hypothroidism is not common in dogs, but it does occur. A characteristic sign is a bilaterally symmetrical thinning of the hair on both sides of the abdomen, as well as the other signs which you describe. Most labs will put on weight anyway - every lab that I have met thinks every meal will be their last! Other casues of overwight should be considered - especially overfeeding! A simpleby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
This is almost certainly an acute allergic reaction - probably to a flea bite. Even if you de-flea him regularly, using one of the excellent flea preparations which are now available, it does not prevent a flea jumping on and taking a bite before it gets 'hit' by the de-fleaing treatment. In some cases the dog is hypersensitive and a reaction like the one you describe results. The bby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Territorial marking is a serious problem - the urine smell persists for a long time, despite washing and deodourising. The website 'allaboutpets.org.uk' has a downlodable leaflet which may give you some ideas.by Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Aimee, You dachshund has experienced an Anal Gland Abscess, which has burst, as abscesses usually do, to the nearest point on the skin. Presumably his other Anal Gland was removed because of repeated blockage, causing irritation. The remaining one has blocked again, and an infection has set in, causing the abscess. Let you veterinarian see him. He will be able to clean out the abscess cavityby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
There are others who do not think at all!by Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Sandra, If the operation was properly done your problem should settle down in a couple of weeks. Have you mentioned it to the veterinary suregon who did the operation? I assume that you have to return to the surgery to have any stitches removed - ask then. Walterby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Lynne. Yes, I have seen and treated lots of pups with Distemper. Before the days of widespread vaccination - 30 years or more ago- it was very common indeed. Classically, the disease starts with a soft cough and an aversion to bright light. Next comes a discharge from the eyes and nose, and frequently diarrhoea. The temperature rises and the pup becomes obviously ill. At that stage antibiby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Sorry, I cannot help. Your veterinarian should be able to advise. Walterby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Martin, I spent all my working life in the UK, where heartworm is not a problem, so I have no immediate experience. Any modern medicine which specifically is recommended for heartworm prevention should be OK. It is absolutely essential that you follow the instructions about frequency of dosing - it is much better prevented than waiting till the dog is infected - there is no effective treatmeby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Everyone I saw in practice with an overweight pet ASSURED me that they were not overfeeding! Only food makes animals fat, and only then if they are fed more than their requirements. When you have two cats, it is difficult to reduce the food for one and not the other. Bonnie may have an undractive thyroid - this is much rarer than an overactive one. Have you had her checked out by your vet? If notby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Sorry, but 'Feldmar Formula' is a product which I have never heard of. If you tell me the ingrediants, and what it is intended to treat, and who makes it, I may be able to trace it. Walterby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Emma, Some cats are slow and fat. and some are active and lithe ( just like humans!) Neutering often has the effect of changing metabolism and fat storage. Are you sure that Bonnie is not eating Clyde's food too, even though you feed them at the same time? Does Clyde always eat his feed when it is put down for him? If not, Bonnie may be going back to it and finishing it off when you areby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
Hi, Fodi, Sounds like your goldfish is definitely on his way out. Euthanasia would be an act of mercy. The most effective way, if you can bring yourself to do it, is a smart tap on the back of the head. Otherwise, just take it out of the water, and it will quickly 'drown' in the air. Walterby Walter Beswick - Ask The Vet
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