Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / March 2004

Do veterinarians usually sedate a cat before drawing blood? If so, how
much do they usually sedate the cat? Alot (as if the cat was going to
have surgery) or a little (just enough to keep the cat from freaking
out)?

Are there any cat diseases which can't be diagnosed through a blood
test? Which diseases are they?

I have a 9yo neutered male cat that needs a food change. He's been on
Hill's Prescription Diet CD/S dry food (for struvite crystals/stones)
for about 7 years. He's always hungry but he doesn't like his food
anymore, he prefers eating the regular cat food. The vet said I could

Hey everybody,
I'm looking for some feedback or insight. The animal shelter where I
volunteer has decided to implement the Walter Turken Training Program
as facilitated by Brian Kilcommons.

I am going to be starting vet tech classes through Cedar Valley
College pretty soon. I was just wondering if anyone knew of a website
or something that sells cheap or used books. Do any of you know of
any? I would appreciate the help. Thanks:)

Should this dog be put down?
while K-9 officer Barger wrestled with a drug
suspect, he said a quick-release button on his belt was activated,
accidentally opening a door to the K-9 wagon.

im a international high school student in new zealand and i wanna be a vet.
im thinking to go to uni in the state.
im taking physics biology chemistry english maths and accounting.
next year, i can just take 5 subjects.

My dog has a largish black spot that is close to his eye, it looks
like a large black sty I suppose, but it doesn't appear to bother him.
Is there any way of dealing with this, or is it something I should not
be worried about ?

Golden Retriever approx 7 years old
occasional on /off vomiting since January
Worsened recently to multiple vomiting daily.
Ultrasound report by a veterinarian, this week reads

Does anyone have any suggestions as to why a fed well (Iams, always in the
bowl) dog would eat the other dogs poop? This is a discusting habit that we
would like to break, just not sure how.
Help!! We're tired of poopie breath.

I adopted a 2 +/- year old unneutered male rat terrier from the local
shelter in January.  He has since been neutered.  After having him home for
a few days it became apparent that he was consuming unusually large amounts
of water (and consequently urinating frequently which was ...

My eight-year-old German Shepherd has had several bouts of a nasty
skin infection over the last few months, characterised by inflammation
of the skin and a green, evil-smelling discharge.
A lab culture identified the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.

I came home tonight and found that my dog had vomited 3x on the floor.
After cleaning it up I took her outside for a short walk. We came in and she
drank a bunch of water. She held it down for only about 10 minutes before
she vomited it back up.

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My 10yo pitbull has CHF.  Was diagnosed several yrs ago.  He's been on 50mg
lasix and .125 digoxin in the morning, then another digoxin at night.
He's been panting more and I'm guessing it's the CHF.  He's going to the vet
this week.  What other med do I expect to add to this ...