Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / January 2005

I found what looks like a parasitic roundworm in a puddle on the ground
at the stable where my horse lives. You can see pictures of the critter
here:
   http://www.stanford.edu/~lanz/

Hi again all,
Well, after a few weeks of nothing unusual, 11-month-old Saskia (Great Dane)
suddenly yelped this morning, while just looking out the window and shifting
position for a better view of the cat, and held that same foot up, with her

We have a cat with haemothorax, dreinage of ca 60ml of blood was evacuated
after yesterday, so our cat got better. Hematocrit dropped to 23%.  Today,
again blood was
evacuited /about 60ml/ -with Ht - 15 %. What cause it ?? We still don't

I am posting this for a friend so the information may be sketchy.  She has a
3 yr. old spayed Chow who spiked a fever of 104.  She took her to the vet
and they started IV fluids and did blood work.  24 hours later, the temp.
returned to normal.  Test results indicated platelet ...

My cats are both infected with roundworms. They are under treatment as
of now. However the roundworm infection might have been several weeks
old and I am concerned about how to eliminate potential propagation of
larvae in carpets, rugs and surfaces.

If anyone has prescribed Lamisil for resistant ringworm, I would
appreciate knowing the dosage you used and if it was effective. I can
get a prescription for the human drug from my vet, but there seems to
be conflicting info on dosage.

Laddy, adult sheltie was neutered in early Oct. '04. When he didn't stop
paying inordinate attention to his scrotum by December, I went looking
for a cause. I found two pieces of what felt like monofilament fishing
line protruding from his scrotum. The pieces were about 1/16 or 1/8 ...

On December 4th of 2004 I went to our local humane society and adopted a
kitten.  The next day I noticed that he (about 3-4 months old I was told)
was sneezing a lot.  I took the kitten back to the humane society where I
was told that it was nothing to worry about if he was eating ...

I'm thinking of changing my 11-month-old Dane's food to see if that helps
with her recurrent skin problem and recurrent vaginitis, especially as she
seems to improve with a daily yoghurt-cultures drink.
Her food failed that grading system posted here and there, most recently on

I wonder if you can give me an idea of what might this be
My Tiara has been urinating a lot today, and I mean a lot. Just now, she has
been letting in drops of urin every few minutes, and doesn;t care to go to
litterbox anymore. I can see she is having a hard time trying to get it ...

   Has anyone operated on prairie dog, and if so, what anesthetic protocols
did you use?

In spaying, how common is it for a portion of the uterus to be left which
might develop pyometra? Some references talk as tho this happened only
rarely, by oversight. Other references talk as though some stump were
normally left.

Ok I was wondering if someone besides the puppy wizzard can respond to this.
I have a 2 year old ambull that does not want to eat all of his kibble at
one time. I dont belive in free feeding so that leaves out the option of
letting it sit till he wants to eat it. I also have a seven ...

HOWEDY People,
The Amazing Puppy Wizard doesn't EXXXPECT
you to know HOWE to pupperly handle and train
your dogs. THAT'S HOWE COME HE'S givin you

Hi, my cat Charlie has been diagnosed with urinary crystals, and has to be
on a prescription diet for good from now on :(  So since his prescription
food is rather expensive, (and it seems other 4 tend to munch it more then
him), just wonder if anyone knows any good online stores ...