Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / June 2005

and i had to rush her to an emergency animal hospital an hour away because
no one else was open. and they kept her over night and she came home
today. but they never figured out what was wrong with her. so now i am
worried because i have no idea what happened and i dont want it to ...

Mumble years ago, I had a cat with a rather peculiar dandruff pattern.
It started in a point at the spine about at hip level, and spread
backwards into a "christmas tree" or triangular pattern.  Treatment was
fat-soluble vitamins and essential fatty acids, if I recall correctly,

I think this subject has been addressed here before, but I don't
recall exactly what was said.  I'd like to get prescriptions from my
vet for heartworm preventative and prednisone.  He doesn't think I
should use Iverheart instead of Heartgard (which is a separate issue)

I have a vague memory of my vet expressing displeasure with dog parks.
If there are any vets here,
what do you think of dog parks?

My 9yr old schipperke just had a tumor removed from the front leg.  Vet
told me it is very difficult to get tumor this size removed from
extremities with any margin so it will likely re-appear she said
radiation may help but was very vague about what I should do from

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I have a female un-spayed cat(indoor only for the last 5yrs),maybe 8
years old. She has been leaving wet spots while sleeping and sitting.
This has been going on for a long time but we never realized where the
spots were coming from since they were mostly found in windowsills. I

My 13 year old English Cocker Spaniel "Sandy" developed Vestibular disease
last Monday following a trip to the vets, I assume the trigger was anxiety.
From the signs I believe she most likely suffered peripheral vestibular
although I cannot be absolutely sure, I do not believe it ...

A Letter to Your Cats and/or Dogs
The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain
your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my
food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle

I have a rabbit nest on my front lawn here in the NE USA. I almost clipped
all the young with my mower. They seem about 4 or 5 inches long, I can cup
them with my hand. I tried to cover the hole with an upside down flower pot
while mowing, but one escaped under it, and the other ...

My cat was just diagnosed with steatitis (yellow fat disease)
She stopped moving, stopped eating and had a fever.  Also, her white
cell level was very low.  An ultrasound showed the inflammation of the
fat.  We gave her antibiotics and vitamin E for a week.  The next blood

If your dog underwent repeated anal sacculectomies, can you, please,
share your impressions, i.e. was it successful in stopping the
abscesses, did the operation cause incontinence, any other damage? I
have a 13mo old pup that may have to go through the operation again, so

My 13 year old English Cocker (Sandy) has had a number of small growths for
the past 18 months that all appeared at around the same time. One of these
is on here rear leg, one under her chin, one on the back of her neck. When
they first appeared I was concerned and took her to the ...

My Rotti/hound female loves to eat feces, cat or dog, she's not particular.
I acquired her from the shelter with a few bad habits that we have broken,
but not this one! She is always walked on the leash, however on her walk she
finds it. She is fast!  A female Houdini. To make ...

We have a shepard/husky that is becoming increasingly incontinent and are
considering his future.  He is 80 lbs., approx 9-10 years old.  We adopted
him from the county shelter 4 years ago and at that time they guesstimated
his age as 5 or so.  He was neutered before we could ...