Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / November 2006

I not sure what to do...
My husband and I adopted a stray cat, Red, 3 months ago. It is
estimated she could be as old as 2 years.  Our local vet told us to get
her spayed as soon as possible, which we did.  After the surgery the

What can be done for Felv+ kittens?  Vet recommends euthanasia.
John Kimmel

My dog recently started having a lot of trouble using her rear legs She is
staggering and appears to be in pain. I took her to the vet today. After the
exam which included x-rays, the vet thought the most likely diagnosis is a
disk problem between L4 - L5. The vertebrae there are ...

No Such Thing As Purely Positive Dog
Training?
                                  Dr. George VonHilshimer Writes:
                                           "Doggy Advice":

Has any one had any experience with this diagnosis.
"idiopathic nasal discharge"
Our two year old spayed shepherd "bell" has been bleeding from one nostril
accompanied with a clear to sometimes whitish discharge.

Care And Management Of The Older Horse
By Parsons, H.
"Today, horses are living longer than ever before, partly owing to
advances in veterinary medicine, but also due to the willingness of

My cat Jack jumped in my lap last night for affection.  While I was
petting him he sunk his teeth into my hand and wouldn't let go.  I
soaked my hand in salt water: about 3/8 inch deep puncture wounds.  He
has been rehabilitated from a car accident and we got him several

I have a tree that is leaning toward my home. It needs to be cut down.
It has a squirrel's nest in it. I have identified it based on the
images at http://www.squirrel-rehab.org/pictures/squirrelnest.html and
http://www.southern-exposures.net/images20d/squirrelnest.jpg.

anyone know anything about swine? i have a big problem with one of my sows.
if so please email me at mamacarebear@yahoo.com

Heel!
Sit!
Stay!
Don't you wish training your dog was as simple as those three words?

In two months, I'm going to have my cat spayed. The vet intends to perform an
ovariohysterectomy. I've read on a few places in the newsgroups that this
prevents any eventual problem with the uterus. And I suppose, if you cut the
legs, you won't have problems with legs and if you ...

My post in another thread got me thinking.
My 11 year old lab is covered in lumps and bumps of various sizes. The vet
has seen him and isn't concerned about them (old dog syndrome ;) ). Anyways,
I noticed the other day, one of the spots (we'll call it a wart because that

Dane pup, 9 weeks old, 29 lbs. went in for his crop.  He had a full blood
profile, heart check and physical pre-op, all results normal.
He went under and was on heart monitor.  Cropping was done.  No problems at
all.  They removed him from the anesthesia machine (?) and placed him ...

My Dalmatian, Maggie is 11. We got her at 2---she was a rescue. She has
been fine except for a heart murmur (grade 3---has remained unchanged)
for which she takes Enalpril 10mg per day. She is always skittish
during loud noises or thunderstorms. She has always been a fairly shy