Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / September 2007

I took my dog Bear to the vets today. My main conceren was that he has a
urine smell to him and his BUN has been above normal in the past. Bear
is 10 years 9 months old. He weighs 75 lbs, which is a good weight for
him. He takes tramadol twice a day for pain after NSAIDS finally ...

Hello and regards,
Ten yr-old Brittany pointing-spaniel, otherwise very healthy, very feisty.
She is red/raw, on and around her paws. Licking and chewing. Also
around her nose and her breast. Above the paws on back of legs is

I have an adult (spayed female) cat, indoor only, who has hair loss and hair
thinning because she is grooming too much.  The hair loss is most pronounced
between her back legs (lower abdomen) but hair near the base of her tail and
along her back is also thin and broken off.

We have a 13 y/o cat that started getting scabs around her head and
neck. The vet said it's some sort of allergy, but does not know from
what. We changed her food and they have slowed down, but still present.
Just before switching foods though, part of her upper lip was missing.

I think one of my feral cats has a rodent ulcer. There appears to be a
lump on one side of her upper lip. She's eating just fine but I am so
worried about this. The vet will not prescribe anything or even make a
judgment without seeing her, but she has been untrappable for a long

I am bottle feeding 2 orphaned kittens and I made a recipe of "glop"
which contains gelatine, evaporated milk, karo syrup, yogurt, vitamins,
mayonnaise, acidopholis, and 2 raw egg yolks.  This mixture does NOT get
cooked.  It's somewhat warm when you add the raw egg yolks because ...

I noticed that my cat (6yr old spayed female) had something in her fur,
i thought it was just clumping, but on closer examination it was a
translucent grey oval "pod" about 1/4" long and 1/8" wide; it was
attached, there is a small sore there on her skin.  I cut the pod off at

My English (i think) yellow lab murphy is now 14 years old. He is a
exceptionaly large lab wieghing in at im guessing 125 lbs. Tonight he
climbed the stairs to almost the top then stalled and I heard him
crying. I helped him up the rest of the way which was only about 3 or