Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / August 2008

Hey all - I'm back for your feedback/advise.
Yesturday I noticed my little one's nose running more than usual.
Typically the hounds have a wet nose ... most dogs should...but it
seems to be running more than I have noticed before.

Afternoon all!
About 4 years back my beagle had a scare with pancreaitis.. we had to
take her in and leave her at the vet for a week to get her system back
on track. She was overweight, and back then we were giving her human

Proposal for new newsgroup to help all the mentally unstable, insecure
and incompetent veterinarians out there that contribute to the suffering
of countless pets and their owners:
alt.support.mentally-challenged.veterinarians

I would like to ask if someone could please help me with the following
question.
If a cat eats a mouse that has died from ingesting Decon, could the
cat get sick or even die ? What would likely be the outcome ?

Don't bother posting to a.m.v or rec.p.c.h+b The are a waste of time. No
really knowledgeable answers; lots of flamers and unanswered posts. Lots
of info on the web, just thought I'd save others the trouble of posting
here, these are crap groups.

I'm starting vet school in September, and just got the list of textbooks.
Honestly there is no way in heck I can/should get all of them (most are
marked as 'suggested' rather than mandatory)
Here is the list. Anything stand out as a good book to have? (or worthless

My 11 year old spaniel had cruciate ligament knee surgery 8 weeks ago.  He
recently started licking the site/When I checked the site I found two loops
of clear fishline coming out of his skin. Did the vet use non-absorbable
sutures? What needs to be done? I can see/feel another 1 ...

My 13 year old greyhound stopped eating 4 days ago. I took him to the
vet the next day after he stopped eating. During his exam, they found
his liver enzymes were severely elevated especially his billiruban. He
was in liver failure. He had a liver biopsy 2 days ago and they sent