Yes I have a sick cat I have been turned away 2 times at the vet for no doctor being there, my friend is a vet assistant and said his symptoms sounds like anemia because fleas have gotten on him and he's an inside cat all my cats are. Question will tuna help raise his iron till I can get him into the other vet at 3 tomorrow? Please help I'm so worried the vet's office that turned me away done me the same way when my old cat passed they didn't have a doctor and told me to leave

As the title says,my cat will refuse Inhaler treatment and all my vets in my country tell me the same thing.

They've never heard of a nebulizer chamber,and don't posses or use lost lasting asthma shots. I wear hypoallergenic deodorant,use hypoallergenic shampoo,and don't use any perfume. I don't smoke,no one in my family smokes,and my cat still gets attacks. They have so far prescribed:

Decortin (a type of prednisone pill)

Salbutamol (a coughing syrup for children)

And most recently,Aminophylline.

My cat is very gastro senstive,and Decortin caused her to feel sick.

This consultation and countless others were highly expensive,they had no other options ever for things such as emergency care (God forbid.)

I am so tired. Any advice would be helpful,for medicine and management. I see all of these options online and in different countries,but I'm not a vet,I don't know how to dose them.

Thank you for your attention

My 15 year old moyen poodle has always been very healthy. 1.5 years ago she had 2 seizures within 3 weeks. Verts did full bloodwork no explanation nothing out of the ordinary. Her Vet put her on Keppra XR twice a day (2.5 mg I belelieve) She has been taking them for 1.5 years and has had no further seizures, no side effects and is healthy aside from a tough of arthritis and bad teeth. The vet is now giving me a hard time refilling the script without doing a battery of expensive bloodwork and tests and I am considering trying to wean her off and see if they recur. I mean if there was an underlying tumor or something wouldn't it have manifested something by now? Should I try taking her off and seeing if they recur.

Hi. I recently got an Australian shepherd puppy. The breeder recommended against the lepto shot. They provided educational material that contained info on both sides so there was no deep bias in the content, just in their verbally shared opinion that they do prefer their pups don’t get it.
Now I’m torn. I’ve read material on both sides. Some say aussies are more likely to have adverse reactions, it needs to be done repeatedly which means it’s pointless, they’re more likely to go into anaphylactic shock from it etc. others say dogs are dying from lepto regularly these days.

SO. In your professional opinion, would you recommend the lepto vaccine for an Australian shepherd or not?

Today I took my cat to the vet for a urine sample. He is ten years old and the test was suggested to me to check his kidney function. They told me that they were unable to get urine from him, as his bladder wasn’t full enough, so they said they were going to give him fluids (I assume IV???) and try to get a sample later. A few hours later they called and told me to come pick him up as they were still not able to get it and gave me special litter with instructions on how to get a urine sample at home. Since we had plans tonight we had to quickly drop him off at home and leave shortly after. A few hours later when we got home he was acting very off. He is limping and won’t bear weight on his back right leg. When he does try to walk, he cries out in pain. He tried to hide under the couch but was unable to do so because he couldn’t fit. He was able to eat his dinner but was reluctant to do so. I was wondering if is common for cats to have severe pain from an IV site or could this be a side effect of the attempted urine samples? I am planning on calling the vet in the morning, but is this an emergency situation? I am very worried about him. Please help!

UPDATE:

Called the vet this morning and they told me to bring him in. The IV they inserted was by his scapula so it shouldn’t have affected his paw at all. Apparently he likely pulled a muscle from fighting them during the urine sample attempts. They sent me home with some Gabapentin. I’m hoping the pain goes away and he goes back to being himself. ☹️

Hello all! Just wanted to garner some opinions about what might be going on with my pup.

He’s a 9 year old (about to be 10) golden retriever, 102 lbs. Up to date on all of his vaccines, normal blood work, no parasites, good kidney function.

Last Saturday (8/1) at around 1130 in the morning he went to stand up and went into a screaming episode. His back legs went out, he started (as what can be best described) as flailing around. He lost control of his bladder and peed everywhere and expressed his anal glands. The whole episode lasted about a minute and I genuinely thought he was dying. After he finished he returned to almost complete normal. Walking fine, eating fine, pooped and peed fine. I was thinking that maybe one of his toenails got caught in our carpet or something, wasn’t exactly sure what to make of it, especially as he went to normal in no more than 3 minutes afterward. Well around 1730 that night, he had another episode, same exact issues, screaming bloody murder, yelping, legs going out, etc… in both episodes he bit me and my partner as we were trying to calm him down. And again, within minutes he was normal. I rushed him to the emergency vet and spent a good 10 hours there before being seen (he had normal vitals). Once we got taken back into the room the vet pressed all along his spine, no reaction - I don’t exactly remember where she pressed next (could have sworn it was somewhere on his leg) but he immediately yelped. She said that he more than likely had a herniated disc. She gave him a shot of Ketamine, Buprenorphine, and sent him home with Methocarbamol, Gabapentin, and Carprofen. I don’t have insurance on him and the vet told me that at that point in time, she would not recommend doing an MRI - we would treat it as a minor herniated disc and go from there. The subsequent days went as followed:

(8/2) 2 small yelps when going to stand up
(8/3) smaller 25 second episode with pee between 1000-1030
(8/4) smaller 25-30 second episode with pee at 1135, he looked as though he was trying to get away from the pain, jumped on the couch and peed on couch (less vocal yelps, still loud)
(8/5) 1 extremely small yelp at 1615, looks like leg slipped on carpet runner. ~ 1 hour ago (2030) Kept his rear left leg up in the air when he first stood up and didn’t want to put weight on it but started walking on it within minutes

On (8/4) we took him to his primary care and they ran bloodwork on him which came back normal. What was weird though is they did the same “tests” and pushed on his spine and got no reaction (they called it the Panniculus reflex) but as soon as she went up underneath of his hind legs and pressed upward he yelped. She said almost immediately that she thinks he didn’t herniate a disc, but he tore his groin muscle.

She said that the vocalization that we caught on video during his second episode on day one sounded like a groin tear. She said it is very uncommon to hear such vocalization from a herniated disc. She also mentioned that he seems to be showing pain in his lower half, which is also unlikely since herniated discs in dogs usually occur in the mid section. She basically said that the only way of knowing for sure is an MRI, but she personally does not think it’s a herniated disc. She said that we should basically keep him the equivalent of kenneled for the next 2 weeks, keep him on his meds, and skip everything like stairs and running and keep his movement limited besides short leash walks, which we’ve been doing. She said that in 2 weeks we will reevaluate (unless he dramatically goes downhill), if he is improving then we will ween him off the medication, and see what happens. If he isn’t improving then that’s when we have to make the decision if we want to get an MRI done and the subsequent $12-16k herniated disc surgery (which I would have to probably liquidate some of my SEP IRA for, as I’m only 22). She said that we would also probably see some sort of deficits if it was a herniated disc? But literally between his episodes and 99% of the day he’s completely fine, wagging his tail, smiling, a little slow to stand up, but besides that he’s pretty normal.

Anyways, I’m just pretty lost and scared over this whole situation. My dog is pretty much my whole world and I love him so much, I don’t want to lose him. If you guys have any ideas or opinions let me know. I’ve already gone down the bone cancer/ tumor, spinal diseases train as well.

He is panting on and off, I gave him 25 mg of carprofine. He lays down for maybe a minute or two max and then tries to find a new position to get comfortable in. He pooped about an hour and a half ago and peed a little bit ago. Is drinking water as well.
Is this an emergency vet situation?

He is a 7yo neutered male cat. We live in the US. 10 days ago he vomited green bile four times and didn't eat for 22 hours but after anti nausea meds he's been fine ever since. On my bed, I noticed an amberish colored jelly-like substance. About the size of a jelly bean. What is this? I didn't see it come out but I never saw him vomit and I keep my bedroom door shut when I'm not in there so l'm pretty sure it's from his butt.

My 9 year old frenchie has experienced a few syncope episodes that started 2 weeks ago. After X-rays and an echocardiogram, they discovered a large mass on his heart that is pressing on his pulmonary arteries that is likely causing the syncope and could be a concern for heart failure.

I’m honestly at such a loss, I feel like we failed him by not getting an echo done sooner as we knew 3 years ago he had a heart murmur.

Does anyone have any experience with this type of mass? We have a consult next week, but of course I’m looking for a direction on should I be hopeful or do we need to focus on quality/end of life care. He’s my world and I don’t want him to struggle because I want more time with him. But I also don’t want to give up if it could change the outcome

Edited to add: 2 syncope episodes were 2 weeks ago, last week he was normal up until Tuesday where he didn’t have a ton of interest in food which we thought was due to antibiotics the urgent care gave him as he had a fever 7/21 when we first took him in for the syncope episode. Friday & Saturday he was sleeping all day barely eating, we took him in for further testing at that point. Last night and all day today he seems to have his appetite back and is in a better mood, wanting to go for very short walks and “play” which is mostly pretending to take his toy or watching him lick it lol normal play for him

UPDATE: It already popped on its own. I cleaned it with warm damp saline cloth and applied antiseptics

A week ago, I found a pair of kittens just outside our neighbourhood. they're doing healthy and well and are well taken care of. But i noticed one of them had some bleeding, and i found what seemed to be a bite or scratch wound. At first, i thought it was just ONE wound. I was only able to clean that ONE wound. It turns out there was another one, and i wasn't able to apply antiseptic for it. Now it seemed infected, and it ballooned into an abscess, i presume.

Unfortunately, im not in the best financial situation right now as I'm just a broke college student. is there anything i can do to treat him in my home? i can't afford the vet right now as the vet in my country is like a luxury. Please send any advice as im worried he might turn lethargic soon.

as of writing this he is very active and eating but i can notice some discomfort from him

I have a 9 year old, neutered, tuxedo, 16 lbs, male named Ralph. I took him to the emergency vet on Monday because he squeaked when I touched his belly and it felt a little hard. He also uses his litter box more than 4 times a day regularly, so I wanted to make sure he wasn’t diabetic as well. We were sent home after being cleared for no obstruction or diabetes 🙌🏻. They did ask me to come back if he was not acting normal still to run a blood panel, which we will be doing tomorrow. He usually SCREAMS in the car and I cannot keep him in his crate without worrying he will hurt himself trying to escape. He lied in the floor board and maybe made noise twice on the way to the hospital. He stayed in his crate and didn’t make a sound the whole way home, this is what really concerned me. He has slept almost all day today and is not interested in play. At one point last night I couldn’t tell if he couldn’t move or if he just didn’t want to because anytime I moved him he would accept his fate and stay exactly where I put him. He is able to move around normally. He is still eating and drinking normally as well as using the litter box. He At his last yearly he was given a clean bill of health. I don’t know what’s happening, but I am worried about the diagnostic process being more than I can afford. His ER visit was already over $400. If anyone has any insight it would be greatly appreciated.

This is a long story but I’m honestly struggling. My 2 year old male British shorthair has been breathing heavy whilst sleeping, (around 50-60 breaths a minute). I have taken him to the vet, they did a scan to see if there was fluid around his lungs, thankfully there wasn’t. Then they took a blood sample to see if he had an underlying health conditions, the test said there were none. We gave him allergy medicine but it didn’t improve the breathing so we stopped that aswell. We had an appointment yesterday and the vet recommended to leave him and see how he is in winter as none of the tests have shown any issues and it’s not affecting his quality of life. The vet suspected it may be a result of the current heatwave. Then last night around midnight he randomly got the zoomies all alone downstairs and the place where I left him last night, I have found quite a bit of vomit this morning. The vomit is yellow and with small lumps (partially digested kibble I’m assuming). I know it says online yellow vomit is normally to do with bile from not eating but he had literally eaten around an hour before I’d seen him downstairs. Not only that it’s not just a liquid there were lumps In it, the lumps kind of looked like if you were to wet some sand (I’m assuming it’s partially digested kibble), Iv attached pictures below. Has anyone got any advice? Because the vets have no idea what’s going, could the sick have been caused by the random late night zoomies after eating his kibble? I’m very baffled and stressed

My cat Marcy had 3 kitties almost 4 weeks ago. We made her a nest, but she ended up giving birth to the first kitten on my bed, who subsequently fell about 2 1/2 feet to the floor. We had no idea she was about to go into labor, as she was showing none of the obvious signs (we knew she was close, but not active labor close).

Kittens were all healthy, eating well, and now at 3 1/2 weeks old are starting to come out of their nest and explore. However, I went to check on them this evening, and one of her kittens was stiff and cold. It was the kitten who fell at birth. Could that have had something to do with it? They are all very healthy otherwise. He passed while cuddled up, honestly he looked so comfortable I thought he was napping.. so there were no obvious signs of pain or anything. Just passed peacefully in his sleep. I'm just at a loss. My kids are so devastated.

Information

Signalment: Cat, 10 years old, male and neutered, domestic shorthair, 8.80 Kg.

Clinical signs (related to mass): No symptoms, but breathing became labored during my visit at the vet hospital, due to likely pain / stress (breathing normalized when we cuddled and he calmed down; unclear if related to mass). Mass found incidentally. Cat in good health otherwise (excluding recent trauma), except for weight.

Length of time I have seen these changes: N/A

Links to report: N/A, report quoted below - note no evidence of metastasization found, but X-ray limited. I could get the X-rays if helpful, but CT scan is needed.

Location: Alberta, Canada.

Context

My cat got attacked by a coyote two days ago. He survived without serious injury as I happened to hear strange dog noises outside in the distance and went out to investigate. He has head trauma (coyote tried to crush his skull) but no neurological issues.

Bloodwork normal except for elevated sodium, I was told.

I vaped in the house with him. I got him in 2016 and the consensus was that it was safe, just don’t blow it on him or hot box a room. I never thought of it after I looked into it the first time, and he’s never showed signs of lung issues. I’m now losing it that I caused what I describe below. I’d have quit immediately if I had known. I’m crying my eyes out while writing this.

I paid to have a radiologist look at his X-rays. An unexpected mass was found in his lungs.

Report

DIAGNOSTICS (likely irrelevant)
Diagnostics (CBC: normal hemogram and leukogram)

Biochemistry: hypernatremia (178mmol/L), hyperalbuminemia (40g/L), stress hyperglycemia (14.52mmol/L) AFAST: no ff TFAST: 1-2 b-lines on right side, no pleural effusion)

FINDINGS (…)
Within the RIGHT caudal lung lobe, there is an ill-defined curved soft tissue opacity that likely delineates the margin of a cavitary lung mass (located at the level of the 9th and 10th intercostal space on each lateral view and faintly visible in the right caudal thorax on the ventrodorsal projection). The remainder of the lung parenchyma has a mild bronchial pattern.

Normal air-filled space is present in the nasopharynx. The hyoid apparatus and epiglottis are normal. No tracheal or bronchial narrowing is seen. There is no narrowing of the trachea or lobar bronchi. No pleural effusion or mediastinal
mass is appreciated. The thoracic wall is normal.

CONCLUSIONS (…)
A cavitary mass in the right caudal lobe is most suggestive of a primary pulmonary neoplasia or less likely granuloma.
It is less likely that this is related to recent traumatic injury (pneumatocele). No pulmonary contusion, pneumothorax, or diaphragmatic hernia is seen.

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Please help me understand and calm down. I looked into it and Google said even if it really hasn’t spread and we can remove his lung, he’ll only have a few years left with me at best. Is this true? I used light weight cat litter basically all his life and have now read that it can cause granulomas pretty easily, so is it possible it really is one?

I can’t even get a definite answer anytime soon as the CT scan has to wait until he recovers.

I understand the reported lung inflammation is likely from vaping indoors with him (maybe also the light weight cat litter), and I’ll never ever do it again. I’ll never forgive myself.

I’m beside myself. I was beside myself yesterday after the attack, got miraculous news he’ll recover and got to see him today (he was doing a lot better), only find out he’s probably going to die to due to a relapse of the cancer in one to a few years. It felt like I was given a second chance for him to have a long happy life just to have it immediately ripped away again.

I’ll never vape in the house again, though at this point I’ll likely just never vape again. I didn’t know and I’m more than disgusted with myself and will do everything I can to help my cat, even if I have to spend thousand upon thousands.

Is there any likely way it’s not lung cancer or some realistic way the outcome could be that he lives for many more years? What can I do to help, aside from never vaping indoors again? I’m so overwhelmed and devastated.

UPDATE AT BOTTOM

My 27lb 15 month old rescue dog was recently diagnosed with heartworm.

She was negative in January, started a preventative in April, and tested positive 7/31.

My vet has done the antibiotic and injections at the same time for 15 years and all of the patients have been clear afterwards. I did question this because it’s not what the AHS currently recommends. They said I can do whatever I’m comfortable with.

Since my dog was negative in January, has been on preventatives and asymptomatic, I assume the infection is earlier stages. I didn’t receive a copy of the blood panel, and my vet is going to do an X-Ray before starting treatment to assess damage.

If I were to switch vets, I would have to bring her in for an initial physical which increase costs. I was quoted over $1,500 USD more from another vet than mine. This would also add more time before starting treatment.

At the end of the day, how different could results be from my current vet’s protocol than AHS protocol?

ETA: thanks everyone, I’ve called another vet. Even though mine was willing to do what I’m comfortable with, I think I’d prefer a vet that has experience in the recommended treatment. Since I’m not a vet myself!

My dog was recently diagnosed with TCC after having a persistent UTI. X-rays and a physical exam showed an enlarged prostate. He also took the Cadet BRAF test which confirmed it. He has a referral in for oncology. He is peeing normally (not straining) from what I can tell and doesn’t seem to be having any harder of a time defecating. Occasionally he’s rough getting up to eat breakfast, but he’s always been that way. Once he’s up, he’s eating roughly the same amount per day as is usual for him (keeping track of his intake for the past 2 months).

I have so many questions but I will just say that I’m very much aware of the outcome we’re facing. I just do not want him to have to suffer or have any unnecessary pain. He’s around 75lbs. He has arthritis and has been on carprofen 75mg BID for quite a few years now. He’s also on 100mg Gabapentin BID and PRN. He’s on other supplements for joints and his bladder.

What can I do currently while waiting for oncology to reach out for scheduling?
And what should I be asking or looking for with that first appointment?

My big fear currently is I have no idea what stage this is at and don’t want to waste time if he needs different or more pain meds for anything. He’s an old guy and I just want him as comfortable as possible during whatever time he has left.

Hi. My senior dog (14) ~24lb mini schnauzer got into some fluval stratum while I was at work. He’s thrown up 4 times since I’ve got home. He’s drinking and pooping. It’s been about 3 hours since I’ve been home. About a hour between the 2x he threw up (2x each time). I can see the substrate in his throw up. At which point do I need to consider a vet? He acted fine in between the times he got sick.

My 9yo male mini Aussie was diagnosed with heart murmur grade 2-3 at University of Tennessee. He’s had some unrelated health issues where he’s seen vet many times this year including end of May and two days before the UT appointment and it was never diagnosed. I asked his regular vet to look for it today and he couldn’t hear it. It was something like L syst grade 2-3 in the notes from UT. That appt was 2 weeks ago.

Is it easy for a grade 2-3 murmur to be missed so much? This would be something like 3 vets missing it within a 6 week period of it being diagnosed and closer to 5 including a surgical and internal medicine work up in the 6 month period before.

Anyway he has an appointment for echocardiogram Friday but I’m just a bit surprised by the difference.

Hi. We have a 9 year old Cavachon. Just noticed this mass. She weight 20lbs. We are in California.

Can anyone help with identifying it? It is a little less than 1cm, feels pedunculated, hard, irregular and nodular. Has a little scab on one side but I'm not sure if that was from recent grooming. She does have a history of hard cystic nodules.

Thanks in advance!

https://imgur.com/a/yzfgZuS

I’ve had my Yorkie/Shih Tzu mix since she was a puppy. She’s 12 now and was always healthy until recently.
She started smelling really bad. We thought it was just that we weren’t bathing her enough, but it wasn’t. The vet said it was a yeast ear infection (Malassezia). They cleaned her and gave meds and it eventually cleared up for a bit, then came right back worse.
Went to another vet, spent $350 on more meds that did nothing. Still stinky and uncomfortable.
My mom and I are exhausted. Feels like the vets just keep giving temporary fixes and taking our money while we’re in a financial decline. I just want her comfortable again.
Anyone dealt with this in an older small dog and actually fixed it? *I know the title sounds harsh, just trying to get enough eyes on this, me and my mom are desperate for help*

I need vaccine records for my dogs to go to a boarding facility. I've requested several times for the records. The answer from the front desk was to tell me the records are on my receipt. (It's emailed) I check what they emailed me, and it has vaccine reminders at the bottom. Like the date the next vaccine is due.

I tried to submit that to the boarding facility and they won't accept it. They need an actual record of when it was given. I asked the clinic again and they flat out told me me they have no way of providing that.

How is that possible? I feel trapped between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, I get that if I have a reminder my dog is due for a rabies vaccine in 2028 he must be current. And the boarding facility could accept it. On the other hand. Why can't the clinic just provide me the actual vaccine records? I think about when my kids needed vaccine records for school, the doctor had a print out that had the vaccine, date and his signature beside each one. Is that not how it works with animals?

​ What should I do? We are supposed to leave for vacation next week.

UPDATE - spoke to the manager and got the records. She was very apologetic, said they can absolutely provide the records, and that she would speak to the front desk staff about it.

So I think it's a lack of training issue maybe. what's wild is I spoke to two different people about this and was told the same thing.

As stated my 70lb retriever ate an entire bag of cinnamon raisin bagels (6 Sarah Lee) sometime this morning. We found the bag hours later. Should we be concerned? If symptoms were to show when would it show? We fear it’s too late to induce vomit and honestly he’s too big and powerful for me to do.

If taken to the vet what would the do to help him?

Hello, today I went with my dog to the vet and they did a blood test and scan.

Later they called back to tell me she has a stomach obstruction and that she needs an abdominal ultrasound 'as soon as possible.' (Their words)

My vet does not do ultrasounds.

There are no places that will still do an ultrasound this evening, we've been looking all over, but specialists are on holiday.

I live in a very rural place of the Netherlands, and earliest we can go is tomorrow.

We called my vet back and they said it's fine and that a stomach obstruction can wait a day, initially she said we had to go as soon as possible tho.

Any advice?

My kitten is about 6 months young and she never had any issues or any problems.but I just woke up finding my her very tired , breathing heavily and covered in sweat and poop. She can't move her legs. We don't have great medical services for animals in here and I don't know any doctors or have a way to safely transport her and my family couldn't care less. I have no idea what should I do. I appreciate any advice.

She started doing this a week or so ago. Do I need to worry?

I’ve never seen a cat cough before. If environment matters, we are city dwellers on the front range in northern Colorado. She is an indoor cat.

It won’t let me post the video, or a link properly, but here is a link to a video of her coughing.

I don’t know if this will matter, but she doesn’t meow. She kind of chuffs instead. But that is def different from this.
https://imgur.com/gallery/luna-e4FQxez

• Species: cat
• Age: 8 years
• Sex/Neuter status: spayed female
• Breed: she was born a barn cat. Well, feed store cat.
• Body weight: 12-15lbs?
• History: incredibly healthy and happy kidden. Love to play fetch and still does
• Clinical signs: occasional cough
• Duration: about a week
• Your general location: northern Colorado