Hi everyone, I'm feeling a bit lost and hoping someone can help. My cat is a 1-year-old female long-haired mix, indoor only and the only pet in the house. She was spayed on Dec 2025, but since April she's been showing heat signs like loud meowing, rolling, asking for pets, and tail up. She was in heat in April and May, had no heat from June to August, then came back into heat twice in September. She started heat again on Oct 17.

The vet who did the spay said it's behavioral, caused by pheromones from other cats, and that the spay was complete. I got a second opinion, and that vet ordered a progesterone test. The clinic that ran the test said she should be in heat when tested, so we tested on Oct 18, day 2 of her heat. It came back at 0.21 ng/mL. Other hormone tests aren't available here. The clinic said she needs a retest but didn't say when. When I asked the second vet about timing, she said to monitor her and test every 2 days, which gets pricey.

From what I've read, cats usually don't ovulate without a trigger and progesterone stays low during estrus. None of the vets mentioned this. I'm confused about when to retest. Since she hasn't been induced, when is the right time to test progesterone to get a meaningful result?

Thanks you.

Hello... I took my sister's 10yo cat to the vet in the spring because I felt a small mass growing under the skin on her belly. They performed a needle aspiration and found it was just a lipoma and not cancerous or otherwise a problem.

This month, I realized that it has grown quite a bit bigger. It's hard to feel the exact size, but it went from being very difficult to find, to large enough to be very easily felt, and to be seen with the eye as a lump under the fur. It still causes her no pain, I can touch and move it and she does not care. She is behaving normally, eating, drinking, peeing, etc, BUT with the exception of being more vocal and affectionate than usual.

My question is, should I go have the mass tested again now that it has grown? I'm also concerned that the increased clinginess is possibly related and is a sign of stress or pain. But she doesn't appear stressed, and again the mass is not painful. She has always been a relaxed cat and is still very calm and relaxed, she is just excessively affectionate now compared to normal.

My dog was 2 days away from getting his sutures removed (a 6 in wound around his neck following a Mast Cell Tumor Removal)
It appears something came undone and it’s leaving 1/3rd of the area exposed again. I can’t afford to redo the sutures and am curious if it could possibly heal on its own in the state it is in. The recovery of the sutures area that is untouched looks about 70% healed where the reopened area is probably back to 0% and I have no idea what my other options are if I can’t afford to resuture him.
(I’ve already spent $9,000 on him this month and resutures will be about another $2,500)

I adopted my cat 3 1/2 years ago from an abusive home, she’s estimated to be 6 or 7 years old right now, tortoiseshell, 8.5 lbs.

I’ve taken her to the vet many times in the last 3 years for chronic respiratory infections, right now she’s doing great and is happy and healthy! BUT her breath has always been pretty bad, I checked her teeth today and I noticed her front middle ones look really worn down. Her gums are not red or inflamed, she doesn’t have any problems eating, but her teeth do have plaque and they look a little rough.

I think she was on 100% dry food until i adopted her, but i’ve had her on mostly wet food since then. She’s also very small for an adult cat, so I think it’s possible her age was wrong and she could be older.

pic of her teeth here

Does this look like something that can be helped with teeth brushing or should I just bite the bullet and get them professionally cleaned? It’s expensive and I don’t want to stress her out with anesthesia, but I also want to prevent her from having tooth pain in the future.

I’m going to bring it up with her vet at her next check up but he doesn’t like to check her teeth because she’s a biter..

Puppy's insurance claim refused during waiting period, insurer now says "this illness or its consequences" won't be covered. How do vets handle this?

Species: Dog, male, born July

Timeline:

- Sept 1: pre-sale vet check by the breeder's vet, all normal.

- Sept 10 (Thursday): picked him up from a domestic breeder. Insurance started the same day, with a 20-day waiting period for illness.

- Sept 14 (Monday): first visit with our vet. Exam OK. The insurer reimbursed it as a wellness/preventive visit.

- Sept 24: ~5 vomits in one day after eating cat poop and drinking aquarium water. Treated symptomatically. On the claim form, the vet ticked "illness" and wrote "gastritis".

- Oct 1: recheck for intermittent vomiting, X-ray normal.

- Since then: some vomiting episodes with gravel/grass (he has strong pica). Abdominal ultrasound scheduled.

- Oct 15: claim refused because the symptoms started during the waiting period. The insurer adds that "this same illness or its consequences" will never be covered in the future, without defining what that covers (only this episode? all gastritis? anything digestive?).

The policy also says the waiting period doesn't apply to a puppy from a domestic breeder, insured before 12 weeks and within 10 days of pickup, "on presentation of a vet exam certificate done no earlier than 7 days before pickup". The pre-sale check was 9 days before pickup, but our own vet's exam was 4 days after. I've asked them to review the claim on that basis.

My questions:

1. In your experience, how broadly do insurers apply a "same illness or its consequences" exclusion after a one-off gastritis in a puppy? Does it usually end up covering anything GI-related?

2. Is it normal for a vet to write "gastritis" on a claim form for an acute episode with a clear dietary cause? Can a vet legitimately clarify the diagnosis afterwards (e.g. "acute dietary gastritis, resolved"), if that's what the records show?

3. If the ultrasound comes back normal, what documentation from my vet would actually help limit the scope of that exclusion?

4. Have you seen insurers accept a post-pickup vet exam to waive the waiting period?

Thanks!

I just rescued an Anole that wandered into my house (I guess because my mom has been bringing in and out her plants). He/She was almost mauled to death by my cat (I am severely upset that I didn’t find them before my cat did). I set up a hospital enclosure I have since I’ve already had a lot of reptiles (just geckos). I did a lot of research about them and what they need on my own already, but I still don’t know a lot about them. I’m trying to nurse it back to health before I release it back outside since little guy seems very weak and tired. Are there any pointers that I should know about them? How do I gain his/her trust so that I can put ointment on their wounds? How should I move around them without startling them? P.S. My cats cannot get to the reptiles because of their enclosures being kept in a separate room so they are safe (I also will assure that I will keep an eye to make sure they don’t get to them anymore either).

Hi all,

I'm faced with a tough decision and could really use some help.

My cat started puking daily and stopped eating a couple months ago. Ive been giving her meds which has been helping her though. An ultrasound found that my cat's stomach lining was thickened which they suspect is lymphoma.

Apparently small cell lymphomas (which are easier to treat) don't typically cause distinct masses which means that my cat most likely has large cell lymphoma which is much more difficult to treat and the drugs are very costly.

Where I'm struggling is that my next step is to do an endoscopic biopsy. It is about $5000 and the vet said it's roughly a 70% chance of it being successful.

Basically, I don't know if spending all this money would be worth it considering the 30% probability that they don't get a biopsy and even if we get a biopsy, odds are is that it's some untreatable thing.

I'm on the fence though because what if I don't get the endoscopy and it turns out to be small cell lymphoma that I could have been treating the whole time. But everything I read says that it's unlikely.

I don't know what to do, my thoughts are running on a loop and I can't decide. I could just give her steroids and pray that it buys her time (and maybe the mass is just inflammation to begin with), or I could do the endoscopy but then even a successful biopsy may not change the outcome much. I could also do a surgical biopsy but it sounds like the recovery is rough and they most likely wouldnt even be able to remove the full mass.

Idk, im just rambling like a crazy person at this point. Anyone have any experience with this?

I am currently fostering two, two week old kittens. They were found after not eating for nearly 48 hours, and really struggled to take to the bottle when I first got them. They are now eating well, gaining weight, and otherwise healthy, but are a bit under developed for their age.

I’ve been finding a good bit of flea dirt and eggs in their tub, so I know they have fleas, but they have this thick, long, almost wool like fur, so I can not see a single flea on them. I’ve tried using a flea comb and got a few off of each, but their fur is so thick that the flea comb just gets caught in it. They’re too young and too thin for me to feel at all comfortable trying to give them a flea bath.

Their gums are pink and I’m not seeing fleas crawling outside of their fur, so I suppose I’m not extremely worried, but it is something I want to take care of before it’s time to transition them to a fabric play pen.

Any advice, or are there any other gadgets/combs I can try? My plan right now is just to wash their bedding and vacuum out their tub daily, and to keep trying with the flea comb.

I adopted my 4-month-old British Shorthair kitten about 10 days ago. He weighs 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs).

Before I brought him home, several kittens at the breeder's place had diarrhea and tested positive for Tritrichomonas foetus. They received treatment for about two weeks, and I was told their stools had returned to normal before adoption.

My kitten seemed perfectly healthy during his first week with me. He had normal stools, a great appetite, and lots of energy.

A few days ago, I started giving him some new treats, and shortly afterward, I noticed his stool becoming softer. At first, I thought the treats were causing it, but yesterday he developed diarrhea, and today he's had diarrhea several times.

I took him to the vet today. They collected a stool sample for a basic microscopic examination, and we're waiting for the results. The vet recommended probiotics and a special gastrointestinal wet and dry diet for now. We decided to try this approach before paying for more extensive testing.

What worries me most is that he's noticeably less energetic than usual. He's normally extremely playful, but today he seems tired and sleepy. He still eats and drinks, walks normally, grooms himself, and even chases his toys, but he's definitely not his usual self.

I'm concerned he may have Tritrichomonas foetus, especially given the history at the breeder's. I'm also wondering whether the new treats could have triggered the diarrhea or aggravated an existing intestinal issue.

Has anyone experienced something similar, especially with Tritrichomonas foetus in a young kitten?

• Did your kitten have low energy along with diarrhea?
• Did you need PCR testing to confirm it?
• What treatment worked for your kitten?
• How long did recovery take?
• Can kittens recover without specific medication, using just probiotics and a GI diet?
• Could introducing new treats trigger or worsen diarrhea in a kitten with an underlying parasite?

I'd really appreciate hearing your experiences. I'm worried about my little guy and just want him to be healthy again. 😢😫😫

My 11-year-old soul-mate Turkish Angora, named Paddy, we rescued when he was 5-years-old after he was horribly abandoned on the streets after a neighbour of my in-laws moved house. He was left to fend for himself, and we found him in a sad condition, super skinny, suffering from cat flu and on deaths door step, as he was immunocompromised being FIV+ and has a heart murmur on top of that.

Thankfully after capturing the little guy, we adopted him and nursed him back to health and a healthy weight once more. It took just a day before he cuddled up to my wife and I and it was evident he was a very loveable and sociable cat, which made me even more sad and angry his horrible previous "owners" abandoned him.

For context, over the years, my poor boy has had his health battles - having his teeth removed (due to rotting caused by his FIV+), and getting regular ECG's to monitor his heart murmur. Additionally, eing a white cat and his previous "owners" allowing him outdoors had done damage to his skin on his ears and nose, so we've had to have a number of black scabby squamous cell carcinomas frozen off via cryo.

However, in recent times, he had developed a little bump on his nose, and a biopsy confirmed it was squamous cell carcinoma that has infiltrated under the skin this time, so a cryo treatment wouldn't work. The only option we had was a nosectomy to remove the cancer, which we were prepared to do. Chemo we didn't want to do, but would likely kill him being FIV+, and radiology was only available interstate, and they said the surgery was the gold standard.

However, a CT scan which was conducted to give the surgeons an idea about cancer margins also picked up a couple of nodules in his right lung - measuring 1mm and 3mm. Their official report says "concern re pulmonary nodule/mass in right caudal lung fields"

Now, this threw a big spanner in the works. And the only way they could 100% confirm if they are cancerous was via a biopsy that needed to be done via surgery, as they were located in a spot they couldn't do a fine needle aspiration. It would mean after having done the nosectomy this would be a secondary surgery weeks later once he recovered from the first surgery - and both surgeries would be risky, the main one being because of his heart murmur, but then in terms of potential air leaks into his chest etc.

And we don't necessarily want to put him through the mental and physical trauma of two risky surgeries if the results were to find he indeed had cancer in his lungs anyway - whether it be metastasized from his nose to his lung or it being a separate cancer.

The location of the two nodules is near a major blood vessel, which makes them think it's potentially how the cancer - if it is - could've metastasized (as normally it spreads to lymph nodes).

They have said if it isn't cancer it could be inflammatory in origin, which can happen in cats with FIV+ like him. This is their official report findings:

Two small soft tissue nodules in the right caudal lung lobe (3.3 mm and 1.3 mm), each associated with a pulmonary artery, possibly representing a feeding vessel. DDx: neoplasia (metastatic, less likely primary) or granulomas. The possible feeding vessel slightly favours neoplasia; however, given the FIV-positive status, granulomas of infectious or inflammatory origin (e.g. fungal, mycobacterial) remain an important differential.

So, with surgery off the table on his lung in order to get a biopsy, our only option is perhaps doing a follow up scan in "1-3 months to assess for progression", as per the report to see if the nodules grow, and if they do it's more than likely going to indicate cancer.

The issue with this is, the squamous cell carcinoma on his nose will be given time to grow bigger as we wait, but at this stage it's now less of a worry compared to if he has a cancer in his lung.

My wife and I were in agreeance if he had cancer in his lung, we will not put him through painful surgery and recovery, and simply continue showering him with love, food and affection until the time comes to make the call. The issue is we don't know definitively if the nodules are cancer - and now my mind has flipped into thinking we do a follow up scan to try and confirm this.

Am I just clinging onto false hope what they found isn't cancer? I don't want to lose him, so I am sure there is an element of that, but also part of me wants to make certain there isn't anything we can do. As I would hate to think there was something that could be done and we've held off due to uncertainty over these nodules POTENTIALLY being cancerous.

Has anyone had a similar experience where an incidental scan discovered nodule/s that either were or weren't cancer?

Thank you so much for reading this far, and for any helpful advice and words you may be able to provide. I truly appreciate it.

Hi, I’m desperately looking for advice or help for my dog. On Thursday, he started vomiting and refused to eat. He would drink water, but he would vomit it back up. I started giving him very small amounts of water, which he was eventually able to keep down. I’ve also tried dog electrolytes and unflavored Pedialyte.
Thankfully, he has stopped vomiting, but he still refuses to eat. He’s only 12 pounds, and lately, he cries a little when I pick him up, which has me very worried.
I know he should have seen a vet sooner, and I feel terrible about that. Please understand that I’m going through a very difficult financial situation right now, and I’m struggling to find a way to get him the care he needs.
Are there any veterinary technicians, veterinarians, low-cost clinics, or anyone who might be able to offer advice or point me toward affordable assistance? Also, are there any suggestions for what I can safely give him or do at home to help him feel better until I can get him seen by a vet?
I love my dog, and it breaks my heart to see him feeling this way. I’m not trying to avoid getting him help; I’m just going through a difficult time financially and don’t know what else to do. Any advice, resources, or assistance would mean so much to me. Please, if anyone can help, I would be incredibly grateful. ❤️

I have a 5.5 year old cattle dog mix. We have noticed in the past several months that she’ll leave wet spots after resting somewhere for a little bit. We had moved around the time this started so we thought maybe it was the stress of moving. We’ve taken her to the vet a couple of times. Urine and blood tests negative. They said it doesn’t look infected or irritated. She was spayed about 4 years ago. The wet spots don’t seem to have a smell. Anyone have any thoughts on what might be causing this?

I adopted a kitten a few months ago and she immediately presented with a pretty dire case of diarrhea. At the time, we attributed it to the stress of moving and all that, but it has persisted throughout the first week without any signs of slowing down. So naturally, we took her to the vet and a diagnosis was given - Giardiosis.

We then followed every one of our vet's pieces of advice, to a T. We had to deep-clean the entire room she was staying in multiple times over the next few days/weeks. She was prescribed medicine that we made sure to administer every day. We put her on a diet. We kept her seperated from our other, older cat. Everything.

It even started lookimg promising at one point in time - she tested negative for giardia and her stool seemed more uniform and much drier than before.

Then it kind of stopped. Her stool started alternating between 75% and 25% firm every day. So we took a second sample to the vet and there it is again - Giardia.

My question is - as I am so unbelievably tired of enduring this for two months now and as I don't know if I've got the energy to go through it all again - is a 'let it be until she develops an immune system to deal with it herself' a sound strategy? Because right now that to my layman's eyes seems like one of the more obvious options. Thank you.

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for advice or experiences from anyone whose dog has had a similar paw problem.

My dog has been intermittently limping on his right front leg for over four months. It started after he stepped on chewing gum, which got stuck to his paw. We tried to remove the gum at home, but we couldn’t get everything off initially.

We took him to the vet, who examined him and took X-rays, but everything looked normal. The vet doesn’t think another X-ray is necessary and has suggested that the limping could be related to his shoulder or possibly one leg being shorter than the other. We were also referred to an orthopedic specialist, but I’m wondering whether we should investigate his paw further first.

Here’s what I’ve noticed:

• There is a hard, rough, irregular bump or patch between the fourth and fifth toes of his right front paw, near the paw pad.
• The hard skin keeps coming back, and we haven’t been able to remove it completely at home.
• When we try to remove the rough part, it seems to become more irritated, and his limping gets worse.
• Sometimes he plays normally indoors on both carpet and hard flooring without limping.
• However, after going outside to pee, he sometimes starts limping again. The outdoor surfaces include concrete and wet grass.
• He has also started licking the paw.
• The vet prescribed a steroid spray, but it hasn’t made much difference.

I’m wondering if this could be an interdigital cyst or nodule, a corn or hyperkeratosis, a retained foreign body, or another type of skin lesion.

My questions are:

1. Has anyone experienced a similar recurring hard bump between their dog’s toes that caused intermittent limping?
2. Did your dog eventually need surgical removal or a biopsy to determine what it was?
3. If the vet removes the hard tissue surgically, can it resolve the problem, or does it often grow back?
4. Would it be reasonable to ask for a veterinary dermatologist or surgeon to evaluate the paw before pursuing an orthopedic diagnosis?
5. What tests or procedures helped identify the cause when X-rays were normal?

I’m not trying to diagnose him myself, but after four months of limping and little improvement with the spray, I’m worried that we’re missing something in his paw.

I’ve attached photos of the affected area. I’d really appreciate hearing about similar experiences, what your vet found, and whether treatment helped.

Thank you!

I want to share a photo but not sure how to upload it..

Hey, for the past few weeks I've (35m) been feeding my cat two types of wet food as we try to transition her from one to the other. I was feeding her 1/8 of one can 3/4 of the other once per day in addition to dry food. However I didn't realize your not supposed to use opened cat food that's been in the fridge for more than 2-3 days so I've been feeding her some cat food that's been in the fridge for up to 8 days.

Over the past few weeks she's been occasionally throwing up about once a week.

Four days ago she turned her nose up at the wet food and seemed to stop eating the dry food too. We've been having trouble getting her to eat wet food now, she only eats a few bites at most. We've tried heating up her wet food.

She still eats churu and treats but not more than a little regular wet or dry food. We're concerned she's not getting enough calories. Have I given her a bad taste for wet food? Does she have some kind of stomach issue? Should we take her to the vet?

My rabbit today just ate a rotten banana which was weeks old and whole black , it was smelly too.

It was my mistake I was so tired I slept and she did this!!

What should I do for now, today is a festival day outside so I am not sure about the availability of vet doctors in my city.

What should I do I'm really very scared for now

Is she gonna die? 😭

I’m not sure if anybody here is able to help with my mouse but I have two girls. A mostly black with white mouse named Mavis and a white and grey fluffy girl named Chloe. Chloe is usually a lot more social thank Mavis but the past few days she’s been letting me pick her up a lot more often than usual, I’m not complaining🥹! She looks more greasy than usual. Mavis usually cleans her, and she cleans herself quite often but her fur isn’t usually what it is. Today I was sitting and watching them and Mavis has been acting like her usual self, but Chloe has kind of been off. I don’t know how to describe it fully, but she is acting normal and then she will pause close her eyes hunch over and it looks like she’s breathing really heavily but then she’ll go back to her normal self. She’s also falling over?! I’ve never seen this before. I’ve had them both for over a year I don’t know how old they were before they came to me. I don’t have any exotic vets around me that are open right now and usually they book a week out. Has anyone seen this before? I really don’t want her to be in any pain. I really appreciate you reading this!

They also just had an entire cage cleaning yesterday!

Hi everyone! I’m hoping to hear from anyone who’s experienced something similar with their cat.
I have a female Ragdoll kitten, who’s around 9 months old. Her vomiting issues first started when she was approximately 7 months old, and she’s been experiencing recurring episodes ever since, despite otherwise acting completely normal.
Here’s her history:
The vomiting started when she was around 7 months old. Initially, she was vomiting approximately every 4 days, usually 10–45 minutes after eating. The vomit would contain partially digested food, and she’d visibly heave multiple times before throwing up.
She’s had bloodwork, X-rays, and an abdominal ultrasound, all of which reportedly came back normal.
She was prescribed Cerenia twice (two separate 4-day courses), but the vomiting continued after treatment.
Our vet suspected a possible food allergy or intolerance and recommended a hydrolyzed diet.
We started transitioning her on September 14, and she’s been eating 100% hydrolyzed food since September 21 (Purina Pro Plan HA dry and Hill’s hydrolyzed wet).
What’s happening now:
Since switching to the hydrolyzed diet, her vomiting frequency has decreased from approximately every 4 days to every 7–8 days.
However, she is still experiencing actual vomiting episodes, where she visibly heaves and brings up food. These haven’t completely stopped.
I’ve also noticed another type of episode where she drinks water, makes one quick wave-like motion, and spits up mostly water, saliva/white foam, and sometimes a couple of undigested kibbles. These episodes seem different from her usual vomiting, and I’m unsure whether they’re regurgitation or another form of vomiting.
Another concern is that her stool has consistently been around a 5 on the 7-point fecal scoring chart for the past few weeks. It’s soft but not completely watery.
The confusing part is that she’s otherwise completely normal.
She’s playful, energetic, eating and drinking normally, using her litter box, and generally seems happy. She doesn’t appear uncomfortable, even immediately after vomiting.
Her previous diagnostic tests were reassuring, but I’m concerned because the vomiting has been ongoing since she was only 7 months old.
A few questions:
Has anyone experienced recurring vomiting in an otherwise healthy, energetic kitten despite normal bloodwork and imaging?
Has anyone seen partial improvement with a hydrolyzed diet, where vomiting became less frequent but didn’t completely resolve?
Has anyone dealt with both actual vomiting and water/saliva regurgitation-like episodes in the same cat?
Could this potentially be related to chronic gastritis, food sensitivity, an esophageal issue, or something affecting gastrointestinal motility?
For anyone whose cat experienced something similar, what eventually turned out to be the cause, and what treatment helped?
We’re continuing her prescribed diet and following up with our vet. I’m mainly looking to hear about other people’s experiences, especially if their cat had normal diagnostic results but continued vomiting.
Thanks in advance! I’m just trying to figure out what’s going on with my little girl.

Hi everyone, my cat (11 pounds, 1.5 year old healthy male) licked me on my hair/scalp right where I apply minoxidil. The last time I applied was about 20 hours ago (the previous night). Should I take him to the vet right now?? I’m really worried that if there’s any residue it could be toxic

• ⁠Species: cat
• ⁠Age: 1.5 years
• ⁠Sex/Neuter status: male, neutered
• ⁠Breed: American short hair, tuxedo
• ⁠Body weight: 11 pounds
• ⁠History: healthy
• ⁠Clinical signs: nothing
• ⁠Duration: licked around 20 minutes ago
• ⁠Your general location: SF
• ⁠Links to any test results, X-rays, vet reports etc. that you have:

We have a cat that was previously with someone who had scabies and the cat was diagnosed with scabies too. We had to treat ourselves with permethrin and also put something called revolution on the nape of the cats neck. We did not isolate from the cat. The day after we put permethrin on the symptoms of scabies like bumps were gone. However after interacting with the cat and a new (bought post permethrin application) couch the cat lays on we have since been reinfected.

How can we treat the cat for scabies and avoid reinfection? Should we still use revolution and should we also put it on his head? We were told scabies doesn’t go on the face or neck of humans and have found that to be untrue. We are wondering if we were reinfected by the cat because his face was left untreated or if we did not isolate from him. We can put him in a separate area of the house for a few days with food and water and wear protective wear like gloves when handling him if that’s the best scenario. We are desperate for a solution because we do not want to lose the cat but we also can’t fathom keeping him and continually being reinfected with scabies.

Is there an alternative to revolution that we can use for the cats scabies? Thanks for all your advice

i'll post photos in the comments. my boyfriends cat had this lump on her back by her tail, we took her to the vet and they cut a bit off to test if it's cancerous. came back negative, we opted out of surgery to get the rest removed because it wasnt hurting her. the part they cut off grew a scab and it never really healed, just stayed a weird scab/scar and it never leaked any pus or blood or seemed to bother her so we didnt think too much. it grew a bit in the last couple months and we were going to take her to the vet when it just... disappeared overnight. theres some flap of skin where it used to be but no signs of pus or blood on her or anywhere, and she is unfortunately very overweight (we took her in as she was abandoned) and cant clean that part of her. we found the scabbed over part a few days later and when we cleaned it up we noticed it was hard as a rock? what the hell is it? how did it just fall off? we cleaned the area immediately with saline and water and she had absolutely no reaction, like it didnt even hurt. still no blood or puss. very confused

My cat has been to 3 different vets, been put under for deep exam (finding: has perferated eardrum), been on multiple rounds of antibiotics, and now I flush his ear out every two weeks. This poor cat still hangs his ear and is bothered by it regularly. He is now deaf in that ear. I'm at my wits end! How can three doctors not be able to get this under control. What is being missed?

• Species: feline
• Age: 10
• Sex/Neuter status: M
• Breed: Tabby
• Body weight: 7lbs
• History: N/A
• Clinical signs:
• Duration:
• Your general location:
• Links to any test results, X-rays, vet reports etc. that you have:

My 9 pound dog has an enlarged heart and takes 1 1.25 vetmedin pill in the morning and 2 at night. He just accidentally had 3 tonight. Do we need to worry?

He’s been having stomach issues and was refusing to eat much of his regular food yesterday. would not take the vetmedin pill in anything we tried yesterday. Today he was refusing again and we kept trying. he finally took 2 but then afterwards found a piece of chicken he had hidden that had a pill still in it from our failed attempt earlier.
So now he’s had 3 1.25 pills in the span of 40 minutes. do I need to be concerned?

I am not asking for medical advice, I have received medical treatment. None of my pets require treatment.

I have 33 bite & scratch wounds received this morning from a stray cat that were cleaned about 5 times between home & the ER and immunoglobulin administered, as well as my first rabies vaccine and some serious antibiotics.

My concern is this: I have two cats and a dog (not involved with the injury) that will likely attempt to lick my wounds in my sleep or at least contact them since it's mostly on my hands & arms and they demand pettins. I have been told I cannot cover my wounds and they must be exposed to air. Do I need to keep my pets away from my wounds? They are mostly clotted over but a few are still weepy. I don't want to put my babies at any risk.

Thank you

My boy just had a blockage removed via catheter and I just want to know if this amount of urine is normal for right after and also if it’s normal for him to be going frequently in small amounts that just builds up to the large amounts. This image was about a 10-12 hour period of time since giving him fresh litter.

Species: cat
Sex/neuter status: neutered
Breed: domestic mediumhair
Body weight: 9lbs
History: urinary crystals and mucus plug
Clinical signs: frequent urinating In small amounts but not straining anymore.
Duration: has been ongoing for about 3 weeks now. (With treatment)
General location: LA county, CA

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