Pets - 28 July 2006

About 2.5 hrs. ago I put Hartz flea powder & spray a bit much on my 12 week cat. It already had a collar that was on a few days and didn't seem to be helping. The cat acted blind & walked around as if drunk. I rused him to the vet who said she was dying go home & bathe her(which I did). She is now alert & seems to be able to see. However, she still walks a bit strange & is shivering. I called the vet who told him to give her a day and bring her back tommorow, but I feel I should be doing more to help her. It was my stupid mistake that caused this & I'm sooo sorry for that but any advice that is sincere is welcomed.

2006-07-28 07:08:57 · 52 answers · asked by njmommie 1 in Cats

On my way to work this morning, I saw a young, about 8 mo old golden retriever pup in the ditch along side the road, and being me, I turned around to check it out. I know where the pup resides, as this one and another one is allowed to roam free, and I see them nearly every morning on my way to work. But, anyway, I picked him up, and his back legs just dangled, I was putting him in my car when a man told me he knew who's dog it was, so I carried the pup over to the house, and another kid (okay 20ish) came out and said who's dog it was. He went into wake him, and the person said "whatever" and wasn't even willing to get his butt out of bed and check out the dog. I didn't take the dog, as since the owner had claimed it, I had no legal right, but I immediatly called animal control, who came right over. I guess then the person denyed it being his dog at all. So, now the poor thing is at the vet clinic. I offered to pay for x-rays to see if the dog can be saved by I have my doubts.

2006-07-28 07:06:52 · 17 answers · asked by buggsnme2 4 in Dogs

I have a tadpole that won't grow. It just stays the same with little white bumps on the sides. I'm not sure what to do.

2006-07-28 07:06:37 · 7 answers · asked by toocool 1 in Reptiles

Yuk ! ! !

I took my kitten for her first injection on tuesday, the vet gave her an all over medical, and then said my kitten had got 'ear mites', so she proceeded to wash out her ears very aggressivly, and then put sum canular ear drops in and massaged this in aggressively too, then she rubbed screwed up tissue in the ear and cleaned them.
I was quite alarmed at the vet for puttin my kitten thru this, but didn't say anythin, then she told me she would prescribe the ear drops for the kitten, and for me to carry on doing this procedure every day for five days, but, i wasn't shown what to look out for, in the kittens ears, and i've not once seen her scratching at her head or ears before we visited the vets or after ! ! !
Do you think she 'really' did have ear mites or was i being ripped off by my vet ! !

2006-07-28 07:06:22 · 10 answers · asked by karen in UK 2 in Cats

Thanks

2006-07-28 07:06:20 · 14 answers · asked by smiley hannahkins :-) 3 in Dogs

2006-07-28 07:06:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

I have a ball python. What should I name him? How many mice do they eat a week? I've never had a snake before, so could you give me some info on taking care of it?

2006-07-28 07:04:59 · 3 answers · asked by Animalover 1 in Reptiles

i don't know if it was just discoverd or it been this way !!!!!!!!!

2006-07-28 07:03:37 · 4 answers · asked by jj slop36 2 in Other - Pets

2006-07-28 07:02:47 · 40 answers · asked by Therena 1 in Dogs

I had to go out of town for over a month to sit with a terminal relative a few months ago. I came back home to find out my husband had taught our two year old cockatiel some... choice words. How do I get my bird to stop cussing? It was so embarrassing, my grandmother came over to dinner the other night. She is EXTREMELY religous. Everytime Spike let loose with a stream of explenitives, she would cross herself and say a little prayer. Halfway through the meal, she suddenly stood up and said,"Well, little ma'm, I think I've had quite enough of your birdie, he cusses worse than a sailor." grabbed her cane, and she was out the door before I could blubber any excuses. HELP PLEASE!!!

2006-07-28 07:01:47 · 11 answers · asked by munesliver 6 in Birds

Whenever they want to be fed, my cats just sit on me or rub on me and just generally respond much more enthusiastically to my petting/caresses? Whenever, I want to hold them, they run away or ignore me. When they're hungry they come to me and are very responsive to my every gesture.

I know it sounds silly. I know this is how they act, but my question is: how do they know that this behaviour pleases me and will get them food? Let's say, if they wouldn't have been petted/held before, so they wouldn't have been able to associate this with food, would they have known to act like this?

Oh, and could this be called hypocrisy? Lol.

2006-07-28 07:01:27 · 9 answers · asked by Soubi 1 in Cats

2006-07-28 07:00:58 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous 5 in Reptiles

should I just put a collar on him and let him go? he's microchipped already and has been neutered and had all his shots done. I don't believe in letting cats roam free without supervision. something could happen to them. I truly don't want to do it but he's sooooooo tempting. every time I open the front door to go outside he starts crying. I don't know what to do. I want him to be a strictly inside only cat but I don't know if that's possible. I have a 2 year old female who is strictly indoors and she's scared to death to go outside thank goodness (she's spayed too). Please Help. Thank you.

2006-07-28 06:59:49 · 12 answers · asked by *miss lily* 3 in Cats

She has been trained by a professional dog-trainer, in fact she knows many tricks and is pretty well-behaved. But when left on her own she munches on my plants!

2006-07-28 06:57:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

My kitten fell into my toilet while trying to drink from it.

2006-07-28 06:55:57 · 13 answers · asked by emma 2 in Other - Pets

2006-07-28 06:53:17 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

2006-07-28 06:52:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Reptiles

can a ball python that's small,10 inches,live in a habitat with a 5ft redtail boa?can a redtail and a common boa that are the same size live together?

2006-07-28 06:51:50 · 3 answers · asked by havok 1 in Reptiles

I have a cat and I think it has an unhealthy obsession with plastic bags. If there is a plastic bag in the vacinity he will find it, lay on it, and commence to lick and lick and lick at it until it is taken away. Just wondering if anybody else has run into this.

2006-07-28 06:50:41 · 22 answers · asked by Xen 2 in Cats

Her stomach is getting hard, she's just now starting to sag (t_ts, resting alot?

If you can, can I have an estimation about how much longer my dog has before she has her pups?

2006-07-28 06:49:48 · 6 answers · asked by Åⓝⓞⓝⓨⓜⓞⓤ§ 4 in Dogs

I own 4 cats.

2006-07-28 06:47:29 · 36 answers · asked by s9j6j 2 in Cats

Mine is a dog she is a half beagle half basset houd she is 15 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-07-28 06:42:56 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

Hi there--I just got a chow mix mutt whose 2 years old. recently my husband and I have been noticing these teeny tiny black worms (dead ones) on the inside of the towel we keep in her crate. I spied some on our couch, too. She isn't itching a lot or anything so I know they're not fleas, but what are they, and how do we get rid of them? Help! We have cats in our house, too and we're wondering how to prevent our cats from getting them also!

2006-07-28 06:42:40 · 13 answers · asked by millatorch 2 in Dogs

I have a hamster and I don't know its gender. I call it a girl. How can I figure out its gender and its age?
Plus, I have had her (Latte de Starbuck aka Latte) for almost 2 months and she has bonded completely with me. Are hamsters always going to run from you and jump at every touch? Will they stop squrming when you hold them?

2006-07-28 06:37:28 · 9 answers · asked by Phantom A 2 in Other - Pets

I am thinking about for a boy Kaysar or Aligast and for a girl Tabatha. but they aren't real good names u know. please write as many names as you like. and I realy like japaneze and names from books! or you can just make some up or anything u like i just need a name

2006-07-28 06:36:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pets

My kittens are about 3 months old they are loaded. They are really cute and I feel bad because they are so little that I can't do anything.

2006-07-28 06:36:25 · 11 answers · asked by babyjoe6362 2 in Cats

so my snails laid some eggs. what do they look like when they first come out? i have some little tiny, hard to see white things swimmin on the side of the tank. are they bugs or baby snails?

2006-07-28 06:36:23 · 11 answers · asked by hatchet juggalette 3 in Fish

2006-07-28 06:33:53 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

Our 2 mediterranean spur thighed tortoise were stolen from our garden on 23/6/06.They are 6 -7"long. One is light brown and the other slightly darker and larger. They have worn shells at their tail ends where they used to play bumping each other. I have had them for over thirty years and am devastated to have lost them in this way. I hate to think that they have been split up after all this time together. Each of my two teenage children had been responsible for caring for one of them. PLEASE IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING GET IN TOUCH WE WOULD DESPERATELY LIKE THEM BACK.

2006-07-28 06:29:50 · 5 answers · asked by missing my stolen pets 1 in Other - Pets

I have a Royal Python,Corn Snake and a Common Boa,different books,web sites say different temps,can anyone tell me what temps they keep theirs at

2006-07-28 06:26:03 · 9 answers · asked by mark 2 in Reptiles