Pets - 13 July 2007

My goldfish has been in a hospital tank for about 2 weeks now b/c I am trying to treat her lethargy and cottony growth, eye cloud, etc.

she started out with lethargy and her scales being all peely, I treated with melafix and coppersafe and that problem healed. However, now she has this cottony growth that won't stay away.

I have been doing frequent water changes, aquarium salting, and using a mix of melafix and pimafix now for about a week. the pimafix really helped at first but now it seems to only lessen the cottony growth and eye cloud growth for days 1 and 2 but then starts to come back again on day 3.

any ideas on how i can make her better? she's fighting really hard and obviously does not want to give up, so i really want to help her out and get her back to normal in her tank w/ her other buddies.

thanks in advance!

2007-07-13 18:08:16 · 3 answers · asked by mozthecat 2 in Fish

2007-07-13 18:01:56 · 12 answers · asked by Sara M 1 in Dogs

The reason why I ask is because I think my mom's dog may have it if it's possible...

My mom has a 5-year-old lab/ chow mix. earlier on in the dog's life, it looked halfway decent and was very playful but the last time I saw her... She looked massively overweight and she has no energy whatsoever... I know for a fact that the dog doesn't have a very good diet (mom doesn't feed it dog food, so it lives off human food)

The only thing I really learned by seeing my mom's dog again was that if I get a dog, which is my plan, to not let my mom watch it!

2007-07-13 17:49:13 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

2007-07-13 17:37:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Rodents

Thanks

2007-07-13 17:33:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

What is in my cat's eyes? It's like when you wake up in the morning, that gloopy stuff that makes your vision a little blury. She has huge ones and gets it a couple times a week. It's pretty gross to clear out from her eyes. Where is it coming from? Is her eye shedding skin or something?

2007-07-13 17:09:38 · 9 answers · asked by silkyworm 2 in Cats

male or female

2007-07-13 16:55:03 · 7 answers · asked by Rafael R 1 in Other - Pets

I had a betta and 3 danios in my tank. One danio was nipped to death by another, and my last friendly danio is being pushed around by the larger one. Its fins and tail are really battered, and I'm not sure if it'll live. On the other hand, I don't want to leave the aggressive danio in with my betta if it's going to kill my betta too. I need to get rid of one; which one?

2007-07-13 16:52:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anita 5 in Fish

2007-07-13 16:44:46 · 5 answers · asked by Ajay B 1 in Dogs

My almost 2 year old dog will sit and stare, chase, her own shadows and moving light! She goes crazy and will watch the floor for hours looking for shadows! i need help. how do i stop her from doing this????

2007-07-13 16:36:14 · 15 answers · asked by Jake 1 in Dogs

A.K.A brine shrimp.

2007-07-13 16:28:41 · 3 answers · asked by Nara 1 in Fish

I am treating my tropical fish for ick with salt and higher temperatures. Is it safe, and will the salt continue to be effective if I put my carbon filter back in?

2007-07-13 16:22:54 · 3 answers · asked by Sarah B 3 in Fish

I was thinking of getting a couple, but they are kind of expensive, so I wanted to make sure they can live in that type of water condition.

2007-07-13 16:21:39 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

I am open to suggestions to address how to encourage the cat to be less timid and accept his surroundings... The cat wat a stud cat at a cattery that apparently changed moods overnight from a docile and happy male to a skittery and timid fella...

A friend suggested hormones from a vet, others say to neuter him, although after 2 years it seems like it may be too late to make the difference it would make with a kitten... Any suggestions?

2007-07-13 16:20:16 · 5 answers · asked by dncraker 2 in Cats

i just wanna know so if i can feed it to my cat

2007-07-13 16:19:21 · 26 answers · asked by chelsea a 1 in Cats

I have what i belive to be a molly, when i got it, it was solid black with a yellow strip around the rim of it's back fin. now when it goes under the light it has red, gold,sliver, and orange in it. and now more than ever the sliver is showing through, even when it swim's around the tank away from the light. maby it could be a platy, i'm not sure but every one call's it a molly. it like's to attack the two smaller fish, my red eye tetra and barb. does any one know what type of fish it might be?

2007-07-13 16:10:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Fish

My rabbit won't eat his regular food anymore. He'll eat his treat sticks, carrots, and lettuce but not his regular food. Nothing major has happened in the last little while either so I don't understand.

2007-07-13 15:59:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pets

My fish keeps getting sick and I don't know what I am doing wrong. He had tail/fin rot and lost a lot of his tail and a little of his fin. It went away. A few days ago it started again. Then, it appeared to stop. Now, I looked at him a few minutes ago and it looks like it is again starting. I don't see him biting his tail. Any suggestions? I have a 3 gallon carbon filtered tank. I change his water every week about 25%. He has two tall silk plants and two small ones that cover the gravel. Also, there is a heater in there and a thermometer. When I clean the tank I notice white flakes coming off of the heater suction cups and the thermometer suction cup. No idea what that is. My co-worker said it is salt because I use aquarium salt in the tank. I had the since the first week in June and there is only one betta in there. When I clean I can't absolutely get every piece of waste I see, but I try to get most of it. Little particles are hard to get at when I clean they come up and float around

2007-07-13 15:59:07 · 3 answers · asked by Mia 3 in Fish

Can I make a floating garden from styrofoam for my fish pond ?. Can I spray paint it w/ black non- toxic paint? What kind of soil -- if any--can I put in the pot?

2007-07-13 15:54:14 · 3 answers · asked by Janie333 2 in Fish

I live on 5 acres of land in the country, w/ a pool, would be an indoor dog w/ a dog door leading from my room outdoors, would have company from my younger brother's Australian Sherpard.

2007-07-13 15:53:47 · 7 answers · asked by tennis player #1 2 in Dogs

I love my kitten, and wouldn't thinking of getting rid of her, but when we jumps up on the couch, she scratches it to shreds. Just the surface but they're brand new! What do I do?

2007-07-13 15:40:37 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

anyone have any special ideas/techniques I can use to communicate effectively w/our cat ?

2007-07-13 15:28:52 · 8 answers · asked by linlovlac69 1 in Cats

my dog's stomach is really big for her breed and it's really hard.i know she isn't pregnant what could it be???

2007-07-13 15:26:21 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

I live on 5 acres of land in the country w/ a pool, he would be a indoor dog.

2007-07-13 15:23:50 · 8 answers · asked by tennis player #1 2 in Dogs

the lady at the store didnt have a black bulb for the nightime warmth so she told me to leave the basking light on all night. will this make my gecko stressed?

2007-07-13 15:19:45 · 4 answers · asked by TheMaster01 2 in Reptiles

He is about 8 months old and is about 75 to 80 lbs.

2007-07-13 15:19:13 · 7 answers · asked by Jas 2 in Dogs

He keeps doing it and I like he is wants to mate with her but he got fixed when we first got him. Why is he doing this?

2007-07-13 15:18:39 · 20 answers · asked by Alexis© 2 in Dogs

2007-07-13 15:17:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

shes a 2 year old hound dog. i am not sure exactly what breed she was but she busted out of her fence about 2 weeks ago and my cousin is a wreck. that dog meant everything to him. please what do we do? how can we find him? have any of ur dogs every ran away? did u find them?

2007-07-13 15:16:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

he pissed off a skunk. What can I say?

2007-07-13 15:16:43 · 12 answers · asked by Love is Patient, Love is Kind ♥ 4 in Dogs