Pets - 8 November 2007

I have a bull terrier and her anal area seems to be bothering her terribly and looks raw and my pit's butt is raw on top like were the tail starts. Any reason why this is happening to them both at the same time? Maybe the weather?

2007-11-08 09:14:06 · 8 answers · asked by dtomso82 1 in Dogs

2007-11-08 09:12:45 · 6 answers · asked by Fizzy D 1 in Dogs

About 5 years ago we adopted this lively old dog.
Now he is 15 - 16, and he has a very itchy bottom / tail. There's a good chance that a growth that he came with on his tail has grown into a large tumor- it suddenly (littlerally over just a couple of days) and we're going to take him into the vet. However we are worried because he is so old, and we really don't have the money for surgery or things like that.
Over the years he has also had one eye removed- and the eye that he does have is almost blind. He is also almost deaf.
I cannot believe what kind of world he lives in. He does not enjoy walks anymore, playing- he will stand and whine because he gets lost just 2 feet from his bed. I'm not sure what to do.
Is he miserable? What should we do? Thank you for all answers.

2007-11-08 09:07:26 · 11 answers · asked by Apple S 2 in Dogs

My mom has decided to get a yorkie. She started researching breeders and found one that looked like a reputable breeder.
The pup we are interested in getting is a male yorkie. He is championsired , comes with a three year health gurantee and his parents had all necessary health tests done and have great pedigrees. My mom was under the impression that she would be paying $1000+ for a yorkie from a reputable breeder. This pup is only $650.
Now my mom is having doubts about why this pup is so cheap compared to most yorkies. Does she have anything to be concerned with.Does this breeder sound like a good breeder?

2007-11-08 08:58:33 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

i know the need feline leukemia, rabies, distemper i plan on keeping them i havent put them with my other cats yet though

2007-11-08 08:41:49 · 4 answers · asked by Jay M 2 in Cats

2007-11-08 08:41:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dogs

Has anyone else had problems with their dogs during Halloween last week? I am terrified what may happen during the rest of the holiday season! Is anyone else worried?

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I warned the neighbors about the fact that you can't trust a Shih Tzu not to grab a chain saw and go after children!!!! There are so many other things he might do in the next months!!! I think he went over the deep end when he got shaved!!!!! What do you think??? What should I do to keep children and the elderly safe???

2007-11-08 08:40:41 · 22 answers · asked by Katslookup - a Fostering Fool! 6 in Dogs

I just recently took my cat Jazz (who is male and 4 1/2 years old) to the vet because I thought he had a broken tail as he was no longer moving it and is normally very expressive with it. I took him to the pet hospital on Tues. of this week and they took x-rays and found that he had some trauma to his spine right above his tail. Then they told me that he was constipated pretty bad and that I was to bring him back in the following day to get IV's to prepare for sedation and an enema to clean him out. After he was dropped off, they called me at work saying that he had been breathing through his mouth a lot, coughing, and that they had heard a heart murmur when doing an exam. by then, I had already racked up a pretty heavy bill and they wanted me to do all these extreme tests to check his heart including an MRI at another facility before they could help him further. Then this nurse told me if i didn't do the tests, he could die at any time without warning!!! WTF! HELP!!!!!!!

2007-11-08 08:38:56 · 5 answers · asked by Scarlett 2 in Cats

2007-11-08 08:36:03 · 5 answers · asked by Mary R 1 in Cats

I have a 2-year-old male Great Dane that is not neutered and we don't want that done to him. He is obedient in every way and yet when we unleash him on our property, he goes ballistic running and jumping and circling several times then heads for the next hole in the bushes that lead to the road we live on and takes off as fast as he can run and will explore the neighborhood and sometimes go a half mile before we coax him to lie down exhausted so we can put his leash back on.

Is there anything that can be done short of fencing our 4 acres or spending thousands $$ for an invisible fence, etc? How do you train a dog or break him of that?

Thanks,

Sue

2007-11-08 08:33:40 · 7 answers · asked by Sue 1 in Dogs

he is about 2feetlong and the largest part of him is about 1 in around. I feed him one live fuzzy,finnaly broke down and gave him live he hasn't eaten in at least two months. should I feed him again today because it has been so long he didn't eat? I'm thinking about getting two fuzzys to give him again tonight he ate that other fuzzy yesterday but he is big enough to eat a small mouse but because they are live he gets the babies.

2007-11-08 08:24:16 · 8 answers · asked by collegegrllstress 3 in Reptiles

I recently took in a yr old cat that had been abused. Someone kicked its front teeth out! Does anyone know if cats can eat very well without them? Should I just feed her wet food?

2007-11-08 08:20:38 · 5 answers · asked by typocinnamongrl 2 in Cats

whats there use.....im sure im wrong in my belief that its to chase flies away from their holes

2007-11-08 08:04:31 · 18 answers · asked by Conor F 1 in Dogs

I found it outside several days ago and it was doing well. I saw it around the front door for 3-4 days and then the next day I found him further out in the rock garden and he was very lethargic ( I suspect from the cold-low 40's). It is in the house now but still very lethargic, almost dead. Is there anything I can give it for it to survive or is death imminate at this time of year?

2007-11-08 08:03:41 · 4 answers · asked by Jo 1 in Other - Pets

2007-11-08 08:01:49 · 8 answers · asked by Jack S 1 in Cats

yes-no-maybe so =0

2007-11-08 08:00:07 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Reptiles

I'm doing a semester project on Premarin HRT and the conditions in which the horses live to be able for this drug company to amass great profits. Anything else about your connection with your horse would be good too. I want to portray how horses give us a sense of self and how deep connections people can have with horses. Thanks!

2007-11-08 07:57:01 · 3 answers · asked by Ktcyan 5 in Other - Pets

2007-11-08 07:54:31 · 4 answers · asked by cyninsur 1 in Cats

He is 6 years old and I’ve had him since he was a baby. I love him to pieces!!!

His appearance:
eyes are sort of yellowy,
long champagne colored fur,
long tuffs of fur between his toes,
weighs 13.5 pounds but is solid not fat.

His personality:
he talks a lot,
loves to lick our fingers,
likes to sleep on me and cuddle,
a complete sweetie!

Any ideas on his breed or is he a domestic Heinz 57?
Check out the side show. (not very long)
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2007-11-08 07:48:52 · 16 answers · asked by Eternalsilence 3 in Cats

2007-11-08 07:42:32 · 13 answers · asked by Dinky 1 1 in Cats

- as opposed to the sports section? How did this come about? Was this a Yahoo decision? Does it say anything about how some of the people on this site relate to their horses?

Also, anyone else hate it when someone asks a question and doesn't give important information and then dismisses peoples answers because they didn't take account of the information they didn't have??

2007-11-08 07:41:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Horses

I just found out my cat has FIV and I was wondering how it happened? I have had her for around 10 years and shes around 11 years old now. She is deaf and was adopted and has been an inside cat for most of her life but more of an outside cat now. Im just wondering if its my fault she has FIV? She was healthy when I adopted her.

2007-11-08 07:39:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

If so what gender is better male or female?

2007-11-08 07:36:34 · 11 answers · asked by ~Poetry~ 3 in Dogs

I adopted a cat about a month ago. It was a stray, so I understand why it acts like each meal may be its last...but this cat eats everything in sight! It eats our dogs food, anything left out, ripped into our halloween candy...I can't even cook in our crockpot unless I block it off..the cat will dig into that too!! My vet said to be careful with overfeeding, but this cat will go crazy when I get his food...and then he gets into everything else anyway. I'm just worried he will eat something that will hurt him. How can I correct this? Should I just lock him in a room when we're gone? We don't have food out all the time, but with the holidays coming we have more around, and I can't keep everything locked up. how can I quiet his appetite? He will eat until he vomits...I know he doesn't have worms or anything like that..just an overactive appetite...any suggestions???

2007-11-08 07:29:38 · 13 answers · asked by Amanda H 1 in Cats

2007-11-08 07:26:15 · 15 answers · asked by ben 1 in Cats

2007-11-08 07:20:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

I have two Readeared Slider's.And i saw on one web site that in case of illnes(flu or cold i am not shore) i should have a special lamp(to cure them).And it also says that redeared slider's love to "take a sunbath" and a normal lamp is not like the sun( i think!).Now i have a normal lamp and i think everything is fine , but i don't want take risk.So should i have a special lamp and if what kind of special lamp?

2007-11-08 07:19:55 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Reptiles

I wondering what some of you may feed. These horses need some weight put on them.
Their teeth are done, they are wormed & vet checked in good health.
I was thinking a pellet & mixing sweet feed(16%), or pellet & senior till they get to weight.

2007-11-08 07:15:49 · 15 answers · asked by 2 makes 1 4 in Horses

it started out as me,sickly. respiratory stuff. I thought it was the cronic...
but it got worse. Much worse , on that rainy tuesday.

one my kittens got sickly ..snuffly ..sneezy on Saturday, and by
Monday it had spead in varying degrees to all my kittens (5) . I brought the Original sickly one in to the vet and he sez "cold" or resp infection, and gave me Zithromax (Cherry flavored -WTF?-but that's besides the point.)to give to them. that was a couple days ago , and there is still no improvement. they are congested and you can hear the fluid in there , even tho the vet says the lungs are clear.

starting last night my older cats began comong down with it. and by this morning , my poor thomas ia Wheezy/snuffling as bad as the kittens do.

Could it be Mold. we were drying birdhouse gourds inside.
I put them out in the shed, and i hope that's it, but i'm still worried.

we also had brought in a hollow stump for he kitts to play in? it had dead poison ivy on it...

2007-11-08 07:15:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cats

I am in process of adopting a Kitten from the animal shelter. When I first went it was too young. As I wait, the kitten became sick (diarria) and the shleter informed me that it will be a bit longer until the kitten gets better. I am not sure the shelter tested for anything at this point. Are there any tests that I should have done before accepting the kitten?

2007-11-08 07:05:02 · 9 answers · asked by Bruno 1 in Cats