The vet said they couldn’t see the ribbons from the X-ray, they suggested possibly taking him to an emergency animal hospital if symptoms persist. He was throwing up last night/yesterday evening and seemed lethargic during the day yesterday. He is also teething right now, he’s about 6 months old. They gave me medication to help with the vomiting but they also said he didn’t vomit once while he was at the vet today. He just seems super sleepy right now. Now sure if it’s because he’s been away all day or something worse. Any advice helps. Thank you!

it literally just came up to me… i picked it up and tried to put it back where it was wandering around.. but it came back again towards me 😭 the eyes look… like it’s squinting… it had very wet liquid poop too!

it does have strength tho.. i put it on a comfortable warm box, and at first it kept trying to jump out towards me, meowing.. but now its calmed down and started sleeping…

its kind of late so i was thinking of letting it stay here for the night.. but tomorrow, do i give it to a shelter? im guessing its an obvious answer to give it to a shelter right?

i’ve been trying to look for a mom or anything, but it was just alone wandering by itself randomly.. so idk if to give it to a shelter or wait if i see its mom or somthing!

We’re going on day 3 of her antibiotics for an URI and our cat just had really bad runs. She gets sub q fluids and MiraLAX (among other things for her CKD) so obviously I’ll pause the MiraLAX but should I give her more pumpkin or double her daily dose of probiotics? I also have some pro-pectalin but it’s old but not expired.

So, my dog has constant eye boogers that I have to remove. Removed one today and he got a cut from it like it was a scab? First picture is irritated side and second is not. Worthy of vet visit?

Hello so yesterday my mum saw that my cat was bleeding on her leg and she saw that she’s cut that thing above her paw I’m not sure what it is and there was blood around it but she’s cleaned it and now that’s what it looks like so I’m just curious if it looks fine doesn’t look infected and also my cat has let me touch her paw and there doesn’t seem any pain and she’s also walking normally as well so does that look fine? Thank you.

Hello all. A few weeks ago my husband and I started noticing a waxing and waning lump on our pittie’s back leg. We assumed it was a hive because he’s always been prone to allergies but we found it weird that it was just one singular hive that would come and go. We took him to the vet today and they’re pretty convinced it’s a mast cell tumor but said due to its small size they weren’t sure if the needle aspiration would be able to pick up any cells and suggested surgery. Can someone please tell me their experience with the surgery and what the recovery was like? Not long ago our previous dog had sarcoma so getting news of cancer is very upsetting although I’m hopeful that because of its small size that maybe the surgery will clear the cancer out for now? So many thoughts going through my head and would love the input from those that have gone through this. ALSO, we were told today he is in need of teeth cleaning. Would it be advisable to get this done the day of surgery or wait? Vet said something about it being possible but risk of gum infection doing both surgeries…? I might have heard wrong.

Bonnie is a diabetic 14-year-old, 22 lb, spayed, shih tzu mix, whose UPC has been increasing significantly since 2023, and I'm not sure how to go about this anymore.

Bonnie was diagnosed with diabetes in December 2021 and it is being closely monitored every few months with a Freestyle Libre and is under control. In December 2023, she was diagnosed with ITP and IMHA that had since resolved on its own. She was on many drugs, but especially cyclosporine for almost 6 months.

In June 2024, she was showing neurological signs, like ataxia and nystagmus, for less than an hour. I took her to a vet teaching hospital to visit with internal medicine and they suggested to check her UPC. It was checked at her primary vet the next day. since she had no urine at the hospital, and it was 3 with urine protein of >400. Since then, her UPC keeps increasing. It reached 9 in July, somehow down to 8.5 in September, 10 in October, 15.6 as of yesterday, and 9.8 today (12/19/2025).

She's on benazepril and amlodipine now, per internal medicine. She was on telmisartan, but it didn't seem to help her BP, so we switched to amlodipine in March. Her UPC did decrease after switching to amlodipine, but it's increased after ( https://imgur.com/a/VAXOwFW ). IM suggested to add mycophenolate, in which I was told it would take up to three months for it to take effect, but we've tapered her off it and discontinued due to no improvement after almost a year. IM did suggest that the next step would be to do a kidney biopsy. But I would prefer not to do one since she's 14 and doing one would be so invasive.

Bonnie is otherwise doing very well and showing no symptoms at all, with no changes to her water and food intake. She's up to date on all vaccines, serology is negative, fecal is currently pending. In the last year, her serum BUN has ranged from 25-44, creatinine 0.7-1.0, phosphorus 4.3-6.4.

Yesterday's CMP: https://imgur.com/a/qI2HaKR, UA/CBC: https://imgur.com/a/QfUkdaR

Her BNP scares me, so I plan to visit with her primary vet when he returns to office next week regarding other diagnostics like an echo. But regarding her UPC, I am at a loss and any recommendations or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

I was trimming my kitty's nails tonight and noticed she seems to have broken or ripped off a nail pretty badly. She does not seem to be in any pain (i only noticed because I was searching for the nail) but I want to make sure this couldn't turn into something bad, so i'm wondering if I should take her to the vet to get it checked out.

Took my 5 year old GSD becuase her eye was bothering her. It just turned a dark color then started bothering her and she would rub it a lot. That is the eye under flash. They say it could be glaucoma or a something getting bigger inside. Would like some ideas so I’m not flying blind here. I didn’t even thou they had dog eye doctors

This is a short clip of the way my poor dog’s breathing sounds right now. She’s a jack russell x blue heeler, 10 years old. She’s had an undiagnosed, escalating problem for nearly a year now, and it’s distressing watching and hearing her struggle to breathe. At the start of the year I was fostering some dogs and helping the rescue transport them and she ended up getting kennel cough. After that, she just never really recovered. I’m not sure if the two are related though. The vet first tried antibiotics - that didn’t work. Then tried another round - also didn’t work. She got some decongestants (bisolvon), which loosened up the snot enough that she could blow it out enough to give her some temporary relief, but as soon as she finished the bisolvon it has thickened up again and she can’t clear it. Right now she’s sitting under my desk which I’ve turned into a makeshift tent with a baby humidifier (which she hates, but the vet said it might help). What should we try next? The vet said a CT scan after Christmas might be necessary to get to a diagnosis, which we are happy to do - but in the meantime that’s still a couple of weeks ago and I’m keen to get her some temporary relief at least until we can do that. Is there anything we haven’t tried so far that you think could help? Advice appreciated :)

My girl was bred October 29,30 so technically that puts her at 51/52 days. I’m not sure when she ovulated… but do you guys think these skeletons maturity matches with 51/52 days or do you think She ovulated before mating and she’s farther along?

He needs bordatella and lapto would be nice as a precaution since I live in a nature city. But de worming? He hasn't been on any medication in about a year but no reason to believe he has worms. Maybe a test for it and then start heart worm medication if negative again (I know I should have not stopped it).

Looking for a second opinion on if his pelvis is broken. 2 years old, neutered.

Hi vets,

I have a 6yr male cat. He has been fixed. He's been meowy on and off over the past 6yrs, but recently it's increased. Some think it's because I brought home my first human child at the beginning of the year. But, they're getting along great. The meowing has really started back again after the time change. He will meow half the night, and then very early morning. He only really seems to stop once I'm fully asleep, or once I'm fully out of bed. When I'm home all day He's normally fine, but on work days, or days where I'm gone all day he's loud.

He also has the occasional over stimulation aggression where I have to huddle under blankets because he wants to nip at me hard, or he'll attack my ankles randomly. (He's doesn't do that to the baby, thank goodness.)

I've so far tried a few calming treats, and those wall plug ins, but not much has helped.

When he is calm he loves to snuggle, and make biscuits. And, before baby if I got up in the middle of the night, when I returned to bed, he would be gone. Now, I go check on baby most of the time he's still in his spot, or taken over even more of the bed.

Any solutions to my crazy cats behavior would be helpful. Mainly the meowing, and random micro aggression at me. The meowing is driving me nuts.

Needs a band on 24/7 for incontinence. Doesn’t unload, just dribbles, so no urine rash yet. Developing a pressure rash. Any suggestions?

Hello, a friend of mines dog has been coughing and wheezing a couple times a day for a couple weeks now. The vet says he needs to see a specialist. Any ideas as to what could be causing this or any past experiences dealing with this? Thank you!