• Maui has thrown up most of what he's eaten for the past 2 days. Sometimes, he tries to eat it. Other times, he just walks away from it. What is the best thing to do when he throws up? Let him eat it? Make him leave it? Also, what is the healthiest ...
  • So my iguana was about 50 years old and the thing looked like it was in agony. It has been reported to be walking sideways lately and loosing a ton of scales. Upon inspecting the scales that were falling out, I saw that they were due to these red ...
  • Kali was standing on the ice-covered pool (the cover sank below the water level and was covered by a layer of ice). By walking on it she, cracked the ice and was standing directly on the cover in shallow water. Playing in the water, she started ...
  • Mojo, who had major surgery this spring to remove a cancerous tumor that required a lot of thigh muscle to be removed, suddenly can't seem to jump up on the bed anymore. We've lowered the bedframe and he still can't get up there without help. He ...
  • Hi, our cat had a chest x-ray three months ago that showed everything normal but the vet said her heart looked mildly enlarged. He advised just rechecking in three months, since she had had iv fluids that day during a dental cleaning. We just had ...
  • Spaying was a week ago tomorrow. Stitches don't come out until the 12th. How am I supposed to keep this Aussie down until then? She doesn't even care about the stitches anymore...not even to try and lick them. I care though. This morning she jumped ...
  • When do you know it's time to put a dog down because of old age? We have a dog who is 21 years old. Doesn't seem to be in pain, but he's beginning to have trouble walking around, and just the past day or two it sounds like he's starting to have ...
  • ...without warning. My wife and I picked up sweet Lilly, a shepherd/pit/hound mix at North Shore Animal League in Long Island on Thursday. She's a doll. She's about 3 1/2 months old, they told us. On walks, Lilly will walk 20 feet and then abruptly ...
  • My dog tends to push his dog bowl around before he eats. He's not unintentionally pushing it as he digs in; this is intentional, nose-to-the-side-of-the-bowl pushing which occurs prior to dining. He'll push it around the room for a little while, ...
  • I have a lab pointer mix male. Bosco is only 2 but since we have introduced him to hiking and swimming the next day he seems to be very sore. The problem only seems to exist in his back legs and he seems to be fine after he gets going. The pain ...