Recent Content by shandy

Don't won't to get too gross in my explanation. . .Evidently a dog (or a cat's) bite has so much bateria in it that it leads to infection. These wounds were made by the dog's canine (fang) teeth, thus they are puncture wounds which are difficult to heal. The bacteria/bite is causing actual...

Have a feral cat that I rescued. Two weeks ago tomorrow she was attacked by a dog. Two surgerys and two thousand $ later, she is not healing. Does anyone have any experience with dog bites? Don't know what else to do, the Vet is contacting some specialists tomorrow to get some further...

Update - had to take her to the Vet on Monday - she was given a shot for nausea and some fluids. She slept most of Monday - on Tuesday she ate a little - still had diarrhea - the Vet gave me a yogurt like substance to give her - they theorized that the antibiotic had actually killed "good"...

Sunday - Shandy update. She has regained her mobility and stability back. Today, first time in a week, she ventured downstairs. But now have vomiting and diarrhea problem. Spoke to the vet - I stopped giving her amoxycilin yesterday morning (she was on it because she broke a tooth attacking...

My tabby is 17 years old. Saturday she was fine, going up and down the stairs, jumping on the furniture and jumping into her favorite bay window. Sunday - she can hardly stand or walk. She is extremely unbalanced. Almost walking in a stoop. Didn't improve on Monday. Took her to the vet...