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About 3 weeks ago, right after its cage mate (also a female mouse) died, my mouse began to develop sores on its skin. They began to spread and the mouse began itching and scratching until a large part of its back was completely hairless. Other sores began appearing around the large area, which seems to show that the problem is spreading.
The skin, while somewhat raw, seemed to be in okay condition until about 2 days ago- when it got much worse with open wounds. As far I can tell, I may be dealing with parasitic mites or mange. For the past 2 days I have been bathing the mouse, and applying antiseptic to it (benzalkonium chloride) I got from the pet store.
I am now cleaning/disinfecting its cage everyday, using only paper towel and tissue to line the cage and create a sterile environment. I have also apply hydrocortisone to try and relieve the itching and keep it from scratching off its fur and skin.
I took a picture - forewarning - it looks bad! It was taken just after I bathed the mouse so its still wet, which makes the wounds and skin look much more raw than it actually is.
Picture: http://i46.tinypic.com/34riqf5.jpg
You can see the small spots beneath the large area that have just appeared in the past couple days.
Up until a few days ago, he didn't seem to be suffering much at all, and while it still runs on its wheel and is eating... it spends a lot of time sitting still with its eyes partially closed.
Any help or insight into treating this, and if its even possible for a mouse to recover from this, would be appreciated. I don't want to resort to putting it down, but I won't let it suffer much longer.
- CaseyView Thread
That's was the first time I have seen her do this. She did it only once during the night. She's otherwise in very good shape and very active. Should I be worried about this?View Thread
We tried a cone for two two week periods, and that did not work. We have been doing environmental enrichment, to no avail. There are absolutely no stressors that we can find or think of causing this. She is perfectly healthy outside of the hair pulling. She is active, happy and acting completely normal. We also have a basset hound, but all three animals love each other and sleep together- I highly doubt that as a stressor.
We are looking for advice on what to do. We live in the midwest so maybe it is the dry air? We are hoping to hear from someone who has dealt with this before for any suggestions. We understand it could be hormonal or something bigger but without testing we don't know, but as I said before she is acting perfectly fine besides the pulling. The other cat (her brother) is completely healthy as well, ruling out any disorders or diseases that would affect all cats in the household.
Any help is appreciated!!View Thread
My 8 years old dog (golden retriver) has melanoma... She had few big tumors on her tongue and we had to amputate her whole tongue and we did it last Friday. Her vet said she'd learn to live without it but I am very worried about her cause there is a very big problem with feeding and drinking. I wonder have you ever heard about case like this and I am begging you about help (how to feed her and what can i do to learn her to live without tongue)
Thank you for help.
Jacob
PS.
I know there are vaccines in France which inhibit the progress of the disease. What do you think about them in her case?View Thread
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Once she had a piece of salmon skin and ended up gulping/drooling/hiccuping for 24 hours. There was no grass out due to snow storm, so she ate the carpet. I took her to the vet and of course she stopped right when we got there but started again later. I took her back and they gave her a shot for nausia.
I'm taking her to the vet soon and have video this time. I will post updates.
Does anyone have any updates on this since this discussion was started? Please email me at colleen312@gmail.com
Thank you!!View Thread
If I could watch a video of a hairless or very short haired cat's breathing I could determine which it is. Does anyone have such a video they could share?
He does not seem to have any illness factors that I can tell.
I tried to watch my other 2 cats breathing, but it is hard to tell with all their hair.View Thread
I have a dog (Tuffy) mix breed,14 yrs old, since last year,in her abdominal some lumps are developed, i visited to the dr. and ask him the reason he said that every time when my tuffy is on heat after that milk is coming out from her breast as she is not crossed with any one so dr. give her injection to dry the milk. this is due to that.
when again after some days i visited with my dog to dr. he said its the lump which is developed he operate her twice in and year to remove it,
but it will developed again not in same place but in abdominal,
last to last month she went for another opration dr, removed the tumer and stick it we carefuly treating here and do regular dressing for it and the wound is filled ,
but since last 20 days the wound is open and blood coming out my father observed that the some larva type insect coming from inside,
we visited to dr. he said its a cancer,
please advise it is curable or how we can treat it , dr. is not taking much interest now a days to look my pet, he gave the option that u can give mercy kiling if you want please help me i love my tuffy very much is this thing is curable.
i have to take decision in 3-4 days as my parent is not able to watch her in pain,
otherwise she is roaming here and there no issues with food eating but this thing make us worried,
please reply me siddharth_s7@hotmail.comView Thread
I'm just curious how many cats have these skin flaps? Are they genetic or anything? Can these flaps become fat storage pockets like I thought they were, or does fat pop up on the belly first? The two cats I knew growing up didn't have them, and neither did the two I rescued before mine. My boy and girl are litter mates, so genetics would make sense.
Does your cat have them? I'm just curious how prevalent it is.View Thread
2 weeks ago, took her to the vet where I was told it could be a swollen lymph node or swollen salivary gland. She's been on antobiotics every day and it has gone down a bit but still there.
Could she have a needle aspiration?
The vet said if it doesn't go away that they would want to put her under and take a biopsy and quoted me over $400.View Thread
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If you have any addition comments, suggestions or concerns please reply to this post! We'd love some input on what dog owners are looking for from this type of product. Thank you!View Thread
Last week my parents 3 year old torti was found deceased on the side of my friends house. It was sudden. She didn't show any signs of being ill. She was rescued at 10 days old in the back of a very hot pickup truck. She was always pretty tiny, about 7 lbs. Her temperament was horrible. She hissed and growled like a mountain lion, but really was happy outside chasing squirrels.
I researched sudden death in cats, and I realize it is not possible to know without an examination. So I'm just looking for opinions.
She did not appear injured and there was no blood coming from her nose, ears, or eyes. She was just laying on her side with her eyes open.
I believe my mom treated her with a combo flea/heartworm medicine so I do not think it was heartworms. She was up to date on her shots including felileukemia.
If she was injured (such as falling off the roof) or poisoned, wouldn't she have been foaming at the mouth or blood coming out somewhere?
My best guess is cardiomyopathy. Could that have been why her temperament was so bad?
Thank you so much.View Thread
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and stated medicines called Denamarin & Amoxicillin
Can anyone give me insight on Shunts? Please.View Thread
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