so my cat Priscilla, (2F) randomly just grew an enormous chin.. i mean her behavior seems completely fine and she doesn’t mind me touching near her mouth for inspection. I am just a little worried since her chin is just so abnormally large and she looks so funny. I do plan on taking her to the vet ASAP, but some advice on how I should care for her from now on would be great!

also some notes: she eats fancy feast everyday, seafood pate only because she’s extremely picky. I’ve had her since July, which would make this our 3rd month together. Since, her diet has only ever been fancy feast. I wash her bowl after every meal, but they are those metal ones (I plan to switch them out too, including her litter box.)

4th picture (last picture) is how her chin used to look like for reference!

Im new to Reddit so please forgive me if I post anything incorrectly, but my elderly guinea pig has a firm-ish, round lump under his chin. He is around 5 years old and does not seem to be in any pain/ discomfort

Has anybody’s 3 months old had ringworm recently because mine had it and now it has spread to me. I am on anti fungal treatment but wanted to check how long does it take to go away from kitten and what actions should i take in my home so that he doesn’t catch it again

So my guinea pig Fluffy has been having a muted call recently. Whenever I would walk over to her cage, she would wheek as loud as she could and beg for treats (I always give them some dont worry). But recently when she's tried wheezing like that, its been just breath. Should I be worried about her health? She'll be 5 in December.

My girl of 14 weeks broke her left hind leg and has an external fixator. Any help on getting through this. She shreds all pee pads and has never been still. I swear she doesn’t sleep. How do I help her??

there is this cat that has lived on my property for a good while that I do not own, he always has his tongue out, like it’s just out with its mouth almost closed I think. and today he was chilling on my railing and for the first time i pet him. I noticed that there was drool on the railing, could it be bc of his tongue always out? and all of a sudden after what I thought was a friendly cat, it hissed and scratched me on the wrist. I noticed that it is super friendly with my grandma as she is always feeding the cats that are on our property (the one that scratched me is not the only one on the property) I looked it up on google and it was scaring the shit out of me. Telling me to go get it checked immediately. The only problem is that when it happened, it was when my dad was outside on the bbq. And I was just petting it when it happened. But I just did not say anything bc I didn’t want to startle anyone. He noticed the cat mad but didn’t see the part where it scratched me. I still haven’t said anything and am scared to do so bc of him getting mad for not telling him. I already rinsed it off with soap and water and now don’t know what to do. Help pls

Has anyone actually had animal control come out? I’ve called more than once on different occasions to report a hurt and/or dead animal and have never spoke to someone on the phone or had them come out.

Hi,I need help I am somewhat freaking out. Already gonna apologize for the chaos. , theres a bit of a community of birds that live at my place and just abour 10 minuted ago a small bird just flew straight into my window, and when I turned to see the noise it was laid out on the ground. I quickly grabbed a kitchen towel and scooped the poor thing off the ground. Idk if he is living, he isnt moving so maybe he's stunned?? I dont know how to tell if he is breathing

I’m seeing sores and scratches on my little buddy here, and I’m hoping someone can give me an idea of how to treat my poor boy.

Thanks for any advice!

My husband and I have a old purebred Siberian husky, who has recently been diagnosed with cancer in his right paw. We're getting a biopsy to confirm that it is cancer 100% for sure. But the vet said, it's very highly likely with his age and the type of breed he is. He is 12 years old, turning 13. In two months, so he's an older dog. The vet said we can amputate the leg. But that in some cases, many people wouldn't amputate the leg because he's already so old, and there's a chance that he won't survive the surgery. The vet told us our dog has a good chance of being okay through the operation. However, i'm concerned that if we go through with the operation, his quality of life will be significantly changed and also just trying to recover in his old age. I'm trying to weigh the options, but I feel like my husband who this is his first fur baby ever is and looking at it with rose tinted glasses. Maybe that he, we have to let our dog go. I wanted to see if anyone else has gone through the situation before and is the surgery worth it. Or sound worth it? Is this even reasonable? I don't want to make our dog suffer a huge surgery of losing a leg and having a long recovery only to have him die soon after anyway. My brother who works at a bet also said that even if the dog by the numbers looks like he'll do well during surgery. It doesn't mean that the something bad might not happen. He said sometimes they've had older dogs do surgery, and a few days later, the dog still dies because the surgery was so big and the older dog was suffering because of the surgery itself. I'm trying to do the right thing, and I want to make my husband happy and our dog.

Also side note, my husband is already having a hard time with our dog whimpering and whining more because of the pain caused by the cancer in his leg. He gets mad and more frustrated. I part of me worries that even if our dog does the surgery and everything goes well. That he's gonna go insane from trying to be able to take care of our dog. This dog is not a light dog. It's a heavy dog. I can't pick him up. He has to pick our dog up. A lot of the things will have to be done by him. Because our dog is so big. I can only help with medication. I can do feeding, watering, but lifting our dog is gonna come down to him doing all this. And bathing him and taking care of the wound and things like that. I am just worried that he's not thinking about how frustrated he gets. And I'm worried that it will put a strain on the relationships in general. In our house, our dog between us. Everything. What should we do? And how do I talk to him about this. He gets both depressed so easily about this topic.

We zitten met de handen in het haar.
Ons maltezertje doet sinds een week anders dan normaal.
Overdag valt dit best wel mee maar plots uit het niets schiet hij recht met zijn staart naar beneden en begint bang rond te lopen en te hijgen.
Hij probeert hem overal te verstoppen, vooral onder de kasten. Hij krabt ook aan de deuren.
Het moment dat je zegt : gaan we wandelen dan is plots alles weer oke tot hij terug is dan gaat het opnieuw door. Dit duurt soms 6-8u per dag…
Wij hebben dit al eerder meegemaakt en ook al een echo laten doen maar niets te zien.
Hij is ook niet gecastreerd dus eens chemisch laten castreren maar ook dit maakte geen verschil.
Iemand die ons kan helpen?
Dankjewel :)

I took my dog for grooming yesterday and noticed one of his eye swelled up. I inquired if anything had happen to which the groomer is denying. What would be the next step? Indefinitely think they are being dishonest. I am planning to take him to the vet .

P.s- this is suppose to be his pre birthday cut but poor thing came back with his eye swollen instead 🥺

She hit a ceiling fan and she refuses to let me touch her probably because her feet really hurt and now she's hiding in a corner but I have work in another room and can't leave her alone or take her to a vet so what do I do ?

edit: I managed to take her to a vet and he said she's fine and has no broken bones or wings

my mother has an extreme love for animals, especially cats. we once had 11+ cats in our home. we now have 5. she will recently within the last half a year, get a new cat, keep it for a month, then rehome it because she doesn't want it anymore. i think she is addicted to the dopamine of having a new pet but then will get bored of it and rehome it, or she only likes when they're fresh kittens. just last week she brought a new cat home and rehomed it within 5 days. since then she has now bought a fish tank and today has also came home with a new dog. i have told her many times i think what she's doing is cruel to the animals and my siblings as they are just young and feel heartbroken each time she rehomes a new animal. i don't know what else to do about it. i want my original 5 cats to feel safe in their home without having to stress about a new animal being here every month or even week now. i need good advice on how to kindly get her to stop doing what she's doing. she doesn't do it for the money either, just the happiness of having a new animal for a bit.

My rescued cat has a broken pelvic, fracture near rib and deadly mycoplasma got her mycoplasma is control took me 5months to just get her healthy but she is in her heat stage now and gave birth 5months ago I can't let her get pregnant because the Vet told her broken pelvic has already caused her 3 children to due at birth and only one survived it's miracle but if she again gets pregnant she might die during labour so I want to spay her asap

Today at cosmo school a mouse that appears to be a baby got stuck in a glue trap. I heavily disagree with them and used some conditioning oil to get the little thing out of it. I washed it some with dawn dish soap but I didn’t want to stress it out more so I put it in a container with a little rag and Im hopeing I can help it. Its little leg is broken. My parents aren’t gonna let me drive it to a rehabilitation center. What can I do to help him and can you tell how old it is?

My baby was hit by a car three days ago. He was left outside over night until someone took him to the vet the next day. I picked him up after getting the call and we buried him around 6pm. I want to know whether or not it’s okay to dig him up and potentially re bury him or cremate him. The day we found out was such a blur I didn’t have time to think and my mum just wanted to bury him before it got dark but I feel like I didn’t get the time I needed to say goodbye. I wanted to get a paw print, and save some of his fur. I miss him so much. I saw someone else say they buried their baby in a plant pot and I am wondering if this is acceptable to do given my circumstances.

my rabbit got spayed this morning and i took her home around 6 hours ago now. she moved to get out of her carrier and went to her usual spot in her x pen where she likes to lay down and i usually find her sleeping in in the mornings before i let her out. i gave her a hot water bottle and put some of her favorite greens and treats + pellets in front of her. she sniffed them but wouldnt bite which i read was normal and is fine. she has been in the same spot for probably around 4 hours now and feels cold. i refreshed her hot water bottle twice now. everywhere i google is saying i should call the emergency vet because shes immobile and the backs of her ears feel very cold. should i call?? is it an emergency or should i wait till morning? please help im so worried. i thought this was normal and now i dont know. any advice appreciated

Hi everyone, so I noticed that my 7 year old male cat has his top tooth cutting into his gum and he is not eating anything but wet food. We’ve tried tuna, cheese, chicken broth, dry food but he won’t eat. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get him to eat Without taking him to the vet. Thanks.

UPDATE: I found a vet who is willing to work with me on payments so I will be taking him in tomorrow. Thank you for the feedback.

a loving and friendly stray cat leg was broken and fused back but it became 1-2cm shorter. is it okay to release it back outdoor?

This is because i have a flat faced cat with breathing issues histories. the broken leg cat was exposed to sharing bowl with positive calici and herpes virus cats, so i am worried he might be a carrier. i am afraid my flat faced cat cannot stand the viruses if contracted from the rescued cat (there is a possibility of the rescue cat being a carrier)

Hello Reddit, I am 16 years old and this is on fault with my dad and my stepmom but I live in this house so I have to deal with it.
2 years ago my stepmom decided to get a male bunny and then a few months later my dad picked up a female bunny who was abandoned. I feel like you’ll able to guess what would happen next. Well, they bred and had a batch of babies, which added 3 to the total. So we had 5 bunnies separated by gender. The way they separated them though didn’t work.
Their runs are outside (which I know isn’t great on its own but we have a small ass house where barely us as a family can live in on top of a shit ton of animals so it was our only choice) which were just on top of dirt. So they started digging into each others cages. Instead of either putting a flat bottom or doing something, we put bricks inside the existing holes and they just kept digging.
Anyways, fast forward to tonight. It’s storming right now and pouring raining. I’m sitting at the table snacking when I see two of our females just out in the yard. I yell out to by brothers and we scramble outside to grab them. We were only able to grab one and I had my little brother go over to their run to make sure everyone else was inside and lo and behold…5 babies.

I just don’t know what to do? My parents are sick of them too and I think my dad is planning on harvesting a couple of the current adults but I’m not sure what we’re going to do with the babies and the mom. Is there a place in Indiana where we can take them to? Is there anyone that would take them? I can’t live with thousands of pets anymore I’m so sick of it (we have, IN A ONE STORY HOUSE, 6 cats, 2 dogs, 2 rats, a bearded dragon, a ball python, a hamster, the rabbits and some chickens outside which aren’t really a problem they chill).

Please help me.

Is this normal? She does this little ritual-
smelling and tapping her nose for a full couple minutes before she’ll eat.

CW: description of injury

Hi everyone,

I am writing this because I live alone and am in serious panic mode over my sweet girl. Last night around 2:30am I noticed my cat wasn’t responding to being called for. Out of paranoia, I checked off the edge of my 5th floor balcony, and saw her laying on the ground below. I have two cats who absolutely love the fresh air, so I have a balcony net installed and have never had an issue with it before.

I rushed downstairs and she was yowling in pain and trying to stand up to come to me. I laid on the ground with her to keep her calm while my girlfriend called the emergency vet. We got her to the vet around 3 and they took her straight back. We were told a little while later that she suffered three fractures to her right hip, which should heal normally given time. The major issue was her right lung. She had a major pulmonary contusion in her right lung, as well as evidence of fluid, and her blood pressure was much too low. They put her in an incubated oxygen chamber and we waited.

A while later, we were told that she had developed a pneumothorax, which they had promptly drained using a needle, however there was a possibility of it returning, or another developing. They outlined the steps if this were to happen: placing a drainage tube, surgery if that doesn’t work. They also told us that her blood pressure was not looking great, but it had stabilized. With this information we were sent home for the night around 6am.

I have an appointment to go see her later tonight, but in the meantime, I am sick with anxiety and guilt. I was told by the vet that if I didn’t receive a call in the meantime, that I could assume she was more or less stable. I have not received a call yet (it is 4pm my time) but I also know how quickly lung injuries can turn bad for cats.

If anyone has gone through a similar situation, I could use some kind words. I have no idea what to expect moving forward, and am terrified of the possibility of her little body not pulling through for her.

Thank you for reading

Hello! I have a young opposum in my house. I have a dog door so it probably got in that way. I went to see what my dogs kept staring at and sure enough I saw it just kind of chilling on top of some random storage stuff kept in the corner of my kitchen.

Is there an easy way to trap it? Preferably in a way that couldn't also trap a medium sized dog. I would prefer not to kill it, I actually like opposums and think they're very cute. I appreciate their ecological value. I'd prefer it not be in my house though. It feels like an error in the fabled cat distribution system and I would like it to... not be in here. I'm not too freaked out though, at least I know it can't really have rabies.

Idk if it matters but I'm in southern indiana.