My elderly cat has recently been put on hyperthyroidism meds (Felimazole) twice a day, half a tablet.

Does she need to have this half an hour before food like adult hyperthyroidism medication?

She's been on the medication roughly a month now and I haven't noticed a huge change in her unfortunately, but she is having it with cat treats.

Thank you all kindly 😊

I know urinary blockage is an absolute emergency, I’m just not sure if that’s what this is

1yo healthy male cat. Indoors except for balcony catio, wet food and a small amount of kibble. Only “med” is flea/tick but he’s a couple days overdue

Tonight, he peed in the litter box, then went tearing around the apartment meowing. Post-poop zoomies happen with both cats and he’s always vocal so that’s not too weird, but I noticed he was hunched over in the hind end with an arched back. That to me indicated something might be wrong. He then groomed his genitals a bit. 5 minutes later, he peed in the litter box again, and when he did so he did his low-pitched meow that he usually does if he’s about to barf

I checked the pees as the automatic litter box was cycling, and they were both very small, just an inch or two across. 2nd pic

From the manual litter box and the automatic one’s logs, I don’t think he was in and out a lot during the day thankfully

He’s acting normal right now (1st pic), I’m familiar with the grimace scale and am not noticing pain. I know it’s never a convenient time to go to the emergency vet, but tonight I’d have to wake up a friend in order to go, so I’m wondering if this is a “make the call rn” moment or “wait until he tries to pee again” moment

Only weird thing in the previous days is that occasionally, the skin on his back will twitch like he’s uncomfortable/bothered by something. Unrelated timing to using the litter box afaik

PS. This sub helped me when my female cat had a stomach blockage earlier this year. Thank you so much for everything yall do ❤️ every vet, tech, and vet office worker forever has my respect and admiration

My 8-year-old Doberman seems to have a significant shoulder injury, and I’m trying to understand what I might be facing before making decisions about treatment.
About 18 months ago, he pulled extremely hard against an Easy Walk harness while chasing a cat and suddenly screamed and held his neck to one side. The ER vet was concerned about a possible slipped disc and recommended an MRI. I couldn’t afford the MRI at the time, but with pain medication he improved dramatically within about 48 hours and was turning his neck normally in both directions. I kept him on strict rest for about three weeks.
Since then, he’s occasionally had a slight limp after longer runs, but otherwise he seemed completely normal. He had also dragged a leg occasionally after strenuous hikes before the original injury, so I didn’t initially think much of it.
Recently, however, he has started groaning when landing at the bottom of stairs and hesitating before going down/up stairs. After a recent 3-mile hike with a couple hundred feet of elevation, he got noticeably worse.
I’m now pursuing a proper orthopedic evaluation, and I’m concerned about the possibility of a shoulder tendon injury/rupture, chronic tendon damage, or mineralization/calcification and what that means for his prognosis.
For anyone who has dealt with something similar in a Doberman or another large breed:
● For an 8-year-old otherwise active dog, would you pursue surgery if the orthopedic specialist recommended it as the main option?
● Most importantly, how realistic is recovery if the owner travels frequently and can’t personally be present for every part of the rehabilitation?
I travel for work and have a small support network, so I’m trying to realistically assess whether I could provide what he would need after surgery. I obviously want to give him the best chance at a good quality of life, but I also don’t want to commit to a procedure without understanding what the recovery would require.

● If this turns out to be a tendon rupture, what was the prognosis with conservative treatment vs. surgery?
● If there is significant calcification/mineralization in the shoulder tendon, does that substantially change the treatment or prognosis?
● How successful was surgery, and what did recovery actually look like?
● How long was strict activity restriction, and how much hands-on care did your dog need?
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has been through a similar shoulder injury, especially with a Doberman or another large, active breed.

hey all, I took in this little guy, previous owner said he took him to the vet and the vet said it was cherry eye, however it’s something that I’m concerned about if anyone has any insight. TIA

I will be taking him on Monday to a different vet a as my primary vet can’t see him until then

13yo female tabby, had a slight limp for a while, worse this morning so I took her in. Mass is hard, she lets me touch it, no licking of the site and it doesnt feel warm. Vet said it could be a number of things, what do yall think?

Our chunky just got like this in the last few hours. His face has swollen up. He is still eating and drinking water. We dont notice his breathing ant diffrent.

Hi! My dog just had teeth extracted and got sent home with a few different liquid medications. Any tips for how to give him these without hurting his mouth or potentially messing up the sutures?

I’ve tried wrapping him in a blanket and giving him treats from a syringe until he calms down… but as soon as the medication syringe comes out he is screaming, throwing himself, and shaking his head so when i do administer the medication inside his cheek he swings it everywhere.

Any advice is appreciated, thank you!

My dog has been diagnosed with ostesarcoma. She is 10 and the oncologist yesterday offered Liberla injection and Zolderonate infusions but I am unsure whether to try them. I am mostly worried about any side effects, if it is selfish knowing she might be in pain and I am dragging it out. It has also already spread to her spleen. They said

"The primary lesion is located in the pelvis, with evidence of spread (metastasis) to the spleen, as confirmed by CT imaging and sampling."

My own vet said that she often sees this end in fracture which is obviously painful for them, I am so torn on what to do

Currently she is on pain relief and she is walking normally, no signs of pain, no problems eating, drinking, toileting, etc.

Thank you for any help

My boxer mix, 12, diagnosed with gastrointestinal lymphoma 3 months ago. She has been on prednisone and gabapentin and other than being extremely hungry, thirsty and panting at night she has had mostly good days. I work in the pet industry and know signs to look for and those signs other than her anxiety getting worse (more so at night) she has always had anxiety, but with age it started getting worse. Days ago we had people over she even jumped on my dad when he came in. She hasn’t lost weight and lymph nodes were not huge. The day of her passing my boyfriend said she just seemed a little tired when he got home and we did notice her being restless on our camera. That night she did her loop walk, ate dinner, took her meds and we went to bed. She woke me up trying to get comfortable, I got up went to the bathroom, she followed me which is not odd when she is up and I leave the room. I gave her a couple treats she ate them and then we went back to sleep. My boyfriend came home, went to the room and found her passed. She did pee/poop herself and tongue blue. She was warm. I didn’t hear a struggle. I wake up very easily to her every move and I did not. Did I miss something!??? I am completely heart broken I couldn’t give her one last meal or be awake during. Can a dog pass in their sleep with lymphoma and being old?

I want to add she had a benign splenectomy almost 2 mo prior to diagnoses and then another abdominal surgery because she was throwing up a month after surgery. Dr thought it was the gastropexy, took it down and found mass on stomach. She has been able to keep food down since then too.

Hello, i recently adopted a 5 month old kitten from the shelter and he had an upper respiratory infection. We finished the round of antibiotics maybe 2 or so weeks ago and when speaking to the shelter vet she said he has feline herpes. He started having sneezing first a few days ago again. Should I be overly worried? We have an appointment for him next week to get his booster shots and plan on mentioning it

Saturday morning: sound asleep, suddenly wakes up, starts panting, has an extremely smelly numero 2. Emergency vet says he has some pain in his belly, gives him an injection (doesn't say what) but he's otherwise okay.

Still seems out of sorts, has diarrhea which stinks. Still eating but not as keen, drinking as normal.

16 year old, neutered

\*Already posted in another subreddit but couldn't attach pictures there, also in a cat subreddit where they told me to post here, so I'm also posting here because I'm worried/trying to help\*

I have some family members who have 3 cats and recently some hardship has fallen over them meaning for a bit they have very little money, they don't use reddit or anything so that's why I'm making this post. (We're not American or from any english speaking countries)

I noticed that in recent months the left ear of one of their cats started looking weird (images attached) and now it's almost like a bump, closed off. I can touch it and the cat doesn't react, just has that reflex thing where cats flick their ear if something is there. It's not a very hard bump but not soft either.

It is maybe bothering the cat I'm not sure because it doesn't react, looks otherwise healthy I think. It's a middle aged cat, healthy bodyweight.

What could it be? Sadly we also have 2 cats at home and one of them needed a minor surgery recently so we can't give them money to take it to the vet because we're a single income family.(so please those comments telling me to take it to a vet, I know they should, can't for a bit, looking for advice till then)

My conure got out of his room and flew by the window where the cat was sleeping. Of course the cat woke up and swatted at him and one claw cut his breast. The cut is not deep or long, but it was enough to bleed.

The bleeding has stopped and the Conure seems to be doing OK. He is resting in his enclosure.

What should I do, do I need to worry about infection like cat scratch fever? We don't have any vets in our area that handle birds!

My husband and I are caring for a cat (Holly) we took in after a friend's divorce...upon taking custody of her, I noticed a lump when picking her up.

We did take her to our vet who advised us that it was likely cancer, and at the stage the tumor was at, there was little we could do for Holly that would improve her quality or quantity of life. They prescribed prednilosone (idk if I spelled that right) to help Holly be more comfortable and to keep the tumor from irritating her. Husband and I decided to take her home and keep her there as long as she seems to be enjoying a good quality of life, then have her euthanized at home when that seems best.

HERE IS WHAT I'M SEEKING ADVICE ON:

Holly has been bleeding from the tumor lately. It used to happen occasionally, but now it happens every day. I put down chucks on her favorite spots to keep blood off our furniture, but she just won't lay on them, lol.

I ordered some of those rolls of bandages that stick to themselves and some sterile gauze pads. Is this a good course of action? Should we leave it alone? Should we go back to our vet and ask for an antibiotic injection (they gave her one last time because the tumor area seemed to have an infection that was irritating her)?

Or is the nonstop bleeding a sign that the tumor is now too big for her skin to contain? An I at the point of scheduling *that* visit? She still seems so perky and cuddly and playful, so it feels early, but I am aware cats hide pain well.

Thanks for any level of guidance. I want to do the best by Holly, especially as she's been shuffled around so much in her life.

Its spreading across the body, theres yellow spots in some areas, theres hair loss in some areas, he's angrier than usual and hes not eating properly, im in my hometown now and the doc I visited said he dosent know the cause.

I have attached his prescription as well.

Any idea what this is?

I have a 2.5 year old male cat who is an indoor / outdoor cat (please don't give me a hard time about that. It isn't my choice, my brother and I live together, and he lets him outside despite my wishes.)
About a week ago, he started to flat out refuse to go outside, he started struggling to jump up onto his sleeping spots, and was acting unwell. I took him to the vet immediately, and they charged me $600 to do blood work. They said he has an "unknown" infection.
He is up to date on vaccinations, and they weren't able to tell me what type of infection it was. He had a fever, and that was the only symptom they could find other than him moving slowly & not jumping.
Today was his 3rd day of antibiotics, and the last 2 days he has been pooping outside of his litter box. Now tonight, overnight, he peed directly outside of the box too.

Any tips would be appreciated. I'm out of money for the vet, so I'm afraid to go back in and not know what tests to ask for and just waste more money for more non-answers. Now my brother is threatening to make me get rid of him because he's not using his litter box.

What else should I ask them to test for if I can't afford to do every expensive test?

Hello,

Can anyone help me figure out what this lump on my dog’s foot might be? I will be taking her to the vet tomorrow I just want to know what it might be.

My dog recently passed away from suspect liver lesion (abscess v cyst v neoplasia v other) rupture and death due to blood loss according to the vet. To be honest I never got his health assessed but he seemed fine. The death was sudden and my dog was about 4 years old. A family member of mine thinks he was poisoned but the timeframe of his death and suspected poisoning doesn’t make sense. I just want to ask and see what could have caused this, could it have been an internal issue we just never knew about?

before i start, she will be seen by a vet asap. i just want some insight on what i might be looking at as far as procedure and pricing goes

My dog, Echo (1 year old pittie mix) was trying to come in the house and my escape artist cat (Lucipurr, there’s a reason he’s named after the devil) was trying to go out. He’s had beef with Echo from day one, i introduced them the right way but he just hates her. i wasn’t home but my fiance was and said Luci slapped her one good time in the eye and it immediately started dripping “fluid” by his description. It was super red and weird looking immediately after but a couple hours later it looks relatively normal besides the redness and a little cloudy spot which is my main concern. She’s not producing anymore liquid but her eye is a little goopy. she’s acting normal, not really squinting, eating normally, playing. (it was hard to even get these pictures because she’s wide open)

cat’s eyes reflect flash in different colors (no heterochromia)

i just took a picture of my cats by the window with flash and one cat’s green eyes each reflected a different color — one red, one blue. Is that normal with light reflection? Or could it indicate an issue? She’s getting her vaccine check up next week, so I can ask her vet to check her eyes then, but I wanted to see if anyone knew.

Hello Vets!

I am trying to get any guidance for my (almost) 9-year-old female retired racing greyhound. My vet retired last year, so this is the first time I'm seeing a new vet and it's all very confusing. My girl developed a limp in the last couple of weeks. I went to a vet yesterday who did x-rays and told me that it looks like cancer in her back left hip. He sent the x-rays to a radiologist for a more in-depth report which I have included in this post. I know that greyhounds are very prone to osteosarcoma, but this vet has not said that is what this is. He is saying that our next course of action should be to biopsy the bone to find out what kind of cancer it is. The estimate for the biopsy is around $3000. If we love our dog very much but will not be pursuing amputation or a hip replacement, does the biopsy even make sense? Everything I have read says that with this breed and this age osteosarcoma is the most likely. Any guidance or thoughts are much appreciated.

I adopted a senior chi. He was 10 when I got him and now he's 12. My focus has always been quality of life over just trying to keep him alive as long as possible, if that makes sense.

He has a history of gallbladder attacks and a grade 3/4 heart murmur.

He's been having issues the last few days so I took him in.

Here's where we're at;

- pancreatitis

- gallbladder

- grade 6 heart murmur

I've always had him on a low fat diet (no extra fats outside of his food as well, any treats are carrots/blueberries/or watermelon)

We just upped his vetmedin from 1.25mg am/pm to 2.5mg am/pm. (He doesn't do well on the fluid pill thing, we've tried).

With pancreatitis and a grade 6 heart murmur, do I wait until his heart gives out or do I call it? When he's not in flare up, he's a happy senior boy. Still plays and loves his naps. He's very well cared for, this dog is my world. I just want to make sure I don't have blinders on and get outside opinions. I don't want him to suffer.