i got a pound puppy a couple weeks ago. he was very sick. seems to be doing better now. he has mucus in his poops. he also has tape worm i think from eating a flea. i put in flea medicine on him today, and i took a fecal sample to the vet to get it checked out. any idea what the mucus could possibly be? I don’t get the results until tomorrow. =(
how does a dog get intestinal irritation?

My dog took her heart worm medicine a little over a month ago, she should have had her medicine about a couple weeks ago. Could she have gotten heart worm already? Is this serious?

We are going to call the vet in the morning to ask, but if anyone has any answers now, that would be great.
(She is taking it now, by the way)

My cat started slowly losing weight about a year ago. I thought it was just because he drank more than usual. Now within the past couple weeks, he is nothing but skin and bones. I gave him a bath and I felt so sorry for him because he is so skinny. He is going to the vet on Monday first thing in the morning. The cost does not bother me but I am so scared I will have to put him down. I have had this cat for about 10 years and have barely spent any time away from him. He eats just fine, both dry and wet food. He drinks fine. He eats treats. He uses the litter box just fine except for the fact that every time he goes now, it is diarrhea. I am bringing both a urine and stool sample into the vet but I was just hoping someone could give me some insight on perhaps a similar situation. I’ve looked up many times on the internet and almost each time it comes to tapeworm or diabetes. Only one mentioned cancer which scared me almost to death. Somebody mentioned kidney failure to me as well. I do not wish to think that what is wrong with him can not be cured so can anybody offer me any advice to what is wrong with him. A different vet a while ago said he couldn’t find anything physically wrong with him but he has gone from about 14lbs to probably 5 or 6 lbs now. He has had his Feline HIV and Leukemia test before he was fixed, both were negative. That was about 8 or 9 years ago though. He is an indoor cat only and isn’t exposed to any other animals except the female cat which I’ve had 1 year less than him. She is fine with no problems. Please someone help me out here.
I am sorry that this question got posted twice. One person was completely rude and their answer was uncalled for. I took my cat to a vet about 8 months ago and he said he could not find anything physically wrong with him. So before you run your mouth and make it seem as though I am a horrible pet owner, I will have you know that I own 2 cats and the other one is just fine. These cats are 2 of the most loved cats around. So before you judge someone, walk in their shoes. My cats are happy and very content. I nurture them both, I made a simple mistake by listening to a vet who simply stated that he found nothing physically wrong with my cat. I should of pushed for tests and I didn’t. That was my mistake and I do admit that. I thank all for the kind words and great hope that you have brought me. I really love my kitty and I know he will be gone someday but I don’t want it to be soon. Thanks again.

My cat started slowly losing weight about a year ago. I thought it was just because he drank more than usual. Now within the past couple weeks, he is nothing but skin and bones. I gave him a bath and I felt so sorry for him because he is so skinny. He is going to the vet on Monday first thing in the morning. The cost does not bother me but I am so scared I will have to put him down. I have had this cat for about 10 years and have barely spent any time away from him. He eats just fine, both dry and wet food. He drinks fine. He eats treats. He uses the litter box just fine except for the fact that every time he goes now, it is diarrhea. I am bringing both a urine and stool sample into the vet but I was just hoping someone could give me some insight on perhaps a similar situation. I’ve looked up many times on the internet and almost each time it comes to tapeworm or diabetes. Only one mentioned cancer which scared me almost to death. Somebody mentioned kidney failure to me as well. I do not wish to think that what is wrong with him can not be cured so can anybody offer me any advice to what is wrong with him. A different vet a while ago said he couldn’t find anything physically wrong with him but he has gone from about 14lbs to probably 5 or 6 lbs now. He has had his Feline HIV and Leukemia test before he was fixed, both were negative. That was about 8 or 9 years ago though. He is an indoor cat only and isn’t exposed to any other animals except the female cat which I’ve had 1 year less than him. She is fine with no problems. Please someone help me out here.
I am sorry that this question got posted twice. One person was completely rude and their answer was uncalled for. I took my cat to a vet about 8 months ago and he said he could not find anything physically wrong with him. So before you run your mouth and make it seem as though I am a horrible pet owner, I will have you know that I own 2 cats and the other one is just fine. These cats are 2 of the most loved cats around. So before you judge someone, walk in their shoes. My cats are happy and very content. I nurture them both, I made a simple mistake by listening to a vet who simply stated that he found nothing physically wrong with my cat. I should of pushed for tests and I didn’t. That was my mistake and I do admit that. I thank all for the kind words and great hope that you have brought me. I really love my kitty and I know he will be gone someday but I don’t want it to be soon. Thanks again.

I know this is obviously something we want to get taken care of we just hadn’t had the extra money to take her to the vet the past couple weeks. I am just wondering how long before my dog actually starts loosing weight and getting really sick? She has had them for a month tops, well that I know of anyway. She still looks healthy to me and she is still gaining weight and dosen’t eat like a pig or anything. I just need to know how much more time I’ve got before I HAVE to get her in, or if there is something I can buy at the pet store, to take care of it? I just really won’t have the money for the next couple of weeks to get her to the vet. But if I HAVE to I will find a way! Any insight? Thanks in Advance!
She hasn’t lost any weight I just thought I read somewhere that they loose weight with tapeworm because they are eating all the dogs nutrition? And she has pooped them out, well segments, but wouldn’t there still be more in there? How would we know they are gone? Medications would be the only way?