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Hi! I'm new to the forum, and could use some advice. I have a 2 year old female mouse named "O". She started scratching herself and drinking an excessive amount of water about two months ago. I read (on this forum and online) that I could try Benadryl in her water and put triple antibiotic...

I have a 8-10 year old male Lion Head mix rabbit. He is not nuetered and he is a house rabbit. I groom him every other day, but I check him over every day and I noticed today that when I was grooming him, he has a little bald sort of patch under his chin, on his shoulder, and even more so just...

Sister's hamster looks like a zombie? I moved away about a month ago and I just came to visit my parents yesterday. I saw that my little sister's hamster had gotten disturbingly sick looking. It makes me cringe just to look at him, that's how bad it is. He doesn't have any hair on his back...

Hey gang, advice needed. My old man Tucker is going bald. He had tumor removal about two or three months ago. They shaved a bald patch in his side. It was growing back well, but then I noticed it wasn't filling in completely. I thought, he's getting older, maybe his hair just isn't growing...

I have a 5 month old pd that hasn't grown or gained weight since May. Also has lost all hair on her underside and muzzel. Feed her puppy kibble mixed with prosobee formula,sweet potato baby food,fresh corn,sweet potato and dandelion greens. She doesn't eat much and sleeps all the time. Had a...

My prairie dog is losing patches of hair. I read online that this may just be a seasonal thing, but other sites said it can be alopecia. I brought him to two different vets. One just checked for parasites, not knowing what else to do and the other didn't really do anything. They both said...

hey guys, have been away for a week, and my computer exploded when i got back :( using my boyfriend's comp . . Louna was at a friend,s house for a week. I went to get her on sunday and everything was fine. But last night i noticed that she was grooming her front paws a lot, and it seems she...

Our cat Magic has been licking/chewing her own hair out in places. It started over a year ago when the cat still lived with her old owner/ my s.o.'s ex-gf. At that time it was just one patch on her hip about the size of a quarter and we hadn't a clue as to why/what. It started getting bigger and...

Hello all, my name is Jesica and I am new to your forum. I have high hopes you all can help answer my question! I have a one and a half year old Alaskan Malamute named Aliah and I believe she suffered from flea allergy dermatitis. We had a terrible flea problem which we have since eradicated...

After a courageous battle with this, that, and the other... I am sad to report that I lost my little Dude on Wednesday. Kathydip, all I could do was remember what I read in your posts about Tabby. Making the decision to put Dude down was oh so difficult but only fair to him. He was not doing so...

i was taking a good look at my degu today and he has no hair around his eyes...he has never had this before and i am concerned. there is literally no hair around both of his eyes. i don't know if maybe he is doing this himself by scratching? does he have an infection that itches? please help !

My mama degu had babies, 7 big babies. They're about 3 weeks now, and I think mama is losing leg hair. My dad thought it was from her habit of sitting under the wheel while daddy was running in it, and grinding off a patch of fur. Now her fur is lost on both knees, and I"m not sure if it has...

I just made a new thread and it seemed to have vanished?? Anyway I will post again, sorry if this is a repeat. I had to take my degu winky in to get her back teeth filled down because they where very overgrown and she could not eat anymore. She was in a lot of pain before, she doesnt seem...

Hello, I have a 7 month old Mini Rex doe and the last few days she has had discharge from both eyes. It is of a glue like consistency and the fur around her eyes has been matted up with the discharge. I've never dealt with this before in any of my rabbits. I have done some searching online and...

, our hedgie and piggy, seem to get along fairly well, even sleep in same house, the cage is about 4-5 ft long, and about 2-3 ft wide, we did notice some hair loss on the pig's butt tonight, kinda strange, any thoughts? no fighting between the two as of yet.

The vet gave us some Frontline Plus for Allie, which of course buying it from the vet was like $14 or something for one dose, so yeah were not gonna get it from him again, since its like $33.99 on the forster & smith website. i heard that k9 advantix is actually better and its $37.99 for a...

My boyfriend said he saw some stray dogs wondering around that look like they eitherr have mange or bad calliouses from the street. But anyways since they are hanging around his work I was wondering if they do have mange and if he steps where the dogs have been and then comes home and steps into...

Hi! I'm new here and I have a few questions. My family has 2 female guinea pigs, named Anika and Eleanor. Sometimes when I hold them they start to try to eat my hair. They aren't just chewing on it - they're really trying to eat it. Is this normal? Will it hurt them if they swallow any hair? We...

Does anyone else here have a dog with food allergies. I have recently finished a food trail with Ruckus and now i am trying to figure out what he is allergic to. its looking like an allergy to wheat. he goes back to the vet in a couple of weeks and i will bring it up. this is his allergic...