Pet care guides
59 guides to the health problems Indian pet parents actually run into — what is happening, what you can do tonight, and the point at which it stops being a home matter.
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If it is happening right now
These conditions move in hours, not days. If one of them matches what you are seeing, read it before anything else.
- Parvovirus in puppies and dogs
- Tick fever in dogs
- FLUTD and urinary problems in cats
- Cat not eating
- Bird not eating
- Breathing problems in birds
- Lethargy in birds
- Egg binding in birds
- Fish gasping at the surface
- Ammonia poisoning in aquariums
- GI stasis in rabbits
- Rabbit not eating
- Flystrike in rabbits
- Wet tail in hamsters
- Lethargy in hamsters and gerbils
- Hamster or gerbil not eating
- Respiratory infection in hamsters and gerbils
- Injuries in hamsters and gerbils
- Bloat in guinea pigs
- Ear infections in guinea pigs
- Mange mites in guinea pigs
- Guinea pig not eating
- Respiratory infection in guinea pigs
Vomiting, itching, ear trouble and the vaccination questions every Indian dog parent meets: what is normal, what can wait until morning, and what cannot.
Cats hide illness well, so early signs are behavioural. Guides on appetite, litter-box changes, skin and the conditions that kill most Indian cats.
A bird that looks unwell has usually been unwell for days. Feather, breathing, appetite and egg-laying problems in budgerigars, cockatiels and lovebirds.
Almost every aquarium disease is a water-quality problem in disguise. Fin rot, white spot, dropsy, swim bladder and the ammonia spikes behind most of them.
Rabbits are prey animals whose digestion stops when they do. Gut stasis, teeth, flystrike and the respiratory infection Indian summers bring on.
Hamsters, gerbils and mice. Tiny bodies dehydrate in hours, so wet tail, eye infections and sudden lethargy are faster emergencies than size suggests.
Guinea pigs cannot make their own vitamin C, have teeth that never stop growing, and are the small pet most often kept without an exotics vet nearby.
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