Hello – first things first, ear problems are one of the most common reasons for clients to fall out with their vets, so let’s check a few issues.   Have the vets actually said that they don’t know whats going on with these ears?  If so they should be referring you or seeking advice from a specialist (often a skin specialist – don’t be surprised) who can suggest a direction as to where to go next.   However, it surprises me because its quite well known nowadays that most ear diseases are not caused by infection.  Foreign bodies, lumps down there etc are possible, b ..read more

Hi! I have a lhasa apso and her ears have been having issues for a few weeks now. We have been the vets and it isn’t an ear infection, yeast or any of the normal things you get with a swab test (she’s had almost 5 of the ear swabs now). She’s on antihistamines so it also can’t be allergies. Every morning white liquid is in her ears, we flush them out every day but they’re still irritating her. She’s shaking her head a lot and it always sound like liquid is in there. The vets don’t know what it is even after the ear swab tests and looking inside and just wondering if anyone else has had this pr ..read more

I know that its a bank holiday but rapid breathing is frequently an emergency and particularly if things are getting worse, your cats’ welfare could be a concern.   Please speak to soneone ..read more

Causes of rapid breathing can be down to stress or chest issues such as heart disease; they can also include pain, reduced diaphragmatic movement, parasites, reduced Oxygen carrying capacity of the blood, poor circulation, systemic diseases, pyrexia (fever), fluid building up where it shouldn’t be and so on ..read more

Hello!  Fast breathing one is a difficult one for vets, because most cats breathe loudly and quickly when they are stressed at the vets so it is easy to overlook it, especially when we do not know the patient.  This is different; this cat is consistently breathing fast at home and the vet has reccommended a referral to a specialist.  I am slightly surprised that you then went to another first opinion vet; was there a concern with your original clinician?  Did the second vet see the radiograph?  We are not allowed to read radiographs on this site because we are always g ..read more

Looking down, most questions have been answered by a vet ..read more

Hello – I’m afraid that disappointingly, the appearance of a lump is often unrelated to the type of cell inside it – and it is the type of cell that the lump is made from (and the tissue it is growing from) that determines the type of lump it is.  This is a roundabout explanation as to why vets like to diagnose lumps in person, and often resort to biopsies to look at the cells.  Out of context, this could be an inflamed scrotum or even a clever photo of the tip of the penis, but it could also be a lump eg due to the skin expelling a foreign body (such as a grass seed), or a benign lu ..read more

Thats strange.  I am a vet and answer consistently.   Did you have a question ..read more

I just noticed this little wound where my cat’s collars usually rests. I shaved the fur around it to get a better look ..read more

I don’t see any answers from vets or even other users. , only questions ..read more