My pet guinea pig is having a respiratory problem, but the strange thing is his lungs are ok. When he tries to "squeak" it sounds gargles and like it hurts him. The vet thought it was an allergy to hs bedding, so they gave him an allergy shot and we switched beddings, from cedar chips [...]

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Hi all!
I have a pembroke welsh corgi and he has had really bad allergies since he was around 6 months old, he is almost 3 now. He licks and gnaws his paws until they are hairless and raw.
We first took him to the vet and they had him taking steroids which only helped very [...]

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I keep finding bug bites on me. It can’t be mosquitoes, they should be dead or dormant. I thought it might be bedbugs, but I asked the exterminator and he said to look for shed skins and their waste (looks like rust along the seams of the mattress), and found nothing. I [...]

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Is there anything at home that you can find to remove Dust mites on rabbits?
How?
If not what other solutions can we do?
How much on average will it take to remove these at the Vet?
What is your source pickles?????

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We have a 3 or 4 year old lab/chow mix that is about 63 pounds. Her nose always seems to be stopped up and she always does these grunty breathing noises through her nose. She paces the floor at night…won’t eat her food during the day time (waits until time to go to bed to [...]

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I’ve never been allergic to anything and my acne cleared up in my early 20’s, so whats this mess? My Husband and Baby are unaffected so far…Thank God. But I keep getting bites(?) on my face mostly. One or two on back and neck, which appeared midday to evening hours. The ones on my face [...]

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Can Rats Catch Dust mites. I have 3 rats in one cage 2 male rats in another and 2 girls in another but yet only the 3 rats Has mites. Only thing I can think of is dust mites but yet my room is clean because of my asthma and allergies. Can Rat get dust [...]

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To start off, my 11-year-old Chow/Shih-tzu mix has skin allergies (we think it may be seasonal), so when we saw her itching alot a couple of months ago, we thought that it was because of that. So we switched her food to Nutro Natural Choice dog food along with a half can of wet food [...]

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I don’t want him on steroids, and one drug the vet wanted him on cost .00 a pill which because he’s 85lbs he needed 2 a day. I have him on a great diet, grass is frozen now, but there is always dust mites in the house. His feet are so bad and sore, we [...]

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What are some natural therepies I can help him with. Also the vet prescribed cortizone tablets, will this help and what are the bad side effects i should look out for?

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The vet recommended immunotherapy ie home vaccination done by me to help him overcome the allergy, signs of which are constant paw licking and body itch. Vaccination is on a slow decreasing frequency for 1 month, followed by maintenance shots every month for 1 yr. Has anyone’s dog had similar allergy and tried immunotherapy? If [...]

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I am good trainer in every aspect but the torn dog bed.
Mine are 90 pound 12 year-old dogs and they have destroyed every bed I have ever provided in spite of how much attention they receive. I cannot sleep i the same room with them and I have not slept with them since they were [...]

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My 6 year old chihuahua is allergic to dust mites. The condition is bad to the point he’s itching constantly and it’s making his skin red and raw. The vet has tried pills but there was no improvement. Please help I feel so bad for my little guy.

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Skye my border collie has started licking her back feet lately so after a visit to the vet today,he said he was 99.9% sure that she has an allergy to dust mites.
He didnt give us anything for it because he said that off the record most of the antihistomines(sp) dont work,just to keep her bed [...]

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I just took my dog to the vet again because he develops staph infections from a contact allergy. This has been happening off and on for about two years. My vet and I are fresh out of ideas as to what he could be allergic to.
He is up to date on flea prevention and [...]

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