We are willing to make many efforts to make sure our beloved pets have a long and happy life. But sometimes we encounter situations where we simply can not understand what is happening with our beloved friends. Wisdom.ninja studied the signs that reveal how dogs and cats behave when they need our help.
1. Hiding
If your dog or cat suddenly starts to run away from your calls, avoiding to meet you, taking a long time, it is a sign that they need a vet check to see if they have any injuries or common diseases.
2. Acting Weak Without Any Reason
If your pet refuses to play with their favorite toys and spend more time in bed, pay attention. He may have problems with his heart. Muscle weakness is also a symptom of other diseases, including attacks by ticks or other parasites.
3. Refusing to Eat
If your dog or cat refuses to eat for a long period of time and, above all, if they do not want to drink, you should take them to the vet as soon as possible. This may be a cause for a wide range of diseases.
4. Unnatural Posture
The back very bent or, conversely, sunk back, tail between legs indicates suffering and a sharp pain. A dog or cat with these symptoms should be examined, the sooner the better. The strange posture can also be a symptom of some kind of kidney problem.
5. Constantly Licking the Same Area
This symptom is difficult to diagnose, since animals are licking themselves frequently. But experts say that as soon as you perceive that your pet licks the same area many times during the day, especially with anxiety and tension, must be taken to the vet and get its help in time.
6. Flatulence, Gas and Vomit
In these cases, experts concluded on two fundamental reasons. Your animal might be invaded with worms or might have a disorder of the digestive system (excess bacteria, abnormal performance of its liver, pancreas or poisoning). Abdominal swelling without any adverse symptoms may indicate disorders in the urogenital system.
7. Sweat in Excess
If their frequent breathing is not related to exercise or an intense game, that may indicate heart problems or it may be a symptom of high stress. Take your pet to a vet, he’ll have the solution for this. It can also be a symptom of ticks.
8. Whines or Growls
When animals suffer pain, they begin to deal with hostility towards the people they usually love. If the voice of your pet appears higher than normal, it means that you should ask for help. Among the possible causes, he can have inflammations with high fever, pain of varying intensity and even encephalopathy.
9. Difficulty in Pooping
Many cats meow before going to the bathroom, waking up the whole house. But if you’ve noticed a restless state in your pet, if it moves in its sandbox and can not go, or does so with a lament, or if the dog is whining in the process of peeing urgently take them to the vet. Diseases of the urogenital system are life-threatening.
10. Leaning Against the Wall
If your dog or cat sits facing the wall, or standing, leaning toward her snout, it is a symptom that the nervous system might be affected (infection, injury or even a tumor). You have to go to the vet immediately.
11. Intense Heat
If your animal appears to whistle while inhaling and exhaling, it is a sign that breathing has shifted from the sternum to the belly. You should contact the vet as soon as possible.
12. Swellings
Every day, when you’re stroking your pet, you should visually examine it. If in some areas appear to have a swelling carefully study them. It can be a simple stroke or other more serious diseases. Surely any swelling can be better examined at the vet.
13. Limping
Limping is usually noticed right away. If the cause is not the result of a simple home trauma such as a fall or catching the leg with the door by accident, you need to consult a specialist for a complete recovery operation of the limb.
14. a Third Eyelid (only for Cats)
The third eyelid usually occurs when the cat sleeps, but if you see it while she’s awake, and if it reaches a size of almost half of the eye, then it’s a symptom of a disease. If the third eyelid occupies most of the eye, veterinarians suspect the presence of an infection, including virus feline panleukopenia.
15. Diarrhea or Constipation
Certain digestive disorders and constipation can be accompanied by some diseases of a serious nature (tumors and spinal injuries, severe poisoning, proctitis, etc.). In the case of bleeding, fever, extreme temperature changes or loss of consciousness, you must go immediately to the vet.
Based on a story by littlethings