Symptoms | Treat At Home | Consult a Vetrinarian If... |
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Sits around listlessly, no sqeaky greeting. |
Boredom, nedds more affection or companionship. Needs more exercise. |
Weight loss, diarrhea, apathy, and loss of appetite. |
Caked secretion by the lower jaw. |
Not enough use of teeth, needs more chewing materials. |
Irratation of the skin, hair loss, scabs by or on the mouth, refuses food. |
Dosn't want to eat. | Wrong kinds or spoiled foods, not enough fresh water, soaked beddding, room is the wrong temperture. |
Diarrhea aometimes with blood, hunched-up posture, apathy and dry nasal secretions. |
Diarrhea | Diet has changed, food or water is to cold, habitat is too humid or cold. |
Dosn't want food, sunken eyes, weakness, apathy and emaciation. |
Constipation or trouble urinating. |
Not enough exercise, defective drinkin bottle, sudden change from greens to dry foods. |
Fever, dragging hind limbs, spasms and difficulties breathing. |
Sneezing and coughing. | Drafts, reaction to bedding or cleaning agents, dusty or spoiled hay. |
Apathy, lack of breath, nasal backup, weight loss. |
Watery eyes, red or swollen lids. |
Dust or other particles in eye, injury from scratching, irratation from hairs entering the eye. |
Sensitive to bright light, conjunctivitis with swelling and reddening, bulging eyes. |
Accelerated breathing. | Overheating, fear, stress. | Inflating of the cheeks, flank breathing, bluish gums. |
Lots of scrathing. | Lack of sanitation, bad grooming habits |
Skabs, ulcerations, cramping, head tilting. |
Lameness, unwillingness to move. |
Nails to long, wrong bedding. | Dragging hind feet, can't bear weight on back legs, can't balance very well. |
Minor bleeding. | Superficial skin lesions | Spasms, bite injuries. |
Areas of hair loss. | Not enough vitatmins, hair biting because of not enough fiber. |
Round hairless spots, bilateral symmetrical hair loss. |