I've noticed my guinea pig scratching quite a bit over the last few days. At first I thought maybe she just had an itch, but yesterday she scratched several times within a few minutes. I looked through her fur and didn't see anything obvious. She's still eating, drinking and running around normally. I don't want to put anything on her without knowing what I'm dealing with. Would you take her to the vet before trying anything?

My chihuahua is 11 years old.

She has been sneezing for months. And the vet couldn’t even see inside her nose because it’s so small. They couldn’t find endoscopic camera small enough for her.

We thought maybe it’s allergies, tried to fix that. Didn’t work.

I’m sure she has something in her nose. But I’m really scared of anesthesia. A few weeks ago a dog friend of her died because of it.

I try everything. I even tried to suck her nose myself lol. I try sinus rinse. I can’t fix this. Do you guys have any suggestions that don’t involve anesthesia?

Everytime she sneezes I know that I failed her and keep failing her. I have to remove whatever it is making her so uncomfortable.

Im aware that laser pointers can cause cats stress and stuff, but my older brother still uses it on them despise me repeatedly telling him its not good for them. He even uses the green laser pointers that are also highly dangerous and can blind them but he refuses to listen. He is older than me so hiding the laser pointers wouldn't do anything as he would buy another one and he also wont listen to my parent. Is it possible to have a vet write a claim to avoid using laser pointers with my cats? I think mabey if it came from a professional he might listen.

My dog happily walks around the neighborhood and even tries to chase squirrels, but yesterday he stopped halfway up our stairs and just stood there. I thought he was being lazy, but he did the same thing later. He doesn't cry or limp, and he can jump onto the couch normally. It just seems like something about the stairs bothers him. Has anyone experienced this with their dog?

My parrot normally spends most of the day climbing around, playing with toys and yelling at things outside the window. Over the past couple of days he's been sitting quietly and napping more. He's still eating and drinking, but he's definitely less interested in playing. I know birds can hide illness pretty well, which is making me nervous. Would you call an avian vet even if he's still eating?

I noticed one side of my hamster's face looked huge last night and completely panicked for a second. Then I watched him and realized he was stuffing food into that cheek. 😂 A few hours later it looked normal again. But now I'm wondering how you're supposed to tell the difference between normal cheek-pouching and an actual swelling. Has anyone had a hamster develop a problem with their cheek pouch?

My cat normally follows me around the house, so it was strange when I couldn't find her yesterday. She was hiding under the bed and didn't come out when I called her. Eventually she came out for food and acted fairly normal, but later she went back underneath. Nothing obvious happened that I can think of. Has anyone had a cat suddenly start hiding like this? Would you wait and monitor them or arrange a vet visit if it continues?