Tick paralysis and Snake envenomation are 2 common life threatening emergency diseases that we encounter in summer months. We've listed some symptoms related to each disease
Tick paralysis
- unusual gait, difficulty rising and walking and then progress to unable to stand and paralysis
- abnormal / laboured breathing
- regurgitation which can lead to pneumonia
Snake envenomation
- collapse / unsteady gait progressing to paralysis
- vomiting
- salivation
- inappropriate urination / defaecation
- trembling
- increased breathing rate progressing to laboured breathing
- bleeding disorder - e.g. blood in urine or diarrhoea, coughing / vomiting blood
If you're going away to the coastal area with your pet during the holidays, please don't forget to get and apply some tick prevention products on your pet before you go to minimize the risk of getting the disease.
Unfortunately, for both diseases, animals are not likely to survive if they are not treated promptly. Therefore, please contact us if you notice any of the above symptoms and get your pet checked out as soon as possible.
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