Singapore real estate educational article: Keeping of pets sponsored by asiahomes.com

Owners & Realtors, one direct internet ad contact expats direct, may save you over $5,000 in agency or co-broking fees. Email your ad to: judy@asiahomes.com, visit Asiahomes Internet First recorded: 27 Jun 2002 Last updated: 10 Feb 2010 Be Kind To Pets is sponsored by Asiahomes.com as a community service to educate the public using pictures. See also:
HAMSTERS SEPTIC BITE WOUNDS CAN KILL YOUR PETS. This good conditioned one-year-old hamster looked well after being bitten on the back by another hamster. At the 7th day, it was panting non-stop, indicating a fever and septic blood infection. It died within 10 minutes of arriving at the veterinary surgery. It was too late for treatment. The death was extremely sad for a young lady. Any fight or bite wound in a dog, cat hamster or any pet must be taken seriously. It is best to consult a vet. WARTS ON EARS IRRITATE THIS HAMSTER Warts on the ear lobe tend to irritate this hamster. Several warts develop on the legs and body. Could this be due to a wart virus and stress? ALLERGIC RASHES CAN BE VERY ITCHY FOR HAMSTERS TOO This one-year dwarf hamster had a suspected dry feed allergy. After the first outbreak, it was fed on vegetables and was all right for around six weeks. Dry feed pellets were fed. The joints became red and swollen. It is best to consult the vet as soon as the hamster's joints and lower belly are reddened with inflammation and itchiness.		DOGS Generalised pustular dermatitis. Pimples all over the body under the long coat. Needs grooming and veterinary attention. http://www.asiahomes .com /singaporehouses/ 9159towner ville_photos.htm 12-year old poodle passing stools too many times was the complaint to the veterinarian. Hungry and thirsty all the time. Check with your veterinarian regarding diabetes in the dog. http://www.asiahomes. com /singapore_bungalows /9158_ SD_UE_OrangeR.htm Ear trouble, backside itching, cough and cold? Buying a new puppy? 4 photos at: http://www.asiahomes. com /singaporetpvet/tips /animal/ 9_animal.htm Vomiting Jack Russell puppy need prompt veterinary attention. http://www.asiahomes. com /singapore_real_ estate_law /singapore_law/ maids.htm Well-loved 15-year old Chihuahua survives another hypersensitivity or allergic attack occasionally. Puffy and itchy eyes. Recovered after veterinary treatment. One of the oldest Chihuahua in Singapore. http://www.asiahomes. com/singaporerealty /judy/index.htm Dog with big 50-cent coin-type wound on fore-leg tends to lick it continually, preventing healing. Consult a veterinarian early. http://www.asiahomes .com /singaporerealty/joice/ Photo case. Are dogs vengeful? What is a dangerous dog? Dogs must be leased when you walk the dog in public is a requirement by law. In December 3, 1999, the Straits Times reported one Alsatian and one cross-bred killing a toy breed being walked in the Dalkeith residential area. Now, owners bring a stick when they walk their small breeds. Big dogs do "escape" from the houses when the gates are open and some do go after cyclists and passers-by. http://www.asiahomes. com/ singaporerealty/ james/index.htm Must newly imported puppies die? http://www.asiahomes. com/ singaporetpvet/tips/ animal /9_animal.htm		DOGS BICHON FRISE CARRIES A HEAVY LOAD Some Owners may worry that the pet may die under anaesthesia and do not want any operation to remove any tumour. This big tumour can be removed but it is best to remove it when it is small. Consult your vet regarding the dog's health and risks.. CATS Cats tend to lick its big leg wound continually, preventing healing. Early veterinary treatment will help considerably. http://www.asiahomes .com /singaporerealty/ regina/index.htm The Terror of Toa Payoh will investigate any meowing to find out who are the new kids on the block. This photo shows bite wounds on the neck. They become septic but a kind Malay woman brought it in for veterinary treatment. For this Terror, it is back to the hawker centre war zone again. What can we do? http://www.asiahomes.com /letters/9155thankyou.htm Photo cases. 1. HDB restrictions on cats as pets - info for expats renting HDB apartments. 2. Do cats have itchy backsides? Anal sacculitis in a cat. 3. Buy older, >3-month old pups http://www.asiahomes. com/ singaporerealty/ haneef/index.htm RABBITS Rabbits with rough ears, nose, paws and skin. Do not abandon it. The veterinarian can cure this skin disease. http://www.asiahomes.com /singaporerealty/ colleen/index.htm What causes the "crusty skin lump" to grow on the rabbit's nose? http://www.asiahomes .com/singaporerealty/ regina/index.htm

Be Kind to Pets - Kerosene kills young pets.

June 16, 1999. 4 p.m. Singapore.
4 teenagers adopted 4 cross-bred puppies (3 shown above) via Internet advertisements by a good Samaritan using

Kerosene applied to cross-bred pups to kill ticks.

the free internet classifieds services.

However, only one brought the puppy for veterinary treatment at Toa Payoh Vets. Later, 2 other friends came with

2 pups.

2/3 had died due to severe septicaemia, within 24 hours of arrival at the veterinary clinic.

The 2 which died had severe generalised skin infections (the black and white and the brown puppies in photos here).

The brown one was really smelly due to widespread pus spreading all over the skin.

Skin rots, cellulitis and septicaemia of pup 12 hours before death from kerosene poisoning.

Its skin was "melted" with yellow pus. It could not even stand up. Kerosene has been commonly used by some of the older generation of Singaporeans to kill ticks in dogs. Effective safe tick washes are used nowadays.

Singapore's rules and regulations governing the number of dogs per house-hold. Cross-bred females give birth to as many as 10 pups and there is no demand for such puppies.

As 90% of the Singapore population is reported to be housed in public housing, called HDB or Housing & Development Board apartments, they are prohibited from keeping medium sized dogs by the HDB.

This has caused great difficulties for HDB owners who want to adopt a cross-bred of medium size. Owners of private housing referring to landed properties may keep a maximum of 3 dogs per house. Condominiums have their own rules and regulations.

2002 cases

Jun 19 02. The kitten sneezes, has a green runny nose and watery eyes.	Jun 10 02. Was the hamster dying of old age?	Jun 6 02. The horse is bleeding at the penis.