Ross Adams' dog has pancreatitis.
Ross Adams
The 'Hollyoaks' actor - who plays Scott Drinkwell in the Channel 4 soap - has taken to his Instagram Stories to appeal for advice from any vets who follow him after his pet pooch was struck down with the condition.
He wrote: "Our beautiful boy is very poorly with pancreatitis.
"Would love some advice
"Please only comment if you have vetinary skills/ qualifications. X (sic)"
This comes after Ross recently revealed his loveable alter-ego Scott was initially intended to be a "really unpleasant" character, but his storylines were later changed because the viewers "hated" him.
He said: "When I went in, Scott was written and originally intended to be this really bitchy type of character, who was actually really unpleasant and mean-spirited.
"Within the first two or three months of being in the show, I'd poisoned my aunty, I'd kidnapped a baby, I'd lied about having HIV.
"Honest to God, the tweets - the audience absolutely hated Scott. He was quite a polarising character. He was really, really big, larger than life and really openly flamboyantly gay.
"I think a lot of people perhaps weren't ready for that, at that point. I felt like the character would be more interesting if we understood why he was like that.
"I had a chat with the bosses about it and thankfully they took that on board. Slowly but surely, they started peeling off a few more layers.
"He'd had quite a turbulent life and then we started to see him having fun with Sinead. They were like a terrible two and got up to all sorts of mischief together."