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06-10-2015, 11:19 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Colorado Springs (annexed), CO, El Paso county
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| Blood drops. So last night I took Bruiser out for his evening mailbox sniff. We usually make a full block. Last night he wasn't interested in the mailboxes. We got to just outside my fence and he stopped. Kinda behind the tree, where all I could see was a tail sticking up or a leg hiked up. He spent a while in that spot, instead of his usual 5 second hike. So I thought well maybe he's gotta poo. So I continued to wait. After a full two minutes, I figured he was constipated. He's very efficient at potty. I got closer, mind you were walking by moonlight, country road no street lights. And I noticed it wasn't a little tuff of tail sticking up but a leg instead. He's a very private little guy, doesn't like anyone watch him do his business. So I just called him, but he stayed with his leg up trying to pee. So I scooped him up and put a pad down near my bed. When I got up this morning he wasn't in bed, my husband found him in my daughters room under her bed. So he brought him to me for my morning kisses, and we went for our walk again. He sniffed the water bowl and his food dish but wasn't interested. I had mentioned to my husband that I was concerned with a possible UTI. Since he was having a hard time emptying his bladder, but I was told I think too much. :-/ He didn't do anything on our walk. Wasn't interested in the mailboxes, just walked beside me. Stopped when I stopped but didn't sniff a thing. So mentally I'm in panic mode, but I do tend to over worry so I tried to put it off as an off day. An hour or so later I'm getting ready for my day and my youngest daughter said she thinks he's bleeding, she showed me some potty spots on her carpet and duvet that were an odd color. Bruiser doesn't potty upstairs. His accidents are on the tile down in the kitchen but usually on the potty pad. So we put him in the xpen and I call the vet. They want a sample. So we turn the pad upside down plastic side up and walk away. I peak around the corner and he's on the pad trying to go, but all he got was about 4 drops and they are blood red. I call the vet back, and they have me bring him in. A laundry list if possibilities, but nothing concrete. It's been 4 hours since they were going to do an X-ray, and I called again- but still no info. I'm panicking.
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06-10-2015, 11:30 AM | #2 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Urbana, IL USA
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| Sounds a little like kidney stones blocking the urethra. Same thing happened to one of my cats once--it's an emergency situation. Let us know what the vet says. |
06-10-2015, 02:18 PM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Colorado Springs (annexed), CO, El Paso county
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| Just a $300 UTI. Xray came back clear. Still peeing lots of blood. Encouraging fluids with low sodium chicken broth. 2 weeks of antibiotics. And another UA first week in July.
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06-10-2015, 06:17 PM | #4 |
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| Sounds scary!!! I'm glad it's all been sorted, though. So happy you took him to the vet immediately!! sending him big xoxox's |
06-10-2015, 06:39 PM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Colorado Springs (annexed), CO, El Paso county
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| He's a lot less active then this morning. He made six trips to poo, successful 1 normal and a squirt. Squirt, I assume is the side effect of antibiotics? I'm so uneasy when he's not feeling good. I mentioned to the doc that he's got a little pica, but she said she didn't see anything on the xray. I hate for him to not feel good.
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06-10-2015, 08:23 PM | #6 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: prescott valley az usa
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| Is yogurt something that would help him? Uti are painful + antibiotics can mess with the flora in his stomach. Best wishes for a speedy recovery! |
06-10-2015, 08:26 PM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Colorado Springs (annexed), CO, El Paso county
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| I've tried yogurt before, he didn't care for it. It's been a few months, I'll give it another go. Tks!
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06-10-2015, 08:33 PM | #8 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: prescott valley az usa
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| If he doesn't like plain try a friut one Buddybear eats apple strawberry melons etc. But I haven't tried yogurt on him yet. |
06-11-2015, 04:52 AM | #9 |
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| just make sure the yogurt doesnt contain artificial sweeteners.
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