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11-19-2007, 06:39 PM | #1 |
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| Is it possible for a yorkie to eat too much??? Hootie and Hobbs have been on Natural Balance but I wanted to switch them to Orijen and it came in the mail today. I mixed some with their old food but of course they picked the new food out and left the old. Anyway, Hobbs chowed down on the new food! He ate SO MUCH! His tummy is very very full!!!! Is this dangerous??? |
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11-19-2007, 06:46 PM | #2 |
Phantom Queen Morrigan Donating Member | yes it can be dangerous. Even small dogs can get bloat which is caused by eating a lot and eating quickly. I know they get excited with new food sometimes. If they tend to gobble it up i like to place something in their dish to get them to eat slower, OR i take the food and put it in a cookie tray all spread out, OR spread it out on the kitchen floor (if you don't mind the mess), OR put it in a treat toy which drops the food out. This way they don't gobble the food and tons of air at the same time.
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11-19-2007, 06:49 PM | #3 |
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| I agree with Kalina...bloat in extreme cases can cause the stomach to twist on it's axis which can be lethal. It blocks inflow and outflow to the stomach and can cut off major arteries and veins going to the stomach
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11-19-2007, 06:51 PM | #4 |
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| well what should I do? he seems perfectly content but his stomach is so full!!!!! At what point should I worry?? |
11-19-2007, 06:51 PM | #5 |
Phantom Queen Morrigan Donating Member | yup, and if this goes on for too long parts of the stomach and intestines can die. if too much of the stomach or intestines die and it cannot be resected, then there is nothing that can be done.
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11-19-2007, 06:52 PM | #6 |
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| He ate like 2-3 hours ago and he's still full! |
11-19-2007, 06:52 PM | #7 |
Phantom Queen Morrigan Donating Member | if he becomes really lethargic, doesn't want to move, his gums get pale, and/or he vomits then i'd worry
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11-19-2007, 06:55 PM | #8 |
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| OK! Thanks!!!!!!!! He's being lazy right now but that's not unusual for this time of evening. I just checked his guns and they are still colorful. UGH! Last night it was Hootie acting sickly and 2nite it is Hobbs overeating! It's never ending!!!!!!!!!! |
11-20-2007, 10:24 AM | #9 |
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| everytime lexi eats, her tummy blows up, but then it goes away after awhile..
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11-20-2007, 05:16 PM | #11 |
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| Hey Everyone! After Hobbs' tummy was STILL full at 10pm last night, I called the emergency vet. They said that as long as Hobbs took a dump by morning, then he would be fine. If he had not taken a dump by morning, they said for me to take him to my regular vet. Well, luckily Hobbs woke me up at 3:30 this morning to go potty outside. He has been acting perfectly fine. But the yorkies are so obsessed with this new food (obsessed like I've never seen before!) that I'm having to schedule feed them for the first time ever!!!!!! I'm delighted actually! |
11-20-2007, 05:30 PM | #13 |
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| I really appreciate your help and support last night!!!!! I have a lab so I KNOW the propensity for their stomachs to flip if they eat too much in one sitting and I was really worried about that happening with Hobbs. Luckily the emergency vet talked me down from a panic attack!!!! |
11-20-2007, 05:32 PM | #14 |
Phantom Queen Morrigan Donating Member | no problem. glad i could help and glad the little piggies are ok and loving their new food.
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11-21-2007, 02:32 AM | #15 |
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| I can remember when at my MIL house my Heidi got to one of the other dogs food and totally pigged out on it! she would swallow it as quickly as she could before i could get to her! even after just having her own meal! I noticed that she had blown up..she literally could hardly walk her tummy was soooo tight! i didn't know what to do...she ended up throwing alot of it back up..and she went to the toilet the next day too and i hardly fed her the following day to give her tummy a rest! she was such a piggy i had to watch her like a hawk if the other dogs were being fed.
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