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Originally Posted by KathyinCali  and I still don't know what's wrong with her...Last Thursday I posted she threw up a couple of times. So I took her to the vet on Friday. He said to watch her and if she does it again or her eating/drinking changes to bring her back. He also put her on drops for an ear infection (which I had suspected). Friday evening she was fine, playing etc.
Saturday morning she was less active than normal and it didn't look like she ate much so I gave her a chicken stick which she ate. Later in the day she started sleeping - not too alarming but I have a hard time getting her to nap when we are home. The groomer came late afternoon and groomed her. It all went downhill from there. She would not stay awake, I couldn't get her to eat or drink. I spent all night watching her sleep checking to make sure she was breathing and took her to emergency yesterday morning at 8:00. They kept her all day and ran a million blood tests and they found was that her sugar was low and she was dehydrated so they pumped her up. I picked her up at 7:00 and got her to eat a little bit of hamburger but she wouldn't drink anything so Thomas force watered her a bit. Also some Nutrical. She is a LITTLE more active today but no where near her old self. I'm sick with worry.
Thomas is going home at lunch to check on her and our housekeeper is there with her today. What can I give her to make her eat? She wouldn't eat any more of the hamburger this morning but she did eat a TINY bit of her dry food. I've never given her much people food but I want her to eat no matter what!
Is it okay to give her Pedialyte to try to keep her hydrated? If she won't drink water what else liquid can I give her?
I'm hoping to get help from here  |
I'm so sorry your little girl is sick, is there a flu going around in your area? Did she have a fever when you took her to the Vet?
All my dogs think it is a great treat to drink goats milk, it is in the market where the milk is and get it in the carton, not the can, it is really easy on the stomach, and gives a lot of good nutrition. Maybe ask the Vet to give you some Metoclopramide 5mg, I give it to my little girl that has IBD, and it settles her tummy, and gives her an appetite. She is not doing well, she is old, and I have been feeding her anything just to get food down her.
They love rare lean roast beef, turkey, you can also make her some ground chicken with white or brown rice, with some frozen peas and carrots, cook the ground chicken in a large can of chicken broth and water, than add the frozen veggies, than the rice. When the liquid for the rice is all gone, mix it well, and mash the peas and carrots for her. You can also scramble her an egg with just a little liverwurst, or Braunschweiger, also try a little Karo Syrup in her drinking water to keep her sugar level up.1 TBL. spoon per pint of water. Also AD from your vet is very tasty, and full of calories, my mommies love it when having babies, as their tummy's are upset, and they have to eat to make milk, and all of them love it, it is so easy on the tummy.
Hope some of these ideas help, my prayers are for your little one to be feeling better in no time. Keep an eye on her stools, I don't know if you are giving her gerber chicken sticks, or the dried chicken sticks, the dried ones are not good for some of the tiny yorkies they can not digest them, and a friend of mine had to have surgury on her puppies as they were causing a blockage. Best of luck, look forward to how she is responding.
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