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Originally Posted by Ringo Thanks for all the replies. He has a strange cough right when he wakes up every morning. It's pretty bad...he just walks around and coughs uncontrollably for about a minute and then he's fine. He's been like this for a month. The vet said that he doesn't have any congestion and she thinks it's post nasal drip. She also mentioned the trachea rings not being formed right on the smaller breeds. I hope this isn't the start of a collapsed trachea. I pray it's just allergies and he outgrows this.
I will go with the 1/4 tsp. I'm just wondering if there is something better than Robitussen that I could use for the post nasal drip. |
hey there ringo.... i have not been on here in a few days cause we are on vacation to ny... but i did want to tell you that i had brought beaker to the vet befor we left, cause he too has had a bad cough that continued after his kennel cough went away... and this was about 2 months ago....and with him still coughing i wanted to get him checked up befor coming somewhere soo cold.... well i had x rays done thinking that that beaker could hava a collasped trachea.... well was the xray worth it... come to find out the vet told me that he had some broncatis..(sp) gave me medican and also told me to get childerns robitussen dm...... and gave me a syringe and said to give him 1.00 cc..... well he is doing much better even is more acctive and playfull... and cough is slowly sounding better... hope this helps... good luck..