Hi,
I got a mini yorkie at the weekend and he's 7 weeks old. He started doing this dry cough/heaving noise that everybody is mentioning.
We brought him to the vet for his checkup today and mentioned it too him (he's only done it a few times, its not constant!) and the vet wasn't overly concerned and mentioned that yorkies can be prone to sore throats and sometimes get collapsed tracia's (as he seems to choke then wake himself when he's sleeping)
Do you think this could be tonsilitis maybe or just a sore throat? He seems to be only nibbling at his food, but he may have worms also as the vet noted.
We have to go back to the vet in 3 weeks for his next injection... should we wait and see how is cough goes or go straight back with him before it gets any worse.
Oh and he's not been outside in the cold and he's kept inside and warm in the day and night...
one more thing... could the squealing at night be making it worse? We only have him 4 days, so he's still settling in and crying a lot at night (tis very hard to ignore the lil fella!!!)
Any help / advice is much appreciated.
Lou. |