Sigh. I am just so beside myself. Yesterday Tatum was very, very quiet and she pretty much just layed down all day, and when she did get up, she would just stand there and stare and not do anything. She didn't get excited at dinner time (although she DID eat all of her food) and she didn't even get excited when I was getting ready to put her up on the bed last night to go night night....and she always gets excited about that. Also, as some of you may have read in my reply above, she had gas (yesterday), which she NEVER has...so that is confusing me as well.
Today she is MUCH more perky, almost back to her normal self....however, she started the panting and shaking again
It is so weird because she shakes like a leaf like she is FREEZING cold....yet she pants with her tongue hanging out like she is totally hot. It is just the weirdest, most odd thing I have ever seen. I do not understand what is causing all of this. The vet did a full blood panel on her and everything came back absolutely normal. He even did a heartworm test (I wanted him to, just for piece of mind) - again, we got the all clear - negative on the heartworm test.
I am just so freakin' confused and it is driving me CRAZY. I mean I literally do not know what is causing this. Other than the panting and shaking she acts completely normal. She eats, pees and poops normal. Although it does seem to me that she is drinking more water than usual. Sigh. I just wish I had an answer!
Can anyone think of ANYTHING at all that could be causing this??? I mean, ANYTHING??
Maybe it is just the infection that she has in her chest, but then again yesterday she wasn't panting or shaking AT ALL. Today is the first day that it started back up again. Nothing out of the ordinary happened today that didn't happen yesterday either. So I know that it isn't something that is "going on" or any loud noises, etc. that might be scaring her. I just DO NOT get it!
We have alot of HUGE banana trees in the backyard and she has been chewing (and possibly even eating, I'm sure) the little buds that drop on the ground when the bananas are ready on the tree. However, I looked online (quite a while back actually) and it says that nothing on the banana tree is poisonous. The vet said that she couldn't haven't eaten anything poisonous anyway because all her blood tests came back normal.
I started both of the babies on Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil exactly 16 days ago (I just pour 1/2 a tsp on their food once daily, in the mornings) - but this is 100% all natural so I can't see this hurting her.
I am just trying to think of every little thing...but I am drawing a total blank on this one. If you guys have ANY suggestions or thoughts at all, please let me know! Thanks so much...love you guys
P.S. - Someone did mention about her anal glads possibly needing to be expressed. She has never had this done before as I heard that you are not supposed to START doing it unless it NEEDS to be done, because once you start, they will always need them emptied. I wonder if this could be the cause of everything???
Any thoughts???