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Originally Posted by Deb3R215  Hi! I'm just got my Yorkie (his name is Cutie  2 weeks ago. He is 10 weeks old. The first few days I got him, he was fine. The after about 3 days he started sneezing. He then started coughing. I took him to the vet and she said it was probably kennel cough. They gave him antibiotics. Then a couple days later he threw up, first a yellow/orange color (a lot) and then about 4 times he threw up something that looked like white foam. I really panicked and took him to the vet again. They did tests for parvo and gardia and they both came out negative. They did a blood test and told me he had some anemia. They didn't really come to a conclusion to what he had, said probably a virus or ate something he shouldn't have. They put him on another antibiotic and a medicine that would help with the vomitting. He hadn't thrown up for 3 days now but today I think I made the mistake of switching his food. I got desperate because he barely wants to eat and the vet told me it was very important that he drinks water and eats. Today he has thrown up a couple times, all the times it wasn't a lot and it seemed like it was the new food. Do you think this is normal?
I am going to put him back on the old food. He only weights about a 1 pound and 8 ounces. I want to know if it's ok if he eats his last meal of the day at around 7pm and then doesn't eat until 6am? Is this too much time without food or is it ok?
I'm sorry for all the questions, but I am so confused and so worried about him. I just want him to be ok and I get so scared everytime he throws up. I try so hard to clean up every thing so he has nothing to pick up from the floor but he always finds something. If I leave him in a room alone, he starts crying, he can't stand being alone. Should I just let him cry even if it breaks my heart?
Thank you for your help! |
just heads up when they throw up white foam it means the stomach is empty of bile so there is nothing left in stomach
I personally if my dog was on antibiotics as those can make them vomit or have diarhea would get them to eat however i had to as i would never give antibiotics on an empty stomach as you are asking for more stomach upset and since this dog is showing anemic signs i would go with the ground beef below but ask your vet as puppies need protein anyway and a little added to food already feeding from breeder is not going to make them an unbalanced diet. Sadly vets do not know alot about nutrition so that may be a loss cause but you can at least ask about below info you are getting as a tiny like that who does not eat and on antibiotics not good.
I am assuming your vet did a full blood panel and ALT was not high as you do not want to overdo it with protein if the dog has liver issues so please advise if anything was high or high normal or low on blood reading -- obviously we know from anemia the red blood cell count was off
if you do not want to do beef then ask vet about iron supplements for anemia and maybe it is just a little off but i would be asking about that in such a tiny puppy