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blazntigz · 07-06-2011, 05:51 PM

Hi, i am a new parent of a beautiful parti colored yorkie at 3 months weighing a whopping 1lb 6oz. My little boy Gizmo has been with us for a little over a week, but on the second night he started to cough, wheeze, and gag. We just moved into a new apartment and was building furniture while he was sleeping in his crate, and he started to cough and wheeze. Thought it couldve been just some irritant like dust from the windows being open and stuff but it has been a week and 3 different medications.
We went to the vet and was prescribed clavomax, and then with no help cephalexin, and now with a combination of a parasite in his stool he has to take 3 meds 2x a day. Besides the coughing, wheezing and gagging, the vet says he is very healthy..hard to believe when i hear his cough and it hurts me so much to hear him like this.
My apartment is half carpeted with a high pile rug and his symptoms are more severe on the rug then off. On the rug he coughs like every 15 minutes, in his crate about every 30-45 minutes.
Ive been trying to figure out if it is allergies to the carpet or is it just the chemicals in the brand new carpeting, or is it kennel cough, or the parasites he has.
Please chime in you yorkie veterans, im worried about my little boy and dont know what to do...
thank you in advance.

07-06-2011, 05:51 PM	#1
blazntigz Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: nyc Posts: 15	New baby yorkie sick, please help. Hi, i am a new parent of a beautiful parti colored yorkie at 3 months weighing a whopping 1lb 6oz. My little boy Gizmo has been with us for a little over a week, but on the second night he started to cough, wheeze, and gag. We just moved into a new apartment and was building furniture while he was sleeping in his crate, and he started to cough and wheeze. Thought it couldve been just some irritant like dust from the windows being open and stuff but it has been a week and 3 different medications. We went to the vet and was prescribed clavomax, and then with no help cephalexin, and now with a combination of a parasite in his stool he has to take 3 meds 2x a day. Besides the coughing, wheezing and gagging, the vet says he is very healthy..hard to believe when i hear his cough and it hurts me so much to hear him like this. My apartment is half carpeted with a high pile rug and his symptoms are more severe on the rug then off. On the rug he coughs like every 15 minutes, in his crate about every 30-45 minutes. Ive been trying to figure out if it is allergies to the carpet or is it just the chemicals in the brand new carpeting, or is it kennel cough, or the parasites he has. Please chime in you yorkie veterans, im worried about my little boy and dont know what to do... thank you in advance.