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Originally Posted by ladyjane  It all comes down to how bad it is and whether they are vomiting or not. She was not vomiting....but clearly has pain and it is being treated as pancreatitis. The vet thinks we just caught it really early....I had another this past year with the same thing. As soon as they do not eat, I take them in. Of course, there are times when they just suddenly become ill and start vomiting and having diarrhea. But, I have never seen one be NPO for that many days...they normally start food slowly after 24 hours in my experience. There again, all depends on the pup and what can be tolerate.
Peek A Boo must have been mighty sick to have food withheld that long. Scary |
The first time Barney had pancreatitis, it came on fast and furious and he was hospitalized for 4 days. The first two days were NPO and then slowly food was added back. The second time he had it, it was the same situation as Summer. My vet gave sub-cutaneous fluids (it was a saturday so they were not there for IV otherwise IV would have been used) and he was NPO for the first day. We then moved up to small amounts of bland food over the next day and then progressed to full meals slowly. My vet told me at the time that small amounts of food can be used if the situation is mild and early. I think Summer's case sounds so much like how Barney presents - hunched and painful and not eating.
I'm glad she is a little better today.