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Originally Posted by GuinnessStout  He did say I was right in giving her pumpkin but did not comment in the nutical so I guess I should not have done that but kinda too late now  |
I normally don't give Nutrical unless a pup is showing signs of hypoglycemia, and I give it with food, a protein source. Some puppies will learn to wait for the Nutrical and go off their feed, or they fill up on Nutrical and don't feel hungry so they don't eat like they should.
You should ask him about it though. I'm thinking it may make the puppy a bit more hyper than it really is... so the vet doesn't get a true picture of how the puppy is really feeling? Just guessing here...
Same goes for some types of diarrhea... depending on the cause, it may be best to not try to stop it... some things need to be evacuated from the body rapidly, and stopping it without knowing what's going on could delay healing.
When I had 3 dogs, and they all came down with diarrhea at the same time (one was a GSD), I boarded them at the vet's that night. Even if I had taken off of work there's no way I could have kept up with all the cleaning. I told the vet, you keep them, get them started on the meds, and when the diarrhea stops, I'll be back to bring them home. They stayed at the vet's for 3 days... it was so worth doing. ( mainly I could not depend on DH or the kids to even let the dogs out if they needed to go, duh!)