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He's home and miserable, rubbing his head and face on everything and scratching with his hind feet until his lower under parts seem hot and red. He can't really be still. I know they fed him a fatty meal at the vet's during his BAT and he's not eating now - just drinking water and rolling around and itching.

The vet said I could give him 2.5 ml. Children's Benadryl q 6 hrs. for this. He's now 6.3 lbs. Is that not a huge dog and would you give it to your baby? I gave him 1/4 teaspoon of it last night and after an hour of quiet, he seemed more amped and restless than ever. I'm just stymied. His tail has been down and he's seeking something to scratch himself against since he's been home. The only other time in his life he's been like this was after starting him on Royal Canin GI and he was just like this within a couple hours of his first meal and it went down hill from there. Once he got off that and on the Hill's I/D GI, it all stopped almost instantly. Friday night we started him on Hill's I/D Low Fat and he began doing this a little bit Sunday and then stopped and then in earnest last night. But he wasn't eating that much of it until yesterday - that's the first day he ate normally and after his second meal of it, the scratching started in bad. His night was miserable and it seems like tonight is going to be the same.

I'm so scared to give him that much Benadryl in case it sedates him first and then he's so hyper his heartrate gets wild. Would a 1/8 of 1/4 Valium 5 mg. be better - just sedate him? He wouldn't itch when he's asleep would he? He's had 1/4 of a Valium 5 mg. before and he went to sleep for a while. It was very early on when I'd first gotten him and he was wild and panicking all the time. Vet said sedate him for the night and it worked. He never needed it again until one very bad panic attack he had since. Same thing - he just slept for 2 or 3 hours. What do you all think?