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agroller · 02-26-2014, 05:55 AM

I apologize for the length of this post ahead of time, but I want to put it all out there and ask for everyone's help who has been through this or knows someone who has.

Petey is almost 4 yo, 7 lbs as of his last visit which was Monday. We have had this problem before but never this bad. We have had him since he's a puppy and he has never been one to eat a lot or even eat all of what we put in his dish (unless it's canned food).

So this all started about 4 weeks ago. Maybe once/day or a couple times/week, he would vomit the yellow foam/bile (maybe a quarter size, not much). No biggie, happens sometimes, I just monitor his eating and usually stops. The latest episode stated the night we had that big snowstorm about 2 weeks ago. He was vomiting the bile once/day then the night of the storm, he stopped eating or drinking altogether. He's never done that. Called the vet (since we were snowed in) and were told to give him half of one of our leftover Cerenia (antinausea) pills which I did, then start him on the homemade boiled chicken/rice. I did that and he was back to normal within a day. 2nd day started transitioning him to another food (Purina One). As much as I tried the "transition" with the combination, he would only eat the new food. So within a week he was only on that food, but then he started again with the bile vomiting. Gave him canned chicken/rice and the bile stopped right away and took him to the vet this past Monday and they tested him for parasites, none. Said as long as the canned food is helping, move to that. Well that whole day he had canned chicken/rice and he was back to normal but then overnight he began diahrrea and vomited this morning which was food from yesterday AND bile (which never happened before, usually it's only the bile). I'm making him boiled chicken/rice as I type, but wanted to get opinions on what the heck is going on??? Vet says he doesn't think it's anything serious because he's not lethargic or dehydrated, but the diarrhea is new since I have been so I am calling today again. Has anyone else experienced this with your Yorkie and if so what happened? I am worried and frustrated. Thanks in advance!!!

Oh and I've read that the canned food we are using could have too much protein causing the diarrhea. Thoughts on that??

02-26-2014, 05:55 AM	#1
agroller Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Slatington, PA Posts: 33	HELP!! Almost 4 YO, 7lb Petey vomiting/diahrrea I apologize for the length of this post ahead of time, but I want to put it all out there and ask for everyone's help who has been through this or knows someone who has. Petey is almost 4 yo, 7 lbs as of his last visit which was Monday. We have had this problem before but never this bad. We have had him since he's a puppy and he has never been one to eat a lot or even eat all of what we put in his dish (unless it's canned food). So this all started about 4 weeks ago. Maybe once/day or a couple times/week, he would vomit the yellow foam/bile (maybe a quarter size, not much). No biggie, happens sometimes, I just monitor his eating and usually stops. The latest episode stated the night we had that big snowstorm about 2 weeks ago. He was vomiting the bile once/day then the night of the storm, he stopped eating or drinking altogether. He's never done that. Called the vet (since we were snowed in) and were told to give him half of one of our leftover Cerenia (antinausea) pills which I did, then start him on the homemade boiled chicken/rice. I did that and he was back to normal within a day. 2nd day started transitioning him to another food (Purina One). As much as I tried the "transition" with the combination, he would only eat the new food. So within a week he was only on that food, but then he started again with the bile vomiting. Gave him canned chicken/rice and the bile stopped right away and took him to the vet this past Monday and they tested him for parasites, none. Said as long as the canned food is helping, move to that. Well that whole day he had canned chicken/rice and he was back to normal but then overnight he began diahrrea and vomited this morning which was food from yesterday AND bile (which never happened before, usually it's only the bile). I'm making him boiled chicken/rice as I type, but wanted to get opinions on what the heck is going on??? Vet says he doesn't think it's anything serious because he's not lethargic or dehydrated, but the diarrhea is new since I have been so I am calling today again. Has anyone else experienced this with your Yorkie and if so what happened? I am worried and frustrated. Thanks in advance!!! Oh and I've read that the canned food we are using could have too much protein causing the diarrhea. Thoughts on that??