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Minipettingzoo · 06-29-2014, 06:54 AM

Hello! First time user here, but I'm really in need of some help. I have a 3.8 pound male Yorkie, named Gus, who just turned 2 years old last month. We have never had any issues with him whatsoever, until a couple of days ago. My husband put Gus in his crate at about 10:00pm, when it was time to go to sleep on Wed night. On Thurs at about 7:30am, he opened the crate and Gus took about 2 steps before falling over. He wasn't moving and only taking sporadic and shallow breaths. We got in the car and rushed to the vet, which is only about 5 mins away. The whole time he was unresponsive, limo, tongue hanging out of his mouth. The vet rushed him in back and gave him a steroid shot to boost his heart rate (they said his heart rate was at 4-6 bpm when we got there!), and gave him oxygen. They took all sorts of X-rays and blood tests and came back with absolutely nothing! Gus was acting fine and running around again within 2 hrs., however he did end up vomiting in his cage at the vet's office at around noon. They kept him overnight and released with the next morn, saying he was acting fine, but that we should see a heart specialist. Gus was acting fine I Fri, except he seemed to be walking sideways a bit. Aside from that, food intake and activity was totally normal. Yesterday afternoon we noticed he was acting strange. Running into walls and furniture, he had peed and pooped a few times in the house (which he never does), and just disoriented. Last night those tendencies were magnified and he couldn't see my hand in front of his face. He was breathing strange and had a weird 'tick' where he was nodding his head. We called the emergency vet line but got no response!! Mind you, we live in a little, bitty town- but still. He slept through the night and this morn has been acting a bit more normal again, but obviously something is off. Tried calling the emergency line again to no avail, so we're not sure what to do. He's still not able to see us or treats in front if him, almost as if he suddenly went blind. His behavior is a bit more spunky again- but with the vet literally telling us there was nothing in any of his blood work or X-rays, we just don't know what to do. Sound familiar to anyone?!

06-29-2014, 06:54 AM	#1
Minipettingzoo YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: AR Posts: 1	Help! Hello! First time user here, but I'm really in need of some help. I have a 3.8 pound male Yorkie, named Gus, who just turned 2 years old last month. We have never had any issues with him whatsoever, until a couple of days ago. My husband put Gus in his crate at about 10:00pm, when it was time to go to sleep on Wed night. On Thurs at about 7:30am, he opened the crate and Gus took about 2 steps before falling over. He wasn't moving and only taking sporadic and shallow breaths. We got in the car and rushed to the vet, which is only about 5 mins away. The whole time he was unresponsive, limo, tongue hanging out of his mouth. The vet rushed him in back and gave him a steroid shot to boost his heart rate (they said his heart rate was at 4-6 bpm when we got there!), and gave him oxygen. They took all sorts of X-rays and blood tests and came back with absolutely nothing! Gus was acting fine and running around again within 2 hrs., however he did end up vomiting in his cage at the vet's office at around noon. They kept him overnight and released with the next morn, saying he was acting fine, but that we should see a heart specialist. Gus was acting fine I Fri, except he seemed to be walking sideways a bit. Aside from that, food intake and activity was totally normal. Yesterday afternoon we noticed he was acting strange. Running into walls and furniture, he had peed and pooped a few times in the house (which he never does), and just disoriented. Last night those tendencies were magnified and he couldn't see my hand in front of his face. He was breathing strange and had a weird 'tick' where he was nodding his head. We called the emergency vet line but got no response!! Mind you, we live in a little, bitty town- but still. He slept through the night and this morn has been acting a bit more normal again, but obviously something is off. Tried calling the emergency line again to no avail, so we're not sure what to do. He's still not able to see us or treats in front if him, almost as if he suddenly went blind. His behavior is a bit more spunky again- but with the vet literally telling us there was nothing in any of his blood work or X-rays, we just don't know what to do. Sound familiar to anyone?!