[Noreen612]

Hi all,
My baby had her LP surgery on her left knee on Tuesday and I picked her up on Wednesday. It’s been so challenging ever since! Eating has been a challenge as she does not want to eat her normal diet, so since she’s on three different medications I think her tummy might be a little bit upset and maybe her taste buds affected so I just kept it bland with rice and turkey which she eats at times but not others. The biggest problem is that she’s not drinking water at all the whole week she has not touched her water bowl. I called the vet and they told me not to worry about it as long as I’m getting water into her in some other ways. For example she likes sardines right now so I decided to put all the sardines with a bunch of water in a bowl and pouring some of that water into her food when I feed her and she’s been drinking that at mealtime. I also offered her some ice chips last night which she’ll only take if I’m feeding them to her from my hand. At least it’s something. She’s on the antibiotic, Meticam & gabapentin, which by the way has also been a challenge giving to her I’ve decided to start squirting them into pieces of bread and wrapping it in liverworst, I also made small meatballs for her and I’ve been injecting those. It’s been quite a challenge. Anyway I’m just wondering for those of you who experienced this or any other type of surgery when the baby is on various medications do they stop drinking water? I’m worried about it but I’m not sure what else to do. I was wondering if also e-collar is getting in the way but even when I offer it to her she doesn’t drink it.