[Nancy1999]

About 4 pm Friday Joey, who is 24 weeks old, vomited up some food. I didn't think too much of it, because this has happened twice before, but in the past involved car rides. About 5 minutes after the initial vomiting he did it again, and then 1 minute later he vomited again. I called the vet, and the receptionist said only 1 doctor was in, and the vet techs were busy, but she'd call back as soon as possible. In the 20 minutes that I waited for her call, Joey vomited 6 more times; it ranged from a teaspoon to a tablespoon and was yellow and foamy. He has never suffered from hypoglycemia, but I checked his gums, and they were pink and when pressed turn white and back to pink, which is a sign hypoglycemia, isn't present. I rubbed a little Karo syrup on the roof of his mouth, just in case.

I finally called the vet back, and she said that she had been unable to ask anybody, it was 4:20 at this time and suggested I take him to emergency hospital. He vomited 4 more times before we left and twice in the car on the way to hospital. Once there, he was checked by a tech and we waited 3 hours before we got to see a doctor. When the tech weighed Joey he only weighed 3 lb 8 ounces, this astounded me because I though Joey weight was closer to 3lb 14 ounces. In this period, he only vomited twice, but had terrible amounts of saliva coming out of his mouth. Finally, when we were able to see doctor she suggested a Parvo test and a fluids test. Parvo was negative, and test showed he was slightly dehydrated. They treated Joey by giving him fluids, anti-vomiting medication and allergy meds. The doctor had no idea what caused this and thought maybe he was allergic to something, perhaps an insect bite. She suggested we give him Benedryl and Pepcid today.

Joey seems better today, no more vomiting, and he had a normal bowel movement, but I'm totally confused about what could have caused this. Does anybody have any ideas? If this happen again, should I just wait the 3 hours at home, and see if the vomiting stops? How do you know when to see the doctor? I am so worried this will happen again since we have no idea what caused it. Are there other tests that I should ask his regular vet to do?