update on Maggie
 

a lot of you are asking how maggie is doing. She seems to be doing better...but still has diarrhea a little bit. We find ourselves cleaning her up several times a day. She is wanting to eat grass a lot. I'm just wondering why that is...but I'm sure there is a reason behind it.

We have her on a bland diet of chicken and rice twice a day, she is getting her medicine with her meals. she hasn't been vomiting, but still having the poo problems. She is sleeping a lot, so I'm sure she is a little drained from everything. I am trying to encourage her to drink as much water as possible to keep her hydrated. I have thought about getting her some pedialyte, what do you think about that????

thanks for all the well wishes and prayers. she really does seem to be doing much better. the sheer fact that she is not vomiting is a great thing.

That's good she's feeling better. Hopefully she'll be back to normal very soon

Oh Mandee i had no idea she wasn't feeling well. I'm so sorry to hear that. Are you giving her Nutrical??? Pedialyte is ok... but i'd just concentrate on getting water in her... i went to the pharmacy and asked if they had an eye dropper and they just gave me one. so when Layla is sick i give her water that way.. she fights the whole time tho! keep her on her bland diet.. you might think about givng her some pro biotic yogurt to help get the good bacteria back in her tummy. poor little girl.

I'm so glad Maggie is feeling better, I've been watching for an update! I'll keep her in my prayers.

A little bit of kaopectate(not pepto bismol) will help with the diarrhea, and actually canned pumpkin(1-2 T) is good for diarrhea and constipation..hope she gets better real soon

Sounds like she is on the mend. Thats great:)
Get well soon baby Girl.
The Grass helps settle her tummy.

i have been giving her nutrical. i will try the dropper and see how that works. you should have seen me trying to give her the meds today. she was fighting me BIG time. i ended up putting it in peanut butter and sticking that to the roof of her mouth. she finally ate it LOL it was like fighting a bobcat to get that medicine on the back of her tongue and down her throat. she just WASN'T having it!!!!

so should i let her eat it? i have been trying to keep her from eating it!

Ellie was sick yesterday and I gave her Pedialyte. PediaSure is better (vitamins/minerals) but Ellie can't have it. It is great for replacing electrolytes. It is sugary though, so I only gave a couple teaspoons altogether. You might not need it if she is eating. Water would be more important in that case. You could also replace the Pedialyte with Gatorade (don't forget to check for artificial sweeteners).

I wouldn't. I think that sometimes they eat it to help them throw up (there could be exceptions though).

http://www.petstyle.com/dog/health_w...section=health

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