Robitussin

[LittleBeakerBoy]

Originally Posted by Ringo

Thanks for all the replies. He has a strange cough right when he wakes up every morning. It's pretty bad...he just walks around and coughs uncontrollably for about a minute and then he's fine. He's been like this for a month. The vet said that he doesn't have any congestion and she thinks it's post nasal drip. She also mentioned the trachea rings not being formed right on the smaller breeds. I hope this isn't the start of a collapsed trachea. I pray it's just allergies and he outgrows this.

I will go with the 1/4 tsp. I'm just wondering if there is something better than Robitussen that I could use for the post nasal drip.

hey there ringo.... i have not been on here in a few days cause we are on vacation to ny... but i did want to tell you that i had brought beaker to the vet befor we left, cause he too has had a bad cough that continued after his kennel cough went away... and this was about 2 months ago....and with him still coughing i wanted to get him checked up befor coming somewhere soo cold.... well i had x rays done thinking that that beaker could hava a collasped trachea.... well was the xray worth it... come to find out the vet told me that he had some broncatis..(sp) gave me medican and also told me to get childerns robitussen dm...... and gave me a syringe and said to give him 1.00 cc..... well he is doing much better even is more acctive and playfull... and cough is slowly sounding better... hope this helps... good luck..

[KK'sMom]

Originally Posted by Ringo

I just checked this syringe and it says ML not CCs....so the receptionist was really confused. It has 2 sides. On one said it has whole numbers and on the ML side it has .1 through 1.0. She has the magic marker marked at 3 on the whole number side. I am guessing the doctor told her to mark it there, but I'm definitely going to go with the 1/4 tsp like everyone is saying. I actually had rather use benadryl because I honestly think he has some sort of allergy. Does anyone know how much benadryl I should give a 2 pounder. Now my next step is to find out what's causing this allergy. I'd rather cure the problem than mask it. The reason that I'm going to give the benadryl is because I don't think this coughing is good for a pup with a developing trachea.

Any ideas?

Just so you know......"ml's" and "cc's" are the same amount. In the medical world don't ask me why the different names. But .25ml is the same as .25cc.
Hope it helps. I know it can be confusing. Sounds like you do have a 1cc syringe.
Mary Jo

[Gracie'sMommy]

Originally Posted by Ringo

He has a strange cough right when he wakes up every morning. It's pretty bad...he just walks around and coughs uncontrollably for about a minute and then he's fine.

This is exactly what Gracie does! She's been on antibiotics for well over a month now, and at one point had a very runny nose and congestion. The vet says it's kennel cough basically, and she's been on Robitussin at night too. Most of the symptoms are gone, and just in the past two or three days she's "hacking" less in the mornings. But when she does, it sounds like she's trying to cough something up and then she sounds like she almost choking or gagging!

[taje]

I'm so glad I found this thread! Pita has the same cough, it starts like she's choking and ends with a little sneeze and she usually swallows some mucous.
She has good days and bad. I gave her Robitussin DM this morning but now I realize it was ADULT I gave her 1 cc, do you think this is OK?

[yorkieagility]

I think Pita will be fine. Just keep an eye on her and make sure she has plenty of water available if she need it.