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Puppy's Sick & need advise, Please help!!! 1 Attachment(s) Hello Everyone, I am new to this site and need some advise. I have had my yorkie puppy, Nala for about a month and a half and she has always had trouble when she drinks water. She starts to sneeze and it sounds like she has fluid in her nose/lungs (i guess). At first I thought it was just from drinking the water too fast, but now she does it out of the blue and stuff comes out of her nose and she starts rubbing on the ground. I can tell that it really hurts her when it happens. I also noticed when I pick her up she makes wheezing sounds. Does anyone know what could be wrong with her?? I am taking her to the vet on saturday, but I was wondering if anyone had a clue as to why she is doing this? Is it normal? Thanks for the help! Jessica:animal-pa |
I dont know what it could be but she definitely sounds like she needs to see a vet |
She needs to see a vet before it gets worse. Please take her to the vet. Welcome to YT! Your baby is adorable :) |
thanks! I was hoping they had openings today but the earliest appt I can get is Friday or Saturday. I am so worried about her! |
did you explain to them the problem. if its something serious the vet should be able to squeeze you in |
I did try explaining it to them, but they didn't seem to be worried by the symptoms like I was, so at first I thought I was just overreacting, but it is not getting any better. |
If you are really worried I would go to another vet or an emergency vet. |
This only happens when she drinks? Does the water come out of her nose after drinking? Have you looked at the roof of her mouth to make sure she doesn't have a small cleft in her palate? A cleft palate is a hole in the roof that links the mouth with the nose and lungs. Sometimes it can be seen by examination, but other defects are further back. |
Has she had this problem since you got her? If so it can probably wait another 2 or 3 days. If it just started I would take her to any vet that I could get her in. It sounds like she may have an upper respritory infection. I hope all is well. She is sure cute. Welcome to YT. |
:wavey: Welcome to YT She's very cute! I wouldn't wait, I'd find a different Vet, so she could be seen right away. Please keep us posted. :) :) :) |
It sounds like the 'wheezing' you are refering too is a reversed sneeze, which is absolutely normal. The problem with your little baby though is that she doesn't it after she drinks, which means should could possibly suck the water into her lungs as she does the reverse sneezing. This could cause many problems, such as pneumonia. I would get her to the vet ASAP and I would also start keeping a log of what she does when she drinks, how many times, etc. It always helps to have a ton of accurate info when trying to diagnose. Best of luck! |
At first it only happened after she finished drinking, but now it happens more often than that. I will have to check in her mouth today to see if I can find what you are talking about. Thanks for the advise! |
Kali is doing the exact same thing. I almost freaked out the first time she did it. She is going to the vet tomorrow and I am asking them about it. I will post what I find out. I think it is from drinking. Sometimes it happens immedietly after drinking. Other times within about 30 minutes. But it does scare her and she comes right to me and is breathing with her mouth open. My hubby thinks she has only been drinking from a bowl for a couple of weeks and just gets it up her nose. |
Thanks! Please keep me posted as to what you find out. I am so worried and won't stop worrying until her appt on friday afternoon!!! Someone told me to try and use the bottle water feeders, but since we have another bigger dog already I have doggie bowls throughout the house so i don't think she will use a bottle water feeder. |
My mom's maltese does this often after drinking water. She doesn't have any health problems, but I do think she is snorting up water. She also does it every now and again when not drinking. We just call it reverse sneezing. Is this what she is doing? http://www.paw-rescue.org/PAW/PETTIP...eSneezing.html She is positively adorable, by the way! |
That does sound like what she could be doing! Hopefully it is nothing major and the vet can figure it out friday! Thanks for all of the advise! |
We've had Bailey for just 4 weeks. We've been aware of something similar, but didn't remember just when it started. When we hold her, it felt like sometimes her chest vibrated pretty roughly when she was sneezing, snorting or just breathing. I was afraid it might be pneumonia. She's still under three pounds so I was really afraid that any thing would be very dangerous for her. Took her to the vet last Sunday (we have a 24/7 vet hospital not far from our home!). We paid for x-rays (ouch!) and found no chest congestion. Vet said it might be just a head cold and sent us home with antibiotics that we're giving her twice a day. Don't see much change yet, though. Maybe it's just the reverse sneezing others have mentioned. Everything about Yorkies is new to us. I'll update you if we find out anything more, but you're due to go to the vet before we're scheduled to go back - maybe you can help us all with what you find out then! Hope all is well with Nala. |
I will let you know what I find out. I have been reading online to see if I can pinpoint what it could be and I found something that really scared me and I really hope that it is not what is wrong with Nala. It is a cleft palate and it looks really painful, but the symptoms sound like what she is experiencing. I REALLY hope its not what she has!!! |
Does the roof of her mouth look normal? I mentioned the cleft palate because of the symptoms you described. I really think a responsible breeder would have known about it. If you bought from an unknowledgeable breeder and the defect is small, then maybe it could have went unnoticed. |
First, welcome to YT. We help when we can but this sounds like a problem that your vet needs to manage. There are other problems with the palate than cleft so your vet will check for those. I was gonna suggest the water bottles but your other dog would have to learn to use it as well. BTW, any size dog can learn to drink from the bottles, but that will not take care of the cause of the problem. Please keep us posted about your vet's diagnosis and how your baby is doing. I, too, would be concerned about aspiration pneumonia or palate problems but we all hope there is not a problem..just a quirk.. |
Kali had her vet appt. this am. I told the vet about her symptoms. She immedietly said that happens when they drink. But, she also mentioned the cleft palate. (which I had already checked). She said if it is a cleft palate they usually have problems with food as well. And that they usually have gunk and stuff around their nose. She said her lungs sounded clear and she also checked her palate. She said that from what I had explained that it sounded like it was from drinking and getting water up her nose. Kali also still has a small soft spot on her head. She will check that again next time. My poor little girl did not like her shot. I felt so bad for her. |
It is good to hear that she does not have that problem w/ the palete, hopefully I get the same news about Nala. She doesn't have any gunk around her nose and doesn't seem to have a problem when eating. just when drinking and sometime after that and when stuff comes out of her nose it is just watery stuff. Thanks for letting me know what you found out. My appt is tomorrow afternoon and i will post what I find out when I get back from it. Thanks!! |
Good luck tomorrow with Nala. I know when Kali has these spells it even scares her and she runs to me. Hopefully they will outgrow it. But the vet said sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. |
What did you find out about Nala today at the vet ? |
Our Teddy has done the same thing since the day we brought him home, he's now 1 & 1/2 and I think it's where he laps it to fast and it gets in his nose, it sounds like he's choking but then he's fine...He gets his self unchoked and goes on...@ 1st I was scared too he does do it a lot but not every single time he gets a drink...He has NO health problems, I ask the vet about him doing this when he went for his 1st shots and he told me that he was just lapping it up to fast??? Hope this helps U. Hugs, Lee & Babies |
Nala is doing very well. The vet said that it is "reverse sneezing" like someone had mentioned to me before. I was so thankful that it was not more serious like the cleft palate, but he checked that and everything looked fine. He said I shouldn't worry if she goes back to her normal, active self after the attacks which she definetly does. He said I could give her Benadryl if it bothers her too much, but I would rather not have to give that to her if possible. Thanks to everyone for their advise and concern!!! |
I'm glad it wasnt anything more serious. :D |
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