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01-05-2009, 10:09 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member | Emergency, and Vet won't asnwer phone I brought my 11-wk old 1.07 lb dog home yesterday. She got checked out at the vet and has a cold/respiratory something going on. The vet said just to keep an eye on it. She drinks lots of water, but hasn't eaten much of anything since she came home. I just got home. Husband has been home with her. SOMETHING IS WRONG. She can't stand up straight, and keeps turning to her right. She is listless and doesn't want to play. I tried to turn her around and upright, and she immediately twisted her body into turning rihgt. What is wrong?! My vet wont answer - not even on their emergency line, and I'm in a total panic. Pleas.e.. help.
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01-05-2009, 10:44 PM | #2 | |
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01-05-2009, 10:57 PM | #3 |
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| You can also use honey if you have none of the others on hand. If the puppy shows no improvement within a few minutes after giving her one of the treatments mentioned, then she should be taken to an emergency vet asap!
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01-05-2009, 11:04 PM | #4 |
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| I totally agree with the above poster DO NOT WAIT NUTRICAL OR HUNNY ANYTHING another thing you can give is chicken weinies by gerber in the baby section... Stimulate her feet rub her feet and get her help ASAP....
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01-05-2009, 11:06 PM | #5 |
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| Try to get her to eat some food such as cottage cheese, yoghurt, turkey, chicken even ice cream if that what it takes and do this in addition the above suggestions. Do you have any 24 hour emergency vets in your area? If you do, call them if you see no improvement in several minutes. She is very tiny which puts her in a higher risk of danger. Good luck!!!
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01-05-2009, 11:14 PM | #6 |
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| How frightening! I see the OP is offline at the moment so hopefully she's got her little one to a vet. I hope her puppy is well, and that she keeps us updated.....am sending hugs and prayers xxx xxx
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01-05-2009, 11:19 PM | #7 | |
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To the OP...I hope and pray the little one is doing better. Please update us when you get the chance,
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01-06-2009, 12:33 AM | #8 |
YT 500 Club Member | Hi Everyone, Thank you so much for your responses. I rubbed Karo syrup on her gums and let her lick it, and took her to the vet asap. This is such a nightmare. Now she's hospitalized. First they rubbed Nutri-Cal on her and took a blood sample. Her blood sugar level was at 18. The doc made the lab tech retest it because she didn't believe it could be so low. It came back at 13. They immediately put a catheter in her neck and started her on a glucose drip. They are keeping her overnight, but they can only check on her only every 4 hours. I am freaking out. Is she just too small?! I'm not a person who needs some tiny Paris Hilton dog. I just fell in love with her. It's all because she isn't eating. How do I get her to eat!? She was obviously eating for the last 11 weeks before I got her. The vet isn't ready to dismiss distemper (there's no blood test, apparently?), but right now the symptoms are all pointing at screaming, "hypoglycemia." But the question is --- what is causing her to not eat? Being in a new environment (I just brought her home yesterday), or distemper? She was vaccinated against distemper, but the vet thinks it could possibly have been done too early. I am sick to my stomach with all of this. She has this giant bandage around her neck and a catheter sticking out, and now she has to sleep in an unfamiliar place. Okay, my house was probably unfamiliar enough to her, but at least she had lots of love and attention. Help.
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01-06-2009, 03:28 AM | #11 |
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| I'm thinking of you and your little one....I pray she has a swift recovery. Hugs to you xxx xx
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01-06-2009, 04:31 AM | #13 |
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| I hope your little one has improved. Will keep her in my prayers!
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01-06-2009, 04:37 AM | #14 |
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| Have you tried getting her to eat wet food? Chip was bigger than that, but he was 7 weeks when we got him and I believe he had a hypoglycemia attack and was dehydrated. He wouldn't eat and kept throwing up, so we gave him some wet food and was fine. We figured out that he actually wasn't able to eat the dry food that the "breeder" told us he could.
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01-06-2009, 04:56 AM | #15 |
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| I agree with wet food...as long as you get him to eat...My baby was very small...You can't pick who you fall in love with....She is a happy , healthy 5 lbs. of energy now ..at a year old...When I got her I had a tube of nutri cal...never had to use it ...but I did go thru a lot finding the right food...Good Luck ...I am praying for your baby...
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