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04-23-2006, 05:24 AM | #1 |
Razorback Yorkie Lover Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bentonville, AR
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| Scout hasn't eaten in 5 days-we've been to the vet I guess I just need some reassurance and to to know if anyone has ever had this problem. I sure wish we had a resident Vet at Yorkie Talk we could pass things by! Here's the story: Scout (11 month old) ate unidentified poop while we were on a walk on Tuesday. It was old, dried out stuff-sorry for the detail-I don't know if that's important or not. On Wednesday I noticed he was not eating the dry food that is out all day. I give both the dogs 1/2 pkg of Cesar wet food every night and Scout did not eat his Wednesday night-Pippa ate all of it. Thursday he vomited a few times and did not eat anything, but drinking water pretty well. Friday, still no eating, NO BOWEL MOVEMENTS-loose or otherwise, a little vomiting, but drinking pretty good. I took him to the vet Friday afternoon because I thought there might be a bowel obstruction or something-even though I know he hasn't really eaten enough to make poops, but I expected at least something! The vet said he didn't have a distended abdomen, so he didn't think it was obstruction. He said he wasn't dehydrated-yet-he showed me how to check his skin turger for "tenting"-it should snap back into place if he's hydrated. He thought it was the stuff he ate on Tuesday. So he gave him a cimetidine shot to ease tummy pain, and an antibiotic (Albon) shot and sent us home with oral antibiotics. Scout still hasn't had any interest in food, he didn't vomit all day yesterday but I had to force feed him water out of a dropper. I got him to eat some boiled chicken breast and rice (he ate about a teaspoon full) last evening, which he vomited about 2 hours later. He just wants to lay around and seems depressed. He will still get up and bark at the door if someone comes to it. This morning he took about 2 cc's of water from a dropper. He's getting skinny because he feels lighter when I pick him up and he has definite thinningbetween the ribs and hips. I guess what I want to know, do you guys think he can wait to go back to the vet till tomorrow morning if I can keep water in him or do we need a trip to the $$$$ vet ER today? I forgot to mention, he refuses nutrical as well. His eyes still look bright, his gums are a little tacky this morning, but hopefully I can keep the water going. Also important to note that Pippa, my other yorkie is the picture of health-so I don't think this is a contagious virus or something like that. Sorry this was so long!!
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04-23-2006, 05:29 AM | #2 |
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| Wow, first of all im so sorry your baby isnt feeling well. I would definately get him to the er vet today....i would not wait one nmore day. To me it would be very scary exspecially because he is not taking nutrical. This little one needs some nutrients fast or he is going to go down. Good luck hun and please keep us posted.
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04-23-2006, 05:32 AM | #3 |
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| Have you tried mixing the food with some cottage cheese. This is what I did to get Chachi to eat when he was having stomach problems. I think he will be fine untill tomorrow just keep giving him the water and you might get some pedialyte give him.
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04-23-2006, 05:35 AM | #4 |
Razorback Yorkie Lover Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bentonville, AR
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| I tried cottage cheese last night-he refused it. I had to put Pippa in another room for him to be able to come over and sniff it and decide if he wanted it. He turned around and walked away. Pippa promptly came out and gobbled it up. She's getting fat during all this!
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04-23-2006, 05:35 AM | #5 |
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| Sorry i really dont have any answers for you but just wanted to say i hope your little man gets better real soon
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04-23-2006, 05:40 AM | #6 |
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| sick Unless he falls over and refuses to get up I would wait for the regular vet. Put the Nutra-Cal on your finger and put it on the roof of his mouth..he will have to eat it. Best wishes |
04-23-2006, 05:41 AM | #7 |
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| I would definitely get some pedialyte and give it to him in a dropper and it is your call about the emergency vet. Five days is a long time to go without eating and if he is losing weight it could be something more serious.
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04-23-2006, 06:00 AM | #8 |
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| Oscar was sick like this about a month ago. We went to the vet and he said he had eaten some poop and grass he should not have. Oscar would not eat and had not pooped for a couple of days. He was also throwing up the yellow foamy bile stuff and his tummy was making awful noises. He put Oscar on Pedialyte, soft scrambled eggs, yogurt, cottage cheese and told me to give him 1/4 of a 10mg Pepcid AC - that would be 2.5 mg - and only one dose. He was much better in just a few hours. He tried to get a stool sample when I took him in but it was so sticky and packed that he had a hard time getting one. I hope your baby is better soon! I would do like was posted earlier and put the Nutrical on the roof of the mouth.
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04-23-2006, 06:25 AM | #9 |
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| Poor baby - Albon does work wonders and usually they start feeling better pretty darn fast. I agree with Pat and sometimes we have to force feed the Nutrical. The faster you can open his mouth and put some on the roof of the mouth the easier it is. I put my hand on top of their muzzle and with my thumb and finger of my left hand on the corner of their mouth I force it open and then with the Nutrical on my right hand finger I put it in. Fast. Cimetidine is used to reduce GI acid production and has very, if any, adverse effects. Albon is used for GI antibacterial and antiinflammatory activity. The adverse effect can cause decrease in eating but this is very small. I also agree with Pat on waiting to see your vet tomorrow unless you see him really start going down fast. Sometimes these things have to work through their system and if you can get the Nutrical in him I think you will be alright. I have had many rescue's ( many came in with Coccidia - which Albon works wonders with) refuse the chicken and rice. It does help when I cook the rice in chicken broth (swanson's no salt) and I also keep jars of Junior size baby food in the house, along with the chicken hotdogs for kids. I am a believer in these little ones that it is important to eat but it has to be bland. I have also force fed some when they wouldn't eat (the rice). Just a little bit but it helps to have something in their stomachs. I have even tried ice cream to help coat their stomachs. I have sat on the floor with many a little one begging them to eat just a little. Sometimes they like that I pick up their food and hold it for them and I have gotten some in that way. Obviously fluid are important also but I think you have a handle on that. Tomorrow if you can take a stool sample in I would just to be on the safe side. I think these little ones handle upset stomach's just like we do and food is the last thing on their minds. Let us know how he is doing today and if he is still alert and givening warning barks.
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04-23-2006, 06:37 AM | #11 |
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| I also always keep a can of NO SPICE pumpkin in the house or I go to the store and get some yams that I boil up. It is another food they seem to like. Obviously you can see I try a number of different things and my kitchen counter looks pretty strange with all the things I will try to get a little one to eat. P.S. This isn't an issue now for you but I would seriously consider trying to get your little ones off of Little Ceasars. It really is full of a lot of things (by-products) that are just not healthy in the long run.
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04-23-2006, 07:13 AM | #12 |
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| Thank you all so much for the advice. I went to Walgreens to get some pedialyte and got him to take a little from the dropper. I'm going to get some baby food and some of the other "groceries" that were suggested. I also did nutrical on the roof of his mouth-he didn't fight me too bad. Here are some pics of my poor little boy this morning. He looks so sad!
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04-23-2006, 07:23 AM | #13 |
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| Bless his little heart!
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04-23-2006, 07:26 AM | #14 |
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| Poor little dude - you can see he isn't feeling very well. The Nutrical will help spur his appetite so I am glad you got some in him. Let us know how he is doing as the day progresses.
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04-23-2006, 07:39 AM | #15 |
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| Poor guy, hope he feels better soon ! You never know what those little guys picking up on their walks, and they are soo fast... Rosi has an upset tummy too since yesterday...and she wont eat chicken and rice either.
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