Originally Posted by doortego

I have diabetes mellitus. Is that the word that you were looking for? It's true :aimeeyork you are constantly thirsty and looking for a bathroom.

Originally Posted by dray

Subject: DKC- FREE poison-control hotline
1+785-532-5679

>forwarded with permission:
Kansas State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital is offering a
FREE 24 hours poison control hotline for pet owners and
veterinarians.
1+785-532-5679 is the number and the service has been available
since 1969. Dr Oehme, a vet and professor in toxicology and
pathology oversees the hotline. Dr Oehme offers these suggestions:

Be patient. The person answering the phone may have to take a few
minutes to consult the vet on duty.

Call as soon as possible. Immediate attention might save your
animal. But waiting to see if there is a reaction could cost your animal
their life.

Have any product labels available for answers. The vet might need
to know milligrams and generic names.

Know your pet. Drooling could only mean he is thrilled to see you!

Know that the toxicologists are also taking calls from vets about
other animals and other problems, including those problems with
large animals.

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Just in case......
I sure hope your baby is doing better.

Debbie Ray
www.sumtoiyorkies.com

Originally Posted by Joysie

Straszny is not doing well. Long story short, he managed to find some medicine that was in a bag on mine that the active ingredient was mesalamine (a 5-aminosalicylic acid). The medicine was suppositories, and he chewed up 3 of them, 500mg each. He didn't consume all of this, I found bits and chunks on the floor. This was last night. I also found vomit on the bed, and he acted just fine besides that. I gave him some lunch meat(he doesn't normally get human food) and he at, drank, and went to the bathroom normally. I got home today after work, school, and a meeting. I saw that he had had a bowel movement but had not peed during the day(on his pee pad, anyway). I took him outside, and he did pee then. I quickly came to realize that he was not acting normally, and that he was sick. He wouldn't take food from me until I got a can of canned beef(more human food) and he ate some of it. He also drank some water. In the midst of this, I had called the vet, and was going to give it an hour to see how he was doing.

About an hour later a friend stopped by for 5 minutes or so, and Straszny acted just fine. Tail wagging, running around, the whole bit. I thought he was back to normal.

Then, he stopped moving around so much a little while later, and I could tell he wasn't comfortable. His abdomen was now obviously bothering him, he was waddling around a little. I think it may be a little swollen!! :cry:

He has peed in his bed, and on mine, which he has NEVER done. I don't now if he is losing bladder control, or if he is just ill. He didn't even move from his bed when he peed in it.

Also, his urine is CLEAR. I don't understand this. Also, abnormal. It does not smell like urine, either.

A little bit before he peed on my bed, I brought him a drink of water. I think that this went right through him... but he is still eating and drinking.

I don't know what to do. I will take him to the vet if need be, but honestly, they can;t pump his stomach or anything, it has been 24 hours since he consumed the medicine!

I am so scared. I lost a dachshund to parvo a little over a year ago, and it was heartbreaking. I watched her pass on. Convulsions, seizures, vomiting, so on. I don;t know if I can go through that again( we were waiting on the vet to arrive).

Does ANY of this sound familiar to ANYONE!!??? Do you think that it could be a liver problem? He has been acting a little strange lately, but I find it hard to believe that this is not due to the medicine.