07-31-2007, 01:50 PM | #1 | ||
Head Cheerleader
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Caught somewhere between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace...
|
PING: People who have dogs - PUPPY PICTURES INSIDE!!!!
We just got a new puppy - he is a mutt, we adopted him - we think he is beagle/jack russell terrier mix. We got him a week ago Saturday (July 21) and he's been perfectly healthy and playful. This past Sunday (7/29) he got into some dry cat food and threw up that night, 3 or 4 times. His stomach, which had been very round, got smaller, and he's been lethargic and not eating ever since then. The girl who is checking on him and taking him out just texted me and said he looks "dangerously skinny", and it doesn't look like he's eaten any of the food we gave him this morning or has drank any of the water we left him. He's still very lethargic.
I called my vet and told them what was going on, she said I could give him some PediaLyte, and I made an appt to bring him in Thursday morning before we leave to go out of town for a few days. She didn't make it sound super urgent or say they needed to see him right away. Has anyone experienced anything like this? What did you give them to make them feel better? Is there some magic trick for puppies with upset tummies that I don't know about? Thanks!
__________________
Last edited by oliegirl : 07-31-2007 at 05:14 PM. |
||
07-31-2007, 01:53 PM | #2 |
Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
|
My dog eats the catfood all the time but has never had a problem.
I wouldn't worry if the vet isn't worried |
07-31-2007, 01:54 PM | #3 |
Pro Rookie
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Los Angeles
|
where'd you get the dog from?
|
07-31-2007, 01:56 PM | #4 |
Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: North Carolina
|
Maybe I am a worrier, but three days without eating or drinking seems like a bigger deal than your vet is making it out to be.
Not trying to worry you or anything, but when our dog had stomach issues, the vet said to bring him in if it went more than 24 hours with the lethergy and the non-eating. |
07-31-2007, 01:58 PM | #5 |
Head Cheerleader
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Caught somewhere between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace...
|
We adopted him from PetSmart - actually it was a local shelter (Big Canoe, GA) that was there with the puppies they had for adoption. I have his vet records and he doesn't have any problems that would seem obvious like parvo or anything like that. |
07-31-2007, 02:01 PM | #6 |
College Prospect
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: York, Pa
|
My wife works for a Vet. You should take him in ASAP, and not to the vet who made it sound like no big deal
__________________
We had the $240, we had to have the puddin' |
07-31-2007, 02:02 PM | #7 |
Torchbearer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: On Lake Harriet
|
Take him in today.
|
07-31-2007, 02:14 PM | #8 | |
Head Cheerleader
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Caught somewhere between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace...
|
Quote:
I may take him to the emergency clinic tonight, she is going to try to get him to take some broken up food, and I have some vitamin stuff that they gave me, said it was for when they were weaning puppies and it has a lot of vitamins and stuff in it...she's going to give him some of that and hopefully it will help. |
|
07-31-2007, 02:14 PM | #9 | |
Hockey Boy
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Royal Oak, MI
|
Quote:
+2
__________________
Steve Yzerman: 1,755 points in 1,514 regular season games. 185 points in 196 postseason games. A First-Team All-Star, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Selke Trophy winner, Masterton Trophy winner, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Olympic gold medallist, and a three-time Stanley Cup Champion. Longest serving captain of one team in the history of the NHL (19 seasons). |
|
07-31-2007, 02:40 PM | #10 | |
lolzcat
Join Date: May 2001
Location: williamsburg, va
|
Put me in the "take him today" camp. If your son didn't eat for three days, would you be willing to wait until Thursday for him to see a doctor? I'd run as far as I could from that vet and take him elsewhere.
I'm no expert on dogs, but I like to play one on message boards. I know that it is possible for cat treats/food to cause kidney problems in dogs. I don't know exactly why and i know that it's not a given (as illustrated above with Lathum's dog). But that combined with not eating and I'd be in there immediately. FWIW, I had a vet do something similar to me when my dog had his eye scratched. I was away from home so we weren't near our normal vet. I called a local vet and they said "oh, just bring him in tomorrow". This didn't sound right as he was BLEEDING IN HIS EYE. I immediately called another emergency vet place and they told me to bring him in right away that if his cornea was scratched waiting could be very bad. Anyway. Take him in today.
__________________
Text Sports Network - Bringing you statistical information for several FOF MP leagues in one convenient site Quote:
|
|
07-31-2007, 02:51 PM | #11 |
n00b
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Michigan
|
I got a puppy about a year ago, about 6 weeks old, you got really sick about a week after we got him home. We took him to the vet and he had parvo. He went from about 8 to 4 pounds in a matter of a few days. He wasn't eating or drinking much. But he survived because they are tough little guys. But taking him in as soon as possible is the best idea. You also don't know for sure that he is throwing up because of the cat food.
|
07-31-2007, 02:56 PM | #12 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Winnipeg, MB
|
Take the dog in to the vet, definitely.
__________________
"Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime." |
07-31-2007, 03:20 PM | #13 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
|
Try giving the pup some salami... If he won't eat it, take him to the vet.
If he will... put some gravy on the dry food and wait. It will disappear! |
07-31-2007, 03:25 PM | #14 | |
Head Cheerleader
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Caught somewhere between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace...
|
Quote:
Salami? Are you serious? I don't have any salami...I do have ham and I think some turkey...can I try either of those? |
|
07-31-2007, 03:28 PM | #15 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
|
|
07-31-2007, 03:32 PM | #16 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
|
The reason dogs go for cat food is that cat's taste buds aren't as sensitive, so their food has to be much more tasty than dog's. If you had a choice between food that tasted average, and food that tasted WOW! which do you choose?
|
07-31-2007, 03:34 PM | #17 |
College Prospect
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: York, Pa
|
let me say this again:
My wife works for a Vet. You should take him in ASAP, and not to the vet who made it sound like no big deal This is from her, and she knows a hell of a lot more than anybody on here
__________________
We had the $240, we had to have the puddin' |
07-31-2007, 03:46 PM | #18 |
General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
|
|
07-31-2007, 03:50 PM | #19 |
Head Cheerleader
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Caught somewhere between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace...
|
It's been a day and a half, and he did eat yesterday a little...so today is the only day that he hasn't eaten at all. My vet called me back, he thinks it's something called Coccidia, my dad is going to pick up some medicine for him and the vet said to give him some of what I have (the vitamin stuff) also and to give it 48 hours to work. He said if he's still feeling bad and showing symptoms Thursday morning to go ahead and bring him in, I have an appt at 9:20 in case I need it.
Thanks for everyone's input, I love that I can post something here and get quick answers...this place is awesome! |
07-31-2007, 03:53 PM | #20 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
|
So where is the puppy pic?
The only thing better than a puppy pic is a Pumpy pic... |
07-31-2007, 04:04 PM | #21 |
Head Cheerleader
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Caught somewhere between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace...
|
As requested...the last 3 are of Weeble, the first one is my zoo - Piper is the bigger dog, Hagrid is the orange cat, Weeble is in there, and then in the background is Olie the cat admiring herself in the mirror...
__________________
Last edited by oliegirl : 07-31-2007 at 04:05 PM. |
07-31-2007, 04:09 PM | #22 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
|
Awwwww...
|
07-31-2007, 04:17 PM | #23 |
Pro Starter
Join Date: Jul 2001
|
cute dogs
|
07-31-2007, 04:34 PM | #24 |
Head Cheerleader
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Caught somewhere between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace...
|
Thanks...they are SO sweet, I just love them to death! Can't wait to get home and get to Weeble...
|
07-31-2007, 05:13 PM | #25 | ||
lolzcat
Join Date: May 2001
Location: williamsburg, va
|
Quote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccidia Again, I'm no vet (and I'd love N_P to chime in) but the idea that your vet would diagnose this AND prescribe medicine without ever seeing the pup.. is.. well... insane... I'd personally be hunting for another vet immediately.
__________________
Text Sports Network - Bringing you statistical information for several FOF MP leagues in one convenient site Quote:
|
||
07-31-2007, 05:21 PM | #26 | |
College Prospect
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Mountain View, California
|
Well before anyone goes hunting for the vet, I'd note that the very wiki article you cite states
Quote:
That said, the symptoms don't seem to jibe... |
|
07-31-2007, 05:23 PM | #27 |
Head Cheerleader
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Caught somewhere between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace...
|
No, puppy had diarrhea with mucousy stuff in it early this morning...when the vet called back (he knows my family, we've been going to him with family pets for 20+ years) and I gave him more detail and mentioned that he told me about Coccidia. I looked it up online and found a ton of articles and a number of them mentioned that this is VERY common in puppies and the mucousy diarhhea is a sure sign of the bacteria.
I trust my vet implicitly...and I'm trying to not jump to conclusions because I know the information I got today was from a 15 year old. When I get home if he looks really bad I'll take him in tonight, but based on what I saw in him this morning and what I know from the vet about Coccidia, I have a good feeling that is what it is. |
07-31-2007, 05:25 PM | #28 |
Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ashburn, VA
|
I don't like your vet. Too bad you don't live near me, I'd have a good recommendation for ya.
Edit: Now I see your message about your vet, you sound comfortable with it, so I guess that's all you can ask for. But I'd still recommend the vet I take Oz to out here above all others, if you were in the NoVa area. Really cute menagerie, though!!! The puppy reminds me of the one that my sister and I found in Hot Springs, AR. /tk
__________________
GO TERPS! https://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin https://twitter.com/terpkristin Last edited by terpkristin : 07-31-2007 at 05:26 PM. |
07-31-2007, 05:29 PM | #29 | |
Head Cheerleader
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Caught somewhere between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace...
|
Quote:
I'm sure your vet is fabulous, but I'm not commuting to NoVa for a vet, I love my pets, but not that much! |
|
07-31-2007, 10:27 PM | #30 | ||
lolzcat
Join Date: May 2001
Location: williamsburg, va
|
Quote:
Ok, that sounds reasonable especially with what Brillig pointed out. Good luck to the pup, he's a cute one!
__________________
Text Sports Network - Bringing you statistical information for several FOF MP leagues in one convenient site Quote:
|
||
07-31-2007, 10:41 PM | #31 |
Head Cheerleader
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Caught somewhere between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace...
|
I think he is doing alright - turns out he had eaten the food we gave him this morning, and it looks like he drank some water too. He had some diarrhea tonight, but only once after I gave him the medicine. I'll give it to him again before I head to work tomorrow and hopefully he'll be showing improvement by the time I get home from work...
Thanks again everyone! |
08-01-2007, 12:30 AM | #32 |
College Prospect
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Phoenix
|
At first glance, the thread title seemed to say "Pumpy Pictures Inside!" I got my hopes up
__________________
The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they'll be when you kill them! Visit Stewart the Wonderbear and his amazing travels http://wonderbeartravel.blogspot.com |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
|
|