I noticed José had essentially stopped eating, and he had vomited and seemed out of sorts. He was licking/opening his mouth and drooling. He seemed sick, then I got fooled because he seemed his old self... after about 3 days I took him to the vet on Saturday where xrays showed lots and lots of gas in his intestines. Bloodwork showed a low 2.4 level of some blood protein (where 2.6 is normal). He also had a 104.5 fever, where they told me 102.5 would be normal. The drooling and licking was a sign of nausea which made sense because when he starts that then the foaming starts and then he might vomit.
José got antibiotics, 30 mg Pepcid & some anti-nausea meds. They told me to feed him a bland diet of chicken and rice. His temp was normal yesterday. He still is not right, I've been giving him the pepcid first and after 30-60 minutes I give the other pills. Then after those maybe another 1/2 hour or so I try some food which he only eats a tiny amount and that is it. Luckily he is keeping it down but it appears to be a struggle.
The vet called last night and I now have another med for him as well as this ID Intestinal Diet food. At lunch today my mom came to see him & he ate about 3 bites. We are trying that and supposed to get back in touch with her tomorrow or Thurs.
My cat had this same type thing, turned out to be Infamitory Bowel syndrome and she is on prednisolone every day. I'm aware for dogs they cannot tolerate steroids like cats can. Vet says basically she is hoping it might be bacterial but cant rule out IBS or intestinal or liver problems.
The very essense of José is that his job on this planet is to spread his love! It is so hard to see him pacing around obviously not feeling well, or sleeping so much. His normal nightly parades of bones (see avatar) stopped on Wed. His "Crazy Dog" running back & forth barking at corners also hasnt been seen since then. I am hoping that some medecine works. I leave to go out of the country for work on Sun & return a week later... worried sick about him! If anyone has any experience with dogs illnesses like this I would love any input! Thanks, Lisa.
José got antibiotics, 30 mg Pepcid & some anti-nausea meds. They told me to feed him a bland diet of chicken and rice. His temp was normal yesterday. He still is not right, I've been giving him the pepcid first and after 30-60 minutes I give the other pills. Then after those maybe another 1/2 hour or so I try some food which he only eats a tiny amount and that is it. Luckily he is keeping it down but it appears to be a struggle.
The vet called last night and I now have another med for him as well as this ID Intestinal Diet food. At lunch today my mom came to see him & he ate about 3 bites. We are trying that and supposed to get back in touch with her tomorrow or Thurs.
My cat had this same type thing, turned out to be Infamitory Bowel syndrome and she is on prednisolone every day. I'm aware for dogs they cannot tolerate steroids like cats can. Vet says basically she is hoping it might be bacterial but cant rule out IBS or intestinal or liver problems.
The very essense of José is that his job on this planet is to spread his love! It is so hard to see him pacing around obviously not feeling well, or sleeping so much. His normal nightly parades of bones (see avatar) stopped on Wed. His "Crazy Dog" running back & forth barking at corners also hasnt been seen since then. I am hoping that some medecine works. I leave to go out of the country for work on Sun & return a week later... worried sick about him! If anyone has any experience with dogs illnesses like this I would love any input! Thanks, Lisa.
Sorry to hear Jose is feeling so sick. I know two things that I always want to rule out when my dogs have vomiting is pancreatitis and a foreign body obstruction. Sounds like your vet is on top of things so sending good thoughts your way that Jose shows some improvement real soon.
