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10 month old Mixed breed Lethargic, Regurgitating water
Please please help. We live on a very small island with intermittant
veterinary care which is inconsistent. I will keep consulting with the vets on-island, but would appreciate your input. A 5 month old (approx!) pup walked in to our garden in July- looks a cross between a Doberman and a labrador, but quite thin. She had been a wild stray for that long (there is a stray dog problem on this island) and was covered in ticks. Since that time, she has been vaccinated, wormed, spayed, had antibiotics for skin issues which have now resolved. She became a loving, playful dog- can 'sit', 'come', 'stay' etc as well as fetch- an all round adjusted pup. Fast forward to 6 weeks ago- she got in to something truly disgusting smelling dumped next door (I got there seconds too late). She vomitted it up within the hour and I kept her off food for 24 hours. She was very lethargic and depressed. She bounced back the next day and all returned to normal- eating science diet dry kibble and playing with her toys. Then about 5 weeks ago, she started regurgitating small amounts of water and only eating a small amount of kibble at any one time. She was still very playful. We took her to the vet after a week of this, and he gave her a steroid injection (Vetalog) and a course of 7-Day antibiotics, and she was on mince and rice diet. A couple of days after, she became very lethargic, but she was eating properly again and vomitting water less. I thought that I would leave it until the end of the antibiotics to see if she came back to her old self, but she never did. Back to the vet- now she was still regurgitating water, and very lethargic, but still eating extremely well and going to the toilet normally. The vet did two x-rays and found only what looks like a very small piece of bone in her stomach, but he said that should pass through normally, and a very slightly enlarged spleen, but he said that was likely due to medication. He carried out a blood test for heartworm, Erlichia and Lyme Disease (all tick bourne diseases) and all were negative. He has put her on 10 days more different antibiotic and the s/d special canned science diet which seems to be turkey and rice. She has now been lethargic for 2 weeks- no playing (she used to love squeaking toys and playing tug etc). She is eating well (one tin in the morning and one at night gone within a minute) and still wags her tail when she sees us. She also seems to do several swallowing motions in a row when she is neither eating or drinking- like she has a sore throat? What should we do? How long can we wait to see if yet more antibiotics help her? Should we ask the vet for another X-Ray to see if the small piece has passed? Should we go with exploratory surgery? Has anyone had similar experiences with a dog regurgitating water (not her food though) and being lethargic? |
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10 month old Mixed breed Lethargic, Regurgitating water
For some reason, I keep going back to the "2 very small pieces of bone in
the stomach". Could it be that there may also be a small piece stuck in the esophagus as well? (Not all vet think to x-ray the throat, and with a larger dog, the throat will not show on many standard abdominal views). Or - could it be that the pieces of bone are actually lodged in the lining of the stomach, and not just sitting in the stomach? Good luck. wrote in message oups.com... Please please help. We live on a very small island with intermittant veterinary care which is inconsistent. I will keep consulting with the vets on-island, but would appreciate your input. A 5 month old (approx!) pup walked in to our garden in July- looks a cross between a Doberman and a labrador, but quite thin. She had been a wild stray for that long (there is a stray dog problem on this island) and was covered in ticks. Since that time, she has been vaccinated, wormed, spayed, had antibiotics for skin issues which have now resolved. She became a loving, playful dog- can 'sit', 'come', 'stay' etc as well as fetch- an all round adjusted pup. Fast forward to 6 weeks ago- she got in to something truly disgusting smelling dumped next door (I got there seconds too late). She vomitted it up within the hour and I kept her off food for 24 hours. She was very lethargic and depressed. She bounced back the next day and all returned to normal- eating science diet dry kibble and playing with her toys. Then about 5 weeks ago, she started regurgitating small amounts of water and only eating a small amount of kibble at any one time. She was still very playful. We took her to the vet after a week of this, and he gave her a steroid injection (Vetalog) and a course of 7-Day antibiotics, and she was on mince and rice diet. A couple of days after, she became very lethargic, but she was eating properly again and vomitting water less. I thought that I would leave it until the end of the antibiotics to see if she came back to her old self, but she never did. Back to the vet- now she was still regurgitating water, and very lethargic, but still eating extremely well and going to the toilet normally. The vet did two x-rays and found only what looks like a very small piece of bone in her stomach, but he said that should pass through normally, and a very slightly enlarged spleen, but he said that was likely due to medication. He carried out a blood test for heartworm, Erlichia and Lyme Disease (all tick bourne diseases) and all were negative. He has put her on 10 days more different antibiotic and the s/d special canned science diet which seems to be turkey and rice. She has now been lethargic for 2 weeks- no playing (she used to love squeaking toys and playing tug etc). She is eating well (one tin in the morning and one at night gone within a minute) and still wags her tail when she sees us. She also seems to do several swallowing motions in a row when she is neither eating or drinking- like she has a sore throat? What should we do? How long can we wait to see if yet more antibiotics help her? Should we ask the vet for another X-Ray to see if the small piece has passed? Should we go with exploratory surgery? Has anyone had similar experiences with a dog regurgitating water (not her food though) and being lethargic? |
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10 month old Mixed breed Lethargic, Regurgitating water
ZPL wrote: For some reason, I keep going back to the "2 very small pieces of bone in the stomach". Could it be that there may also be a small piece stuck in the esophagus as well? (Not all vet think to x-ray the throat, and with a larger dog, the throat will not show on many standard abdominal views). Or - could it be that the pieces of bone are actually lodged in the lining of the stomach, and not just sitting in the stomach? Good luck. wrote in message oups.com... Please please help. We live on a very small island with intermittant veterinary care which is inconsistent. I will keep consulting with the vets on-island, but would appreciate your input. A 5 month old (approx!) pup walked in to our garden in July- looks a cross between a Doberman and a labrador, but quite thin. She had been a wild stray for that long (there is a stray dog problem on this island) and was covered in ticks. Since that time, she has been vaccinated, wormed, spayed, had antibiotics for skin issues which have now resolved. She became a loving, playful dog- can 'sit', 'come', 'stay' etc as well as fetch- an all round adjusted pup. Fast forward to 6 weeks ago- she got in to something truly disgusting smelling dumped next door (I got there seconds too late). She vomitted it up within the hour and I kept her off food for 24 hours. She was very lethargic and depressed. She bounced back the next day and all returned to normal- eating science diet dry kibble and playing with her toys. Then about 5 weeks ago, she started regurgitating small amounts of water and only eating a small amount of kibble at any one time. She was still very playful. We took her to the vet after a week of this, and he gave her a steroid injection (Vetalog) and a course of 7-Day antibiotics, and she was on mince and rice diet. A couple of days after, she became very lethargic, but she was eating properly again and vomitting water less. I thought that I would leave it until the end of the antibiotics to see if she came back to her old self, but she never did. Back to the vet- now she was still regurgitating water, and very lethargic, but still eating extremely well and going to the toilet normally. The vet did two x-rays and found only what looks like a very small piece of bone in her stomach, but he said that should pass through normally, and a very slightly enlarged spleen, but he said that was likely due to medication. He carried out a blood test for heartworm, Erlichia and Lyme Disease (all tick bourne diseases) and all were negative. He has put her on 10 days more different antibiotic and the s/d special canned science diet which seems to be turkey and rice. She has now been lethargic for 2 weeks- no playing (she used to love squeaking toys and playing tug etc). She is eating well (one tin in the morning and one at night gone within a minute) and still wags her tail when she sees us. She also seems to do several swallowing motions in a row when she is neither eating or drinking- like she has a sore throat? What should we do? How long can we wait to see if yet more antibiotics help her? Should we ask the vet for another X-Ray to see if the small piece has passed? Should we go with exploratory surgery? Has anyone had similar experiences with a dog regurgitating water (not her food though) and being lethargic? |
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10 month old Mixed breed Lethargic, Regurgitating water
yes, my sad dog is lonely for him to, come back to me, because he is
away for christmas, in the vets due to his condition, now i understdant that he needs to be at the vets but he being a dog gets confused due to his condition of having a stcik lodged in his stomack that upon entering hurt his assophagus, as we speak, the kind vet is operating on her and so i pray your lovely dog will find a good vet who can help your dog like my vet is doing. i pray for you and your dog to have a merry christmas and i do believe the good lord will find a way for you and your dog. |
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10 month old Mixed breed Lethargic, Regurgitating water
Thank you for your replies. It is good to get our priorities sorted out
by getting outside perspectives. We have been thinking about a Pancreas infection or Kidney issue or enlarged throat (Megaesophagus) etc etc. We need to stop running away with theories. I will take her in to the Vet next week and have a barium X-Ray of her throat to see if they can see anything, and also see the progress of the small pieces of bone in the stomach. I will keep you posted. In the mean time, if anyone else has had experience of other infections etc as mentioned above- what age of dog do they affect? Are there more symptoms than we have? |
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