Scottiemom
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Brendon was sick in April. Diarrhea and then puking. They gave him a shot for his tummy and an antibiotic. Then on the way up here to Indiana, just six weeks later, he started with it again. I spent NINE hours in 2 pet ER's before I got him some help. That vet also gave him a shot for his tummy and then a priobiotic this time. She said she had seen multiple patients with this. So far he's been good. The first vet did change him to a prescription gastro food. Wishing the best for Zuzu.
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ZuZu still won't eat anything and she hasn't pooped. I don't know if she pooped yesterday morning as she goes outside in the dark (5am). She still feels bad and isn't herself. I did get her to eat a small dog treat cracker this morning and she drank a little cream and some no sodium chicken broth. At lunch time I tried to give her a small piece of cheese and she started to eat it and then spit it out. The only positive today is she did growl at Monty to get out of the way earlier and she also started barking at the vacuum when I was putting it away. She didn't make a sound yesterday.
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Scottiemom
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MetalGator wrote:ZuZu still won't eat anything and she hasn't pooped. I don't know if she pooped yesterday morning as she goes outside in the dark (5am). She still feels bad and isn't herself. I did get her to eat a small dog treat cracker this morning and she drank a little cream and some no sodium chicken broth. At lunch time I tried to give her a small piece of cheese and she started to eat it and then spit it out. The only positive today is she did growl at Monty to get out of the way earlier and she also started barking at the vacuum when I was putting it away. She didn't make a sound yesterday.
Is ZuZu in the habit of eating stuff she shouldn't? Toys? rawhides? Could she have a blockage? I think I would get her to the vet and maybe get an x-ray. My Neal used to eat rocks and the first sign was he wouldn't eat and couldn't poo.
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ZuZu is in the pet hospital. She has been there overnight. The vet thinks she has a blockage in her intestines. They are hoping it will come out if they keep her hydrated. But if it doesn't, they will have to do surgery. I am so worried about her. She is the sweetest thing. It's only 8 days until her 1st birthday. I can't lose another dog this close to losing Lola last year.
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I sure hope whatever is causing ZuZu's problem that it will be taken care of without surgery.
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I have never been so happy to see a dog poop! ZuZu just pooped and I think I found what was blocking her intestines. I don't know what it is, but it could be a rawhide or some type of chewy. I was trying to clean it off with the water hose and it broke in half. The vet and the ER vet both said keeping her full of fluids might push it through and it did. Poor thing has peed 8 times since we picked her up from the vet. I guess she got flushed! I am so happy. She already seems to be feeling better as she is acting more like herself.
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Glad to hear that, Burch! ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/wink.gif "wink")
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Scottiemom
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I don't know if you give your dog rawhides, but I never do. I just don't see how those things can digest (they don't) and all the dogs I've ever had would try to chew and swallow them. There are lots of good things you dog can chew and digest.
So glad ZuZu is better and getting back to her normal self.
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Well, Zuzu isn't totally out of the woods yet. She went back to the vet this morning and they did another X-ray. The vet said they still could see a gas pattern in her intestines. It was much less than before but they want to fill her full of fluids again today to see if that will totally flush her out. She did take another poop this morning so things are moving.
I have to take her back in tomorrow morning for another x-ray. I already was going to the vet as Pinto has to get his second round of vaccinations. He is too small to get all his vaccinations all at once. He had his first round two weeks ago.
If all goes well, hopefully ZuZu will get the all clear tomorrow. If not, I will need to take out a loan. This whole ordeal has already cost almost $2000 with her having to stay overnight in the pet hospital and all the vet visits.
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Scottiemom
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I spent about $3,000 on Brendon last year for his bladder cancer scare that turned out to be prostatitis. So I got insurance on him through my auto insurer, Progressive.
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