Emergency Vet Stumped, May you can HELP... - Page 1

One of our customers just called,  a two yr. old female began to vomit, and have diahrhea about 3 am,  They took her to the vet and she exhibited hemoraging from the rectom,  Vet said the bleeding is back in the tract,  because it's bright red blood...  They have pulled blood, and are scheduling for Xray's....  This owner has children,  they have grapes, raisins, and trail mix in the home....   What are the symptoms of Grape, Raisin toxicity ??   and How widely known are these symptoms to rural veterinarians...

Also if you have any ideas I'd love to hear them...

Symptoms are as follows...

Vomiting, Bloody Diahrhea, and Low Temp of 98.3,  rescent lethargy (until they got her to the vet she had not exhibited lethargy)

 There are a variety of reasons this could be happening, including severe bout with parasite infection, a bacterial infection or even a twisted gut somewhere. The vomiting makes me suspicious of some obstruction or bloating (gastric torsion).

There is too little information here to help. The most important thing is whether the vet was able to stabilize the dog? If the dog has bloated and some hours have gone by, the prognosis will be very grim and the dog should be getting worse by the hour. So hopefully it is one of the other possibilities.

Good luck to the owner and dog.

Take dog to another real vet

Could this dog have parvo and becoming "shock-ie" from dehydration?

We had a 2 yr old female chihuahua with similar syptoms.  a portion of her colon and lower intestine had just died.  it was like colitis with horse.  if that is the right name?

but definitly get a different opinion

Any chance that they have a cat that uses a litter box in the house and the dog helped itself to the cat tootsie rolls?

We had a dog come in with the same signs and come to find out she would eat the pea gravel in her pen.  We did an x-ray to find out, but she was so blocked that we thought that we might have to go in and clean her out.  But with about 3-4 enama's (SP) we finially got all the gravel out. she is doing a lot better and back to normal.  Hope this might help.

Thank You all for your helpful suggestions,  We have learned that she has an intestinal infection, (Cause Unknown)  so she is being placed on antibiotics,  antiinflamatory,  and very blan food for a day or two,  Monitored and is expected to fully recover...   Thanks again.

Cat tootsie rolls do not harm dogs. I am speaking from experince. I suppose if the cat had parasites, they might, or perhaps the clumping type of cat litter could clog up a dog's system. Other than that, and the ewwww! factor, my only problem has been trying to keep the dog OUT of the litter box!

Sunsilver, my comment was based on the cat litter itself causing issue with the intestines. It is actually quite common that the litter, whether clumping or not, can and often does cause abrasions on the inside of a cat, which often leads to bright red blood being expelled. It often will also cause vomiting as well.