Sick pup- how worried should I be? *update* - Page 1

Ok, before I say anything this puppy is going to the vet first thing in the morning. It is not an emergency so I am not taking her to the emergency clinic, the local one is full of crackpots anyway.

I made a post earlier in the week about food, this little girl has had chronic poor stool recently. Test came back negative (she actually had blood in her stool the day of the test). She has been on Tylan powder for 10 days and it is working great.  The last 2 days she has not eaten. She is not a big chow hound and occasionally skips a meal, but not for 2 days straight. It bothered me because she is thin and I've been trying to get weight on her.

Today she behaved totally normal. Ran, played, was her usual saucy self. had her at work all day and she showing no signs of illness or lethargy. We got home from the grocery store just now, let her out, and she was very reluctant to get up. She went outside, nearly stumbled on the deck stairs, she seemed rather shaky and weak to me. (not horrible, I am looking at her with very paranoid and picky eyes here!) She went back in went straight to her crate and laid down. I thought perhaps she was hungry from not eating for 2 days, but now again she will not touch food, even mixed with yummy yogurt and pumpkin. She is just laying like a lump in her crate, looking miserable. We could barely coax her out to put in a nice pillow for her.

Gums look fine in color, temp is normal, eyes are clear. She drank plenty of water today, not dehydrated.  Pooped a few hours ago, I don't think she has any kind of blockage.

Anything in particular I should ask my vet for tomorrow? I figured bloodwork, x-rays? Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Hey Kelly,

I have a 10 month old female doing the same. She got better yesterday...actually ate something...and now today she was throwing up water, not eating, and the runs. Maybe there is something in our area. I though it is because of hormones but may not.  I think we need to make a trip to the vet too. I was going with start with a stool sample but not so sure now.

Please let me know what happens!!! I will do the same

Amy

EPI ????

I would be devastated if she had EPI...but she has no appetite, to my understanding, dogs with EPI eat but cannot gain weight? She gained it just fine when we raised her food a few weeks ago, and she actually was eating.

Has there been any spraying going on around you or someone using lots of fertilizer?  It sounds more like she got into something than EPI.  EPI dogs are usually ravenous.

Nope, we use nothing like that in our yard, and there is nothing like that work. Only thing I can think of is perhaps some bug spray that I used near her crate, but that was over a week ago,  and the floor was mopped with an organic cleaner soon after wards. 

O wow...I'm sorry I'd be a mess too.  Was the stool checked at the veterinary office or sent off to a lab???  At most vet clinics it's the Vet Techs that check the fecal samples and sometimes with newer techs or the untrained eye things might get missed.  I'm referring to Coccidia or Giardia (so often techs and people look for the obvious roundworms, hookworms, etc to really notice the tiny coccidia or giardia and w/giardia you have to look through a higher power on the microscope and sometimes stain it).....it's not something that actually pops out at you and to find Giardia a Fecal Smear is reccommended and Coccidia usually the Fecal Float is easier to spot that...and it's possible that if it's either of those that it wasn't shedding eggs or visible at the time of your orginal test, so I'd definately have that checked again.  And I know how common human error is on the Vet side of things.  I can't even count how many times I saw things misdiagnosed because things weren't done right. 

And I agree w/the above if it's not something like coccidia, giardia or other intestinal parasites....it sounds like she got into something.  Changed her diet possibly?  Or since she's a puppy.....found something on the floor or outside she got into...?  Although she's not vomiting??  Doesn't sound like a blockage either if she's passing stool..

Good luck and let us know!

 Maybe an E. Coli bateria. Did she had all her shots..If her stools are bloody..Parvo test..we never know..Is she vomiting?

With EPI they eat a lot and don't gain weight..also..they don't feel sick..they look normal except very thin and the coat is not good. I don't think about that for the moment.

Did you have a problem with the water ?? 

I would have gone to vet as an emergency because I think puppies can go down hill quickly.   I am assuming your puppy is very young though....cele

The situation has just escalated drastically. We took her out to keep an eye on her, and as I pulled her in my lap for a good cuddle she started seizing. Fortunately I have a circle of friends and aquantances in the vet field I am on the phone with, I just gave her some karo syrup to boost her blood sugar per one of their recomendations. I'm waiting for her to calm down a bit, I'm afraid to move her just yet. I really, really only trust my vet and hate the idea of handing her to someone else, but I'm outta here if I need to be. I'm being advised to just let her stay put for the moment, does that sound right? I want to just cry but it will upset my daughter, she's really my daughter's dog. I have a few friends who whose dogs have had seizure history, but I can't get a hold of them. Please, please, please pray for for my little girl's dog. She is such a champ, keeping a clear head and researching seizures online.

cele- she is nearly 7 months old. No problem with our water that I know of. I could really use some kind words from anyone with seizure experience.