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alfyn said:
I very much doubt it's the chicken wings.There's not enough bones in a wing to block him up!
Just a thought,you say he also had veggies to eat later,did he have a chunk of raw carrot?

Once Flyn swallowed a piece of raw carrot that got stuck in his gut (dogs can't digest whole raw veggies),he was in agony & had to have a busopan jab to relax his muscles,which fortunately did the trick :sweating:

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No it couldn't be that either, I blend all his veg in a mixer then freeze it in ice cube trays, so there are no lumps at all .... this is what makes this all so strange there really is nothing obvious.

Thanks for everyone's well wishes, I can't wait to get home and give him a hug :huggles:
 
awwwww poor Alfie,hope he gets better soon :huggles: :huggles:
 
You have had lots of suggestions re cause of the problem , but I certainly don't blame you for not leaving him in overnight unattended, drip or no drip.

If anything like that happens again (please God it won't), do ask why the drip is there! It is usually put in for one of two main reasons (in humans anyway). First is in case any drugs need to be given quickly, and second is to rehydrate a dehydrated dog. If the dog is conscious (as Alfie was) and needed fluid, it isn't hard to syringe in a sufficient amount in his mouth in small quantities at regular intervals.

Taking him home overnight. they could have left a 'shunt' in the vein so a drip could be reconnected if needed the next day.

There are other reasons for a drip that are more specific (to deliver special fluids etc) but they wouldn't have applied in your case, I'm sure.

Hope this helps and also hope Alfie continues to improve :luck: !
 
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urchin said:
I've no idea what could have caused the wee man's problems, but i certainly wouldn't leave any animal of mine overnight and unattended, in that kind of condition. Better to feel a bit foolish and over-reacty, than inconsolable because 'you could've done more'
My vets isn't 24hr, but they have signed up to a 24hr service so overnighters would need to go there. A bit of a faff but i trust my vet and wouldn't want to change (he was a  vet for a long time at a local greyhound track so knows a lot about sight hounds)

Don't blame you for finding yourself a new one  :thumbsup:

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Our vets are signed up to an emergency out of hours service, however if they have dogs in overnight one of their vet nurses stays on the premises with them. When Chelsea was in 2 years ago for a blockage they said they'd need to keep her overnight and I said I'd be taking her home if there wasn't someone there and they were shocked I'd think they'd leave her on her own, but agreed if that had been their policy of course she'd have been better off at home with us. There was a nurse on duty all night who slept in the on-call room and checked her every hour and was to give us a ring if anything changed for the worse. She called us at 11pm to say how well she was doing and again first thing in the morning. Poor Chelsea actually got up and wagged at her every time she went in to check on her.

I'd have probably done the same thing in your situation with your options - taking him home - but asked to have the drip sent as well as hubby's a GP so could have changed it as needed.

Wendy
 
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:huggles: :huggles: Poor Alfie ,hope hes feeling better this evening :wub:

No I wouldn,t leave my dog overnight ,unless it was really necessary, accident or simlar. but would still question the care provided.
 
Hope Alfie is feeling better soon :wub:

Sending him :huggles: :huggles:
 
how horrible for you all :eek:

hope he is loads better now, and hope you're feeling ok too :huggles:
 
I won't leave a dog overnight at my own Vets, even though there is a nurse there 24/7 and they have the Emergency Vets overnight now, unless absolutely necessary and the dog is 'out of it'. The only tthree times I have left a dog in recent years was when Frankie fractured his leg very badly in the evening so too late to operate but he was absolutely spaced out with pain killers; Coco when she had acute pancreatitis and needed to be on a drip for 36 hours and Lester when he nearly died of idiopathic cardiomyopathy and needed constant monitoring and drip feeding. As soon as he became aware of things again though I brought him home and returned him every day for a couple of hours for his drip feed until I could syringe feed him at home. Absolute nightmare time but it gave him 5 months more of quality life whereas I am sure if I had left him there he would have lost the will to live and died.

Hope Alfie continues on the way to recovery :huggles: :luck:
 
OMG what a nightmare, I hate not knowing the cause as you don't know what to avoid in future. He was better off being cared for yourselves in the comfort of his own home, and I'm really glad he's feeling better :huggles:
 
I hope that Alfie is okay and will be home soon with you.

When Tally Deerhound was so very ill my vets told me that as long as I was prepared to syringe him with electrolytes every 30 mins or so then he would be much better off at home with me than with them as they didn't have a cage big enough to put him in AND they wouldn't be able to give him the amount care that I could. So he stayed at home with me.

In my first aid kit are syringe's and electrolytes.

Incidentally I've heard some very worrying reports about some of these dedicated emergency vets. They are not covered to care for the pet during normal hours so your very ill pet will be chucked out regardless and you will have to take it back to your normal vet. They are also very expensive and seem to do very little. There are certain firms that do nothing other than emergency care. ie not your own vets or a big vet hospital.

:huggles: to Alfie and to yourself.
 
Well things seem to be going very well. He has eaten all his chicken and rice meals he had yesterday and had a quiet night, although I slept downstairs just incase. He also passed a normal poo last night. He has another appointment today with the new Vet if we feel he needs it.

Incidently we did ask to bring him home on the drip that night, but they wouldn't allow it, it really was a gut renching decision to take him off while he was so unwell but we weighed it up and he wasn't staying there on his own!

Not knowing what caused this is probably the worst thing of all, we are getting paranoid it could reoccur at any moment :wacko:
 
Just caught up with this...........Pooe Alfie and poor you. I have no suggestions as to the cause, but it does sound like there was a blockage in the gut possibly.

Glad he is on the mend now, it seems like you may never know the reason he went down so quickly. I would never leave one of my animals unattended in a surgery, I would much prefer to keep an eye at home, and give fluids via a syringe. I have done this with my old cat when she was poorly, and she came through.

Hope he bounces back to his normal self very soon :luck:
 
BeeJay said:
Incidentally I've heard some very worrying reports about some of these dedicated emergency vets.  They are not covered to care for the pet during normal hours so your very ill pet will be chucked out regardless and you will have to take it back to your normal vet.  They are also very expensive and seem to do very little.  There are certain firms that do nothing other than emergency care.  ie not your own vets or a big vet hospital.
:huggles: to Alfie and to yourself.

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Oooh! Our emergency Vets come to our practice which is THE Veterinary Hospital in the area, I see them rocking up just before 6.30 pm and then leave at about 09.00 in the morning. Same ones all the time, there is one drop dead gorgeous bloke but I am rather hoping I never have a need to see him with one of the Whips!
 
Alfie is still on his strict chicken/rice diet but, after each small portion he is still getting wind, not majorly, but still present which isnt normal for him. It does die down quickly. His still milking the situation like any true whippy :p which of course doesn't help us observing him! :blink: signing off Alfie's other mummy :D bye for now
 
Hope Alfie is continuing to improve. :luck: :huggles:
 
XxLinxX said:
Alfie is still on his strict chicken/rice diet but, after each small portion he is still getting wind, not majorly, but still present which isnt normal for him. It does die down quickly. His still milking the situation like any true whippy :p which of course doesn't help us observing him!  :blink: signing off Alfie's other mummy :D bye for now
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Maybe some gripe water (a 5ml teaspoon) about half an hour before he is fed might help

or

charcoal granules on his food
 
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Hi all, sorry I haven't updated I've been exhausted :b On Thursday Alfie's stomach was still building up gases every time he ate, he was quite down, very quiet, just not himself. We gave him a spoon of live yoghurt which may have helped :blink: . Friday he seemed more himself but he stopped pooing 'properly' which sent me into panic mode again, although he was still eating all his little meals throughout the day, and he had no 'gas' all day. Then in the evening the gas was back and he needed his stomach massaging to help it pass. This morning I took him straight out early where thankfully he pooed :b We also have put him onto small portions of Natures Menu pouches and his stomach seems to be handling it - fingers crossed. I still don't think he's 100% this morning but he seems a lot better and happier! :thumbsup:
 
:luck: for Alfie - I cant beleive he is still poorly :(

Hope you get to the bottom of this and he is back to normal soon.

I'd never leave mine overnight if they were alone either. :angry:
 
LasVegasNo1 said:
Hi all, sorry I haven't updated I've been exhausted :b On Thursday Alfie's stomach was still building up gases every time he ate, he was quite down, very quiet, just not himself. We gave him a spoon of live yoghurt which may have helped :blink: . Friday he seemed more himself but he stopped pooing 'properly' which sent me into panic mode again, although he was still eating all his little meals throughout the day, and he had no 'gas' all day. Then in the evening the gas was back and he needed his stomach massaging to help it pass. This morning I took him straight out early where thankfully he pooed :b We also have put him onto small portions of Natures Menu pouches and his stomach seems to be handling it - fingers crossed. I still don't think he's 100% this morning but he seems a lot better and happier! :thumbsup:
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Sorry to hear Alfie is still not 100 per cent. :( Has he got to go back to the vets Sarah ??
 
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