Daisys Not Been Well

[Louise_Simon]

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We have had the worst 36 hours. Woke up Tuesday morning with no scratching noises went downstairs and there was daisy curled up on the sofa, thought nothing of it and took her for a walk. Then came breakfast, with lots of I can't eat that mummy looks and peeping, not that strange as she is a fussy little madam. So tried her with some treats which she mouthed and let drop to the floor did manage a little tuna. She then sloped of to the front room and curled up. This was all done without slapping me round the head with toys coming in from the garden with no trouble and not picking on Betsy. Then she vomited up the tuna. So we took her to the vets, who treated her for gastro enteritis. All day she was 'flat' and not herself vet had told us not to feed her that day just let her have water but she showed no interest when betsy had lunch or dinner but neither was she drinking. At 8.30 gave her her tablet which she threw up within 10 mins. So I called the vets and off we went again. He took her temperature which was now raised (it was normal am) and said it was likely she had a virus, he gave her an antibiotic injection and us a bottle of lectade to give her as she still wasn't drinking but not yet dehydrated enough to warrant putting her on a drip and to call in the morning if she wasn't bouncing around. I spent a sleepless night on the sofa with her and this morning she was a tad brighter but nothing like her usual bossy self, she did manage to eat a bit of scrambled eggs and kept it down. So went back to the vets to be on the safe side her temperature had come down slightly so we were told to carry on trying to get fluids into her, very tricky I managed to syringe all of 20 mls into her all day. The day carried on much the same as the previous one her not wanting anything and me stressing she had a v nasty pooh at lunch time worse than we were expecting. At 6.30 tried her with some more scrambled egg, I hand fed her as she wasn't keen. At 6.50 started worrying should I call the vet ( they shut at 7) and off she trotted to the water bowl and drank some, relief wasn't the word. We cooked some rice and put a few spoonfuls in with what was left of the egg and she ate it hoorah. Then for the first time since Monday night she jumped up on the sofa a cuddled up. I'm hoping she is over the worst of it now, although I'm not looking forward to the tail end department.

 

[kris]

sounds like shes over the worst of it.there has been a tummy bug going the rounds lately,might be that shes got.one of my dogs was sick all yesterday,stopped his food and just gave him water to drink,he must have been sick cos he wouldnt come to bed with me last night,(think he didnt want to be in bed in case he was sick again)anyway this morning although hes not his usual bouncy self hes drinking and he came upstairs when i got up and gave me a lick and a kiss as if to say im feeling a bit better now mum glad daisys on the mend :thumbsup:

 

[Louise_Simon]

Sorry to hear your dogs not well

Daisy managed to eat a bit of rice this morning but as yet hasn't had a drink, She is pottering about abit more but still v quiet, only to be expected though. I am looking forward to her being bossy and yapping at me, never thought I'd say that. if she doesn't have a drink soon I'll have to get the syringe out again

 

[Lynn-Alexandria]

Glad daisy is on the mend. Big hugs for her. Kris I hope your dog feels better soon. :huggles:

 

[jools]

I'm really pleased to read that Daisy is now on the mend. Don't they worry you? I hope that she is back to her normal self by now. :luck: :luck: :luck:

 

[kris]

yes arent they a worry! robin has had a little snack today and hes not been sick so i think it was just a 24 hour bug hes had.hes not 100% himself yet but hes obviously not as bad as yesterday.thanks for the good wishes

dont worry louise,shell soon be back to her old self ! :thumbsup:

robin says to daisy play it for what you can get - im being treated like royalty at the moment! :- "

 

[jue332]

Hope Daisy is feeling better really soon :luck: :huggles:

 

[Louise_Simon]

Daisy had a fish finger (just the fish), 5mls lectade and half an ice cube for her tea as she has gone off scrambled egg and rice now, not sure what to try tomorrow.

 

[kris]

try her with a bit of cooked chicken and rice.they usually like that and chicken is mild and wont upset Daisys tum :thumbsup:

 

[Janimal]

Poor Daisy - hope shes her normal self just asap. :luck: :luck: :luck:

 

[Louise_Simon]

We've had a much better day today . Ate some of Betsys old git food (her choice not mine) and some chicken. Also drank some water freely. So fingers crossed she on the mend :thumbsup: . Only problem now will be to get her weight back up, she looks awful. :unsure:

 

[Strike Whippets]

I'm glad she's feeling better

 

[kris]

puppies especially lose weight quite quickly i think its cos they have more liquid in them than adults so when they have the squits or being sick they go down fast.dont try to feed her massive amounts and build her up too fast.just take it easy and slow and shell get there.give her good quality food and let her eat her fill and give her plenty of fluids and shell soon be back to normal.glad shes on the mend. :thumbsup: i usually give ours a good plain yogurt or they have these probiotic drinks now that will restore the good bacteria in the dogs stomach lining and intestines.

 

[Louise_Simon]

Thx for the advice, i think i will also get her some puppy food again as she has been on junior :cheers:

 

[kris]

you're welcome hun :thumbsup: