sorry to hear about that i will watch my realy good when i bring my home and hope your baby ok and it will be ok too it said i had to put my sister dog to sleep on monday and it hard to do . my siser dog was 15years old. i hope my dog can live that long and agian i hope your baby fine too
--- In [email protected], "nicksbedwarmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My 12-week-old Chihuahua, Sparky, is at the emergency vet clinic > tonight. We just got him Tuesday night, late, and he threw up in the > car going home. Then, he threw up the next morning before going to > my vet for a checkup and a booster, since he was due. The vet said > it was probably just nerves and getting adjusted to a new home. > Fine. Yesterday, Friday, he ate nothing at all and only drank a > small bit a couple of times. Today, Saturday (just to clariy as it's > 1:10 a.m. as I type this so technically Sunday) he ate a teeny tiny > amount and drank some but then, about 10:45 p.m., he was sleeping > peacefully on my chest while I read a Chihuahua book I got at the > library and then woke up making a lovely hurling noise and I ran to > the pee pads to let him throw up there. He threw up brown stuff that > had a slight odor around his mouth after. He collapsed after that > and wouldn't move from the spot, was even stepping in his vomit. I > picked him up and tried to get him to drink something. He wouldn't > have it. He just looked at me so pathetically and I picked his limp > little body up and put him back on my chest where he promptly went > back to sleep. I made a mental note to call the vet's office > Monday. Well, no sooner had I thought that, he started in again > about 20 minutes later and same thing but this time he was a LOT > limper and just wasn't at all the way I think a puppy, even a teeny > tiny one, should be. I called the emergency clinic and they said to > bring him in so we did. They did a test for Parvo as they said even > though he had had parvo vaccine from the breeder that it could have > been ineffective as some people let them get warm and it's not > effective or something like that. Anyway, fine. That was negative. > They took some blood and popped an IV in him and gave him some > dextrose. He pepped up with that and they are keeping him until > tomorrow evening, she said, so they can see if they can get him to > eat and what he'll eat and run some more tests. She said he may have > to be on a different diet than my two Shih Tzus. I have them > switching right now from the Maxximum Choice stuff they sell at Wal- > Mart to Bil Jac puppy food but he really doesn't seem to want > anything to do with it much though he wolfed down a bowl of it the > first day he was here. I'm just worried about him and hope he's okay > and it is just a matter of finding a diet he will eat. She said his > blood sugar was so low it didn't register so it was good I brought > him in. Pray for my tiny baby everyone!! > > P.s. The vet assistant asked if the other puppies acted okay and I > had to admit that I only saw him and one other that was younger than > him as we met the lady at a McDonald's. She lives on an army base > and said that she "would hate for us to have to try to get on base." > The vet assistant said that, in the future, that should serve as a > big red flag if they won't let you come to their house as something > is usually amiss..dirty conditions..all the pups are sick..whatever. > I'm attached to this little guy though and I told them to do > whatever. Guesstimate was about $365 and I'm hoping it stays around > that and he doesn't have a blockage. He's so tiny I don't know if he > could stand surgery. > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
