Glad to hear you took him back to the vet. I hope he starts feeling better soon! You should ask your vet for his personal number if case Sparky goes down again over the weekend. He may say no, but it's unlikely since he's been working on Sparky and he now knows what is going on. Keep us posted! :) Lacey
In [email protected], "nicksbedwarmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just got back about 40 minutes ago. I had to leave Sparky for a > while as he was dehydrated again but just a little bit. I fear what > would have happened had I waited again. He gave some subcu fluids > and said that the Albon and metoclopromide are two of the best things > to give a pup with his symptoms and that it could be until the end of > the week or even after the weekend before he gets to feeling really > good. He checked his throat by just opening his mouth and looking > down there and saw nothing. He said that they get a big wad of spit > in their mouth and have to use their tongue to push it out was what > the opening the mouth really wide was for and doing all that. > He said the Nutri-Cal is a good idea if he just won't eat at all but > to keep offering food and to even rub some warmed up a bit around his > gums to get him to lick it off. I gave him his Albon when he got > home and then he wanted to eat and had about a tablespoon of food > warmed up and drank some too. > Tomorrow he starts his regular diet and I bought some Nutro Natural > Choice Ultra dry and canned to mix together so I'm hoping he takes to > it. It looks good on the store display. lol After this bag of Bil > Jac gets down further, I'll probably start switching my Tzus to the > Nutro as well. > " 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/
