Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
I have a 1 year old golden doodle when we first got her she was really skinny and she didn’t really eat a lot but as she started to get older her appetite started to increase but know she is 1 and she hasn’t been eating my mom has fed her everything soft food and hard food but she wont eat it she sleeps on the couch pretty much everyday and doesn’t get up very much also she is very very very skinny cause she hasn’t benn eating me and my mom think she might have worms but we don’t know we are taking her to the vet tomorrow to see whats going on can you maybe think of what it might be and some symptoms of what it is Thank you
Sunday, October 18th, 2009 at 12:17 am
I don’t know whats wrong. She was a stray that we found not too long ago. When we found her she had several scrapes and scratches and gashes. She looked absolutely like a nightmare. I cleaned her up and took her to the vet. The vet said she had demodectic mange, hook worms, and a bacterial infection. She received a dipping for the mange, and was told to come back in a week. She also had some antibiotics which we gave her, and a dewormer pill.
We never took her back to the vet for her other dipping, it was too expensive and my husband didn’t feel like dishing out the money at the time, and we didn’t have the money to do it all over again. We searched for an alternative medicine. We stopped searching because my dog appeared to get completely better, when the vet said she should get worse before she even comes back to them. So we let it slide.
Now she has gained some wait, her skin on her neck has become bald, but not raw looking. Instead theres some nasty goo coming out of it. I’m horrified and have no clue if its from any of her earlier diagnosis, or something new! The wait she’s gained seems unnatural to me, it happened suddenly. I don’t know what to do, and I don’t have the money to take her to the vet right away, and I don’t want to take her to the vet if its just the mange or the hookworms, I can cure those with generic/cheaper alternative medicines. Please give me some information on what this new symptom could be.
Friday, October 16th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
She is 4 years old and has always been healthy. But since last night, she’s been acting very strangely. She is very weak and slow, and she trembles from time to time. The worst and most upsetting symptom is that when she’s walking around, she will suddenly cry out very loudly or whine with no visible reason for her pain. Mostly she seems to cry out when she jumps up on the bed or when she goes from sitting to standing. She also starting pooping a lot more than usual. Her poop is solid, not runny, but is softer than usual, and yellow and green in color. I checked it for worms, so that’s not the problem. When I gently rub her belly, it is not swollen or bloated, but feels cramped and hard to the touch. These symptoms, when combined, seem to point to stomach/abdomen troubles. Lastly, she is very standoffish and does not want to lay in bed with me, which is very unusual–she is normally highly affectionate and cuddly. What is wrong with her? What can I do to make her feel better??
Sunday, September 27th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Before I go into it, I AM taking him to the vet TODAY, I already have my appointment but I would like some input as to what it might be:
My dog (a weimarener x) has been having extremely runny stool since Tuesday (at first I thought he just ate something he wasn’t supposed to), but since it’s gotten worse he’s lost his appetite and won’t drink very much either.
He is 9 months old, and the past two nights he’s been waking up to be outside and again his stool is extremely runny. He ALWAYS sleeps through the night and so getting up to go is unusual for him…Last night and this morning he has been shivering when he sleeps and that’s all he wants to do is sleep.
Also, he has started to not put pressure on his back right leg. I made him some rice/beef mixture an hour ago and he ate that fine and drank a few sips of water, I have also been giving him some ice cubes to try and hydrate him.
He is an indoor dog and is the only dog and is always on a leash when he is outside, he is also up to date on all of his shots, and was treated for worms when he was a puppy… so I have NO idea on what this could be!
Again I will be taking him to the vet TODAY just wanted some input, as i’m really worried about him…Thanks!