UPDATE: found out why teddy was throwing up

all day Saturday my poor teddy was very very sick. he couldnt keep anything down so i waited until 24 to give him any food but made sure he was getting his water. on Sunday he was back to his old self. ever two hours i feed his 2 tablespoons of chicken and rice and it did the trick. yesterday i wasnt going to take him to the lake but he wasnt hearing it! he brought me his leash, green mesh harness and sat by the door. when i asked if he wanted a walk he gave me this odd look, so i asked, "do u wanna go to the lake to chase the ducks?" i have never seen him jump and wiggle so much.

well this morning i woke up to another pile of puke, this time it had pieces of a stick and whole carrots. i gave him carrots the Friday before he got sick. they were un digested and hard like rocks. i just couldnt believe that! he has always had carrots as a snack and i have never had a problem.

so i am going to warn u all, BE CAREFUL with carrots. even when he chewed them they didnt digest. i know there was pieces of stick in there too but he had a piece stuck in his mouth from fetching them in the water so i guess he figured he just swallow it

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Permalink Reply by steve smith on August 9, 2011 at 10:54am

Thanks for the update and warning. Would it be ok if carrots were cut up really small pieces? All of mine like carrots too. When is the next trip to the lake?

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca Marie O'Bryan on August 9, 2011 at 11:28am

your welcome. i just didnt want anyone to go through what i did with teddy. i think if they were cut up into little pieces they would be fine. i thought teddy was chewing the small baby carrots but i was wrong. the next trip to the lake will be tomorrow:) i am meeting up with a friend so her dog and teddy can play

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Permalink Reply by Edison on August 9, 2011 at 11:55am

Actually, I find that large quantities of fiber-full foods (Edison's favorite kind, unfortunately) tend to make poor Edison throw them up in a puddle of yellow bile. I think there is only so much fiber that one corgi can handle at a time.

-Alice

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Permalink Reply by David on August 9, 2011 at 12:24pm

I agree. Yoda and Chewie simply does not agree with papaya and star fruit. My mom gave it to them and it came back out.

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Permalink Reply by Karen Dadisman on August 9, 2011 at 5:02pm

Rocky and Rosie eat baby carrots all the time and love them. They have never had a problem with them. You might see little tiny orange colored pieces in their poop, but not many and not often. I would look to something else besides carrots for his problems. I would be betting more on the stick or some bug he picked up at the lake rather than carrots.

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca Marie O'Bryan on August 10, 2011 at 6:49am

the only reason i am thinking it was the carrots is because i gave him the carrots on Friday and he just threw them up yesterday. i have never had a problem before but its pretty odd that on Saturday that he was very ill. the stick he consumed on monday so i know thats not what made him sick. i believe it was the carrots as they were hard as rocks when i picked them up. he has been to the lake multiple times since April

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Permalink Reply by Teresa Gilpin on August 9, 2011 at 7:25pm

Thanks for the update! I am glad he is better! We give our corgis carrots too but I had noticed big hunks of undigested carrots in their poo, so I started to chop it up into small pieces and sprinkle it on top of their food, so that way it is too small to do any harm.

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca Marie O'Bryan on August 10, 2011 at 6:51am

no problem and thank you!:) i was doing that too but then i was giving him whole baby carrots thinking he was chewing them but i guess i was wrong lol if i give him any more i will be sure to chop them up for him:)