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Has been sick, now won't eat
Hi all
Poor little Fortie's had a rough week. He's spent two nights at the veterinary hospital because of an issue with his stomach. One week ago (Friday) I found that he'd chewed through part of his harness and I couldn't find the missing bit. On Sunday we think he ate some food that was off. On Sunday afternoon he started vomiting. We took him to the vet on Monday and he prescribed some meds but Fortie still kept vomiting. On Tuesday the vet said he felt something wrong, like there could be an obstruction and we remembered the harness. Anyway, Fortie went in for tests and stayed at the vet hospital. There was an inflammation but they couldn't see anything (ie the harness piece!) and he came back to us today (Friday again!) but he won't really eat or drink. The vets said he should eat his normal food but he's not interested.
Prior to this happening, Fortie was being fussy with his food. He loves his treats but he'd stopped eating his normal dried food and we either had to mix it or add a little something extra like meat or milk etc to get him to eat it. Today we made him some chicken and rice after trying all sorts of combinations with his dried food and he ate the chicken bits but not too much.
Can anyone suggest other things to feed him? Maybe some minced beef, boiled? Anything else?
Also, I'd tried giving him some ice cos he loves playing with it and I thought he'd at least get some water that way but the vet told me off for giving him something so cold!! Ekk!
Ahh advice would be good please as he's not been eating much for five days now : (
Thank you.
Holly
Is your pup feeling any better now? I hope so!
Jan 30, 2014
Elisabeth Spector
Did they image Fortie with ultrasound, or just X-ray? Our Betsy stopped eating suddenly one day last summer (she was also throwing up stomach acid/bile) and we took her to our vet. The vet performed an X-ray but it showed nothing unusual. She had no other symptoms of a blockage (e.g., her stomach wasn't the least bit tender or distended and she was still pooping). After 5 days of vet visits, IV fluids, etc., we took her to the Vet Specialist where they performed an ultrasound. She had an intestinal blockage caused by a whole avocado pit that she had swallowed several weeks earlier when she scarfed down a small avocado that had slipped off the counter while being cut. It had taken all that time before the pit decided to leave her stomach and try to move on down her digestive tract. I wish you the best of luck with poor Fortie and hope he gets better soon. It's scary when a corgi doesn't want to eat!
Jan 30, 2014
Bea S
Thanks for all your help everyone!
Fortie seems to be back to himself now...I hope. Elisabeth -- it is scary that he won't eat! He's a Corgi! He's not supposed to stop! He actually ate everything today, after a slow start, and he wanted more. I think he's a bit fussy and doesn't like the food the breeder recommended, so we bought him another type. He's been wanting treats and extra tasty things just not his normal food! Vicky -- we made the chicken/beef and rice for a few days but hopefully he'll start eating normally now.
He had an x-ray and an ultrasound (I think it was - they call them by different names in France!). He was on meds till Tuesday and the vet said that if he wasn't better they'd do an endoscopy! Ekk So I hope he's all better now!
Jan 30, 2014