O'GodHowGreatThouArt
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Our youngest dog has fallen ill.
About a week ago, she went about five days straights in which she ate everything given to her, and them promptly throwing it up within an hour or so. It must've occured 20+ times during that stretch. We couldn't keep anything down.
We took her to the vet to have her examined. The doctors could not find anything, and sent her back home. When it continued, we brought her back up, and a set of X-rays were taken (a blue coating agent was administered to her on one of the sets so that the doctor could check more thoroughly for possibly blockages).
No blockages were found, and there was no sign of cancerous or pre-canerous tumors. The only thing that could be noted was that her liver was slightly inflamed.
It was afterwards that the real problems occured. She simply...stopped eating. Drinking is not a problem, but she simply will not eat. Mom and Dad have resorted to force-feeding her and she's become quite resistant to this. In addition, she has not gone to the bathroom in several days.
Today, she's getting to the point where you have to practically get down on your knees and beg her to come to you. When she was up on my bed, and I was trying to coax her to get down so she can go to the bathroom, she just laid there and stared at me. I had to physically pull her over to the edge and pick her up off the bed.
We're running out of options fast, so I was wanting to know if anyone here have dealt with a similar situation with a dog. Maybe someone here has a tip or two or some insight into this situation that we simply cannot see right now.
Thanks for all the help in advance.
About a week ago, she went about five days straights in which she ate everything given to her, and them promptly throwing it up within an hour or so. It must've occured 20+ times during that stretch. We couldn't keep anything down.
We took her to the vet to have her examined. The doctors could not find anything, and sent her back home. When it continued, we brought her back up, and a set of X-rays were taken (a blue coating agent was administered to her on one of the sets so that the doctor could check more thoroughly for possibly blockages).
No blockages were found, and there was no sign of cancerous or pre-canerous tumors. The only thing that could be noted was that her liver was slightly inflamed.
It was afterwards that the real problems occured. She simply...stopped eating. Drinking is not a problem, but she simply will not eat. Mom and Dad have resorted to force-feeding her and she's become quite resistant to this. In addition, she has not gone to the bathroom in several days.
Today, she's getting to the point where you have to practically get down on your knees and beg her to come to you. When she was up on my bed, and I was trying to coax her to get down so she can go to the bathroom, she just laid there and stared at me. I had to physically pull her over to the edge and pick her up off the bed.
We're running out of options fast, so I was wanting to know if anyone here have dealt with a similar situation with a dog. Maybe someone here has a tip or two or some insight into this situation that we simply cannot see right now.
Thanks for all the help in advance.