dog vomiting remedy suggestions
My dog, Max (10yo Lab mix male neutered), has diarrhea and keeps trying to vomit (unsucessfully). He cannot get comfortable, and is panting. What remedies would you recommend?
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cat losing voice
Tumbleweed (7yo mixed breed male neutered) use to meow all the time, he sounded like a foghorn. The about 8 weeks ago, he started sounding hoarse, and has now stopped mewoing all together. But he now has a really bad wheese, and sometimes a snorting sound when he breathes. I’m not sure if the 2 are connected in any way. If not, he sounds like he has a bad chest cold. I’m really worried about him. Thanks for any ideas, I thought asthma, heck i’ve thought everything. I’m so worried, and i’m at nt b/fs house, not home, or i’d taken him to my vet there, but nervous about taking him to a Canadian vet. Know that sounds silly. Thanks again for your time.
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cat not eating and throwing up
My cat (12yo female neutered Siamese) recently threw up several times (about 1 month ago) and then didn’t seem to want to eat or drink. I took her to the vet concerned that she might be dehydrated (don’t know hoe to test this). Dr gave her a 300cc bolus of LR and Methylprenisolone. Cat had no temp but was somewhat listless. Dr drew blood and said that her lipids were low as well as her WBC’s and seemed anemic. Dr didn’t feel any lumps or nodes but seems to feel that she may have cat lymphoma. No definitive procedures were done (ie) bone marrow aspiration. I was given prednisone 10mg qd and cyproheptadine to stimulate her appetite and boost her immune system. Oral meds were to difficult (towel wrapped) and cat resisted…I feel this enhanced her refusal of food and water. Recently Vit B shots have helped her appetite and she seems more her normal self. However I am still having difficulty with her drinking water. I stopped the LR for 4 days hoping that perhaps this would make her want water (over hydration? from LR?). I also read that diazepam is a good appetite stimulator.
In your experience have you found this to be true and if so how much does the cat require? She is about 8 pounds.I have some diazepam and would gladly give her some if I knew the proper dose.
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