 Feeding pup after transportation
#94128 - 01/04/2006 04:18 PM |
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Hallo, I couldnt find anything that could help in this situation.
Can somebody help me figure out what to feed puppy after a 12 hour flight?
The puppy will be picked up at the airport tmrw. The only thing that kinda confuses me is that there is 5 more hours from the airport. and I was told that the pup had a bad rhia and throwing up today. I know watter is first.. I made oatmeal with milk calcium supplement and cottage cheese.. I am concerner about the pup not feeling well before transportation, I dont want to mess up his stomach even more. Will these food be too much? should I just give him something like dog dry food?
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#94129 - 01/04/2006 04:23 PM |
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i would not put a puppy on an airplane that has diarrhea and vomiting. that is just asking for serious trouble. postpone the trip until the puppy is healthy.
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#94130 - 01/04/2006 04:26 PM |
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Martina,
My first concern was that they are shipping the pup while it is ill. Did they tell you why it has diahrrea and vomiting? The worst thing to do is stress an ill puppy more by putting it in a crate and having it travel for so many hours.
If you go ahead with it, I would offer water for hydration but no food until you get the pup home. This way it decreases the chance for accidents in the crate on the way home and gives the stomach and bowel a rest. Then I would start with something bland and only a little at a time since if the pup is hungry it will probably "wolf" the food down which could cause more vomiting and/or bowel upset. Just my opinion.
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#94131 - 01/04/2006 04:26 PM |
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I cant postpone the trip.. it is too late the pup is in a vet office waiting for loading tmrw... the dog is in frankfurt... germany, person who transports dogs is in czech. Gone.. how can I postpone the flight? there is nobody who can pick up the pup...
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#94132 - 01/04/2006 04:28 PM |
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Hallo, I couldnt find anything that could help in this situation.
Can somebody help me figure out what to feed puppy after a 12 hour flight?......the pup had a bad rhia and throwing up today. I know watter is first.. I made oatmeal with milk calcium supplement and cottage cheese..
Since it sounds like it has been too long for continued fasting on the car trip, then what I would do is give him a little cottage cheese (which most dogs like, and doesn't cause the problems to most dogs that milk does) mixed with a little boneless, skinless, poached chicken breast, and a tablespoon of canned pumpkin (not pie filling). I would save the chicken poaching water and take it to the airport so that he will be tempted to drink it more than plain water, to help avoid dehydration. And as soon as I saw the dog, I would check for signs of dehydration (like pale gums).
These soothing, mild foods have worked for me with a dog whose system is upset (diarrhea) or who has motion sickness (vomiting).
Then when he is safe at home you can see whether he needs a trip to the vet right away or whether this was a travel-related malady.
I would skip supplements of all kinds until his digestive system has become calm.
Just my opinion.
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#94133 - 01/04/2006 04:30 PM |
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The sad thing is I cant really do much but wait till it gets here... they dont know what coused the sickness, my friend said that the dog was very uneasy.. she suspected that it was because the whole family was sad that they have to ship him. He has been doing great, but lost weight, i thing it is because it went from home food to dry dog food.. but still got all the nutritions. Ok I thing I will give him watter and maybe make sure I just put some oatmeal with watter... should not do any harm... i hope
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#94134 - 01/04/2006 04:31 PM |
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to answer your question: AFTER the pup is healthy, and is shipped to you, you can feed it plain unsweetened yogurt and a whole raw egg. that is very bland and soothing. i would then wait and make sure it can keep that down before giving it dog food (if you are going to feed dog food, make sure you use the same brand and flavor it is used to at first).
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#94135 - 01/04/2006 04:31 PM |
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In that case you can only hope for a best case scenario. Try contacting the vet and the airline and make sure that the puppy will have some water in the crate. Take some water with you when you pick him up as well. I would wait untill you get home and have some yogurt with boiled rice. You can also add a teaspoon or so of canned pumpkin (ot pie filling) as well. Untill his stools firm up I would stick with that. Best wishes and I hope he arrives a.o.k. Just in case though, do ask the airline if you can postpone for a few days and you could probably wire the vet some money to hold the pup. Does the vet think its o.k for the pup to leave? Maybe hjes attributing the illness to the car trip from the czech repub. to Germany.
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#94136 - 01/04/2006 04:35 PM |
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Try contacting the vet and the airline and make sure that the puppy will have some water in the crate. Take some water with you when you pick him up as well. I would wait untill you get home and have some yogurt with boiled rice.
Oh, yes.......you will want assurance that he is not on a 12-hour trip with no water, absolutely. And I forgot about rice; good call, Ian. Well-cooked white rice helps with diarrhea (as does the pumpkin), and the cottage cheese and white-meat, no-fat chicken help with motion sickness.
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I cant postpone the trip.. it is too late the pup is in a vet office waiting for loading tmrw... the dog is in frankfurt... germany, person who transports dogs is in czech. Gone.. how can I postpone the flight? there is nobody who can pick up the pup..
i don't get angry easily but it makes me absolutely furious to read this post. are you crazy? it's more important to keep to the schedule than to have a healthy dog? a transatlantic flight could KILL, i said KILL, a puppy who has the symptoms you describe. he could easily die of dehydration.
he's at a vet, correct? have the vet cure him of his illness, and then arrange the shipping. if you do not do this, as far as i'm concerned, that pup's death will be on your hands.
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