Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: Lewie Phillips
....keep him hydrated. If you have to put it in a syringe (no needle) and get him to drink. There is a good article on this web-site about getting puppies hydrated. I would do something sooner than later.
Me, too, as in NOW. I would make some baited water and encourage him to drink. I would give it at body temp because it will absorb into tissues faster. Refusing to drink would have me back at the vet for fluid support.
He was in the back yard for most of the day on Friday which he usually isn't. He stays inside mostly. That's the only difference in his environment. I'm going to try that pedialite in a syringe ( the big plastic type like the turkey marinade one's right?). He seems active now wanting to play but better to make sure that he is hydrated than to find out later he is not hydrated enough.
Baited water is made by boiling chicken in water, straining the chicken and fatty chunks out of the water, and letting the animal drink the remaining water once it has cooled to body temperature (anywhere above room temp is fine, really, to allow rapid absorbtion as Connie mentioned).
Dehydration is checked for a couple of ways.
First, grab the scruff of the neck and gently lift it up. It should be loose and supple, and return to it's natural position rapidly when you release it. If not, the dog is probably dehydrated.
Second, observe the dogs gums. They should be appear moist, and in most dogs, pink. If they are greyish, the dog is probably in distress. Just as you can test your own capillary refill rate by pressing on your fingernail and watching to see how long it takes for the pressed area to go from white to a normal pink- you can perform the same test on a dog's gums, in the same exact manner.
to check for dehydration pull up some skin and see if it snaps back into place or stays in the pinched up position.
He also should have nice pink gums.
You can bait unflavored pedialyte with sodium free chicken or beef broth to encourage him to drink.
I would not give him any food for at least 24 hours, and after that start small with tiny amounts of either runny baby rice cereal or really really overcooked white rice. You can cook both in the sodium free broth to add flavor and entice him to eat.
No Bloat is something different. The pups small intestine can actually be pulled into the large intestine - especially with diarrah and the intestines become blocked. The food can not pass from the stomach into the intestines causing all sorts of problems and eventually death if not corrected. Bloat or torsion is something different. Thats when the stomack turns or flips causing the same problem - nothing passing out of the stomach i.e. the vomitting.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Ah, thank you, Alyssa. I was just going to post both points.
Ray, I agree 110% with you that I'd much rather avoid dehydration that try to rehydrate after it has happened.
You can also check for sticky tongue/mouth.
P.S. Not drinking coupled with watery poop and/or vomiting lowers the two-or-three-day maximum for not drinking by a lot, because the dog is losing water as well as not replacing it.
P.P.S. A little hamburger will work to make baited water too. Stick the water into the freezer to harden the fat (more fat in hamburger than in skinless white poultry) so you can remove it.
Fat can trigger more vomiting and/or diarrhea, which is why we are cautioning against it in this circumstance.
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