RachelLaura2012
New Born Pup
Dwight has had a rough 48 hours - we the morning before last that he hadn’t done a poo overnight, which was very very odd for him because he’s usually a greedy messy boy. After observing for a few hours, we noticed that he was quite tired and cuddly, whereas usually he’s feisty and doesn’t like to be handled at all. We took him to the vets as an emergency and he stayed the night with them. He came back to us yesterday and the vet said they’d given him fluids, but ultimately when they’d tried to take blood, he’d kicked off so much that he relieved himself all over the vet table. They also did an X-ray before this and said that they saw a shadowy thing near his bladder, they they said not to worry about too much because they just thought it was gas.
The vet said he was fine to come home because he’d done several poos with them, but since he’s been back with us he’s still struggled. He only has an appetite for lettuce (I know far from ideal, but ultimately I can’t deprive him of it under the circumstances), and he nibbles a meadow hay block but isn’t eating as much hay as I’d like. We’ve also been attempting to syringe feed, but because he’s quite alert and feisty still, he’s been resisting to the point where we’re reluctant to keep trying because he’s more likely to hurt himself than take anything.
He’s not pooing in his cage, and the only way I’ve been able to get him to relieve himself has been to give him a bum bath. He’s had 4 or 5 today and every time he’s done between 10-20 poos. They’re a little mis-shaped but I’ve got a feeling that could be down to him mostly eating lettuce, which I know can cause poos like that. I’ve tried to make poo soup with his poo and his brothers (not that he’ll eat that either). It’s hard to determine a consistency because they’re plopping straight into water, but here’s a picture.
I’ve also managed to get down him about 7ml of protein based critical care, and odd bits of fibre based critical care that I’ve tricked him into eating on lettuce. He doesn’t seem to like the taste of the Oxbow CC, which is obviously massively inconvenient, especially with him being well enough in himself to resist.
I’m really quite concerned, but because I’ve been able to get him to poo, the vet doesn’t consider him an emergency (at least not enough to come back into the practice during COVID).
Does anyone have any ideas about what I can do to make him eat something more than just lettuce? Or any idea about why he’d be able to poo in water but not in his cage? I could really do with some general advice or reassurance about what to do.
The vet said he was fine to come home because he’d done several poos with them, but since he’s been back with us he’s still struggled. He only has an appetite for lettuce (I know far from ideal, but ultimately I can’t deprive him of it under the circumstances), and he nibbles a meadow hay block but isn’t eating as much hay as I’d like. We’ve also been attempting to syringe feed, but because he’s quite alert and feisty still, he’s been resisting to the point where we’re reluctant to keep trying because he’s more likely to hurt himself than take anything.
He’s not pooing in his cage, and the only way I’ve been able to get him to relieve himself has been to give him a bum bath. He’s had 4 or 5 today and every time he’s done between 10-20 poos. They’re a little mis-shaped but I’ve got a feeling that could be down to him mostly eating lettuce, which I know can cause poos like that. I’ve tried to make poo soup with his poo and his brothers (not that he’ll eat that either). It’s hard to determine a consistency because they’re plopping straight into water, but here’s a picture.
I’ve also managed to get down him about 7ml of protein based critical care, and odd bits of fibre based critical care that I’ve tricked him into eating on lettuce. He doesn’t seem to like the taste of the Oxbow CC, which is obviously massively inconvenient, especially with him being well enough in himself to resist.
I’m really quite concerned, but because I’ve been able to get him to poo, the vet doesn’t consider him an emergency (at least not enough to come back into the practice during COVID).
Does anyone have any ideas about what I can do to make him eat something more than just lettuce? Or any idea about why he’d be able to poo in water but not in his cage? I could really do with some general advice or reassurance about what to do.
