Whipworm felling a dog quickly??
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This morning all 8 of our dogs were their usual happy selves, pleased to see me at 7am.
Wife and I went out for an hour or so, then daughter phoned up in tears to tell me Dewey, the runt of our mob, mongrel, 3 year old, unspayed b
h, was puking her food back up and had collapsed, wouldn't move.
We got home quick, she was indeed laying almost motionless. We wrapped her up as she seemed cold (we live in the tropics) and checked her out for damage, blocked throat etc. after a half hour she got some energy and went off for a poop, but dumped a bit of blood on the ground.
Thinking she may have had some metal or maybe glass in the rice and meat stuff they get for breakfast, I got the wife to take her to the vet. Vet did some test, stool sample etc, no X-ray, and tells us she has whipworm, that is what is wrong with her.
Our old dog jack had this last year, and was okay after a series of tablets over 8 weeks. He never suffered like this though.
But can whipworm do this, from happy lively dog to collapsed, bleeding, exhausted dog, in just an hour or two?
Seeems very unusual to me.
Wife and I went out for an hour or so, then daughter phoned up in tears to tell me Dewey, the runt of our mob, mongrel, 3 year old, unspayed b
h, was puking her food back up and had collapsed, wouldn't move. We got home quick, she was indeed laying almost motionless. We wrapped her up as she seemed cold (we live in the tropics) and checked her out for damage, blocked throat etc. after a half hour she got some energy and went off for a poop, but dumped a bit of blood on the ground.
Thinking she may have had some metal or maybe glass in the rice and meat stuff they get for breakfast, I got the wife to take her to the vet. Vet did some test, stool sample etc, no X-ray, and tells us she has whipworm, that is what is wrong with her.
Our old dog jack had this last year, and was okay after a series of tablets over 8 weeks. He never suffered like this though.
But can whipworm do this, from happy lively dog to collapsed, bleeding, exhausted dog, in just an hour or two?
Seeems very unusual to me.
Would be odd I agree. She probably does have whipworm but is that an incidental finding? Quite possibly.
I would do the treatment for whipworm but also bland diet for a few days.
Vomiting can actually cause a vagal stimulation and will cause a collapse, see it on cats more but I have seen it in dogs, they usually recover without help.
Eta-this is a human case but it relates.
http://www.doctorslounge.com/gastroenterology/foru...
Meant to ask, Is she still lethargic or back to her normal self?
I would do the treatment for whipworm but also bland diet for a few days.
Vomiting can actually cause a vagal stimulation and will cause a collapse, see it on cats more but I have seen it in dogs, they usually recover without help.
Eta-this is a human case but it relates.
http://www.doctorslounge.com/gastroenterology/foru...
Meant to ask, Is she still lethargic or back to her normal self?
Edited by bexVN on Thursday 22 December 17:22
Edited by bexVN on Thursday 22 December 17:32
My dog went from lively to sickness / diarrhoea and collapsing (hind legs went first) within hours. Turned out he had a eaten some rotten meat or similar and had gastroenteritis as a result (bad stomach bug). The collapsing is severe dehydration - We thought it was odd how it come on so quickly, but that's how it goes apparently.
Had to go on a drip and 5 days worth of tablets, within 24-48 hours he was pretty much back to normal.
Had to go on a drip and 5 days worth of tablets, within 24-48 hours he was pretty much back to normal.
bexVN said:
Would be odd I agree. She probably does have whipworm but is that an incidental finding? Quite possibly.
I would do the treatment for whipworm but also bland diet for a few days.
Vomiting can actually cause a vagal stimulation and will cause a collapse, see it on cats more but I have seen it in dogs, they usually recover without help.
Eta-this is a human case but it relates.
http://www.doctorslounge.com/gastroenterology/foru...
Meant to ask, Is she still lethargic or back to her normal self?
She is back up and running today, literally as happy and and dopey as she ever was. She was very lethargic yesterday, for about six hours, like she was feeling sorry for herself. I would do the treatment for whipworm but also bland diet for a few days.
Vomiting can actually cause a vagal stimulation and will cause a collapse, see it on cats more but I have seen it in dogs, they usually recover without help.
Eta-this is a human case but it relates.
http://www.doctorslounge.com/gastroenterology/foru...
Meant to ask, Is she still lethargic or back to her normal self?
We are giving all of them the whipworm treatment now, as it has to be in them all, even though there has been zero of the usual indications.
pseudonym said:
My dog went from lively to sickness / diarrhoea and collapsing (hind legs went first) within hours. Turned out he had a eaten some rotten meat or similar and had gastroenteritis as a result (bad stomach bug). The collapsing is severe dehydration - We thought it was odd how it come on so quickly, but that's how it goes apparently.
Had to go on a drip and 5 days worth of tablets, within 24-48 hours he was pretty much back to normal.
I did chuck some small hot dogs in their food that had been in the fridge a week, bit dried up, but they didn't smell or look bad. None of the other dogs were affected either. Mysterious.....Had to go on a drip and 5 days worth of tablets, within 24-48 hours he was pretty much back to normal.
Vet did say she was dehydrated as well, but even vomiting her breakfast up shouldn't dry her out that quickly. No more than two hours from happy dog, to being in the vets shop.
King Herald said:
I did chuck some small hot dogs in their food that had been in the fridge a week, bit dried up, but they didn't smell or look bad. None of the other dogs were affected either. Mysterious.....
Vet did say she was dehydrated as well, but even vomiting her breakfast up shouldn't dry her out that quickly. No more than two hours from happy dog, to being in the vets shop.
Yep same thing. Mine was with my sister at the time, turned out she fed him some 10 day old raw sausage. Fine all day, then 10.30pm at night he followed her into the kitchen and just sat down refusing to walk on his hind legs. By 1.30am he was in the emergency vet on a drip. I too thought no chance it happened that quickly. but it does; apparently. Vet did say she was dehydrated as well, but even vomiting her breakfast up shouldn't dry her out that quickly. No more than two hours from happy dog, to being in the vets shop.
pseudonym said:
Yep same thing. Mine was with my sister at the time, turned out she fed him some 10 day old raw sausage. Fine all day, then 10.30pm at night he followed her into the kitchen and just sat down refusing to walk on his hind legs. By 1.30am he was in the emergency vet on a drip. I too thought no chance it happened that quickly. but it does; apparently.
Very strange, the way things work. All our furry fellas seem right as rain now, including the one who was down and out. No adverse issues, no bloody poo laying around, almost like it never happened. King Herald said:
pseudonym said:
Yep same thing. Mine was with my sister at the time, turned out she fed him some 10 day old raw sausage. Fine all day, then 10.30pm at night he followed her into the kitchen and just sat down refusing to walk on his hind legs. By 1.30am he was in the emergency vet on a drip. I too thought no chance it happened that quickly. but it does; apparently.
Very strange, the way things work. All our furry fellas seem right as rain now, including the one who was down and out. No adverse issues, no bloody poo laying around, almost like it never happened. King Herald said:
Maybe, but the bleeding from the rear end? That has stopped now as well, lasted just two days.
I'm thinking maybe some small glass in the rice, cut internally, but passed through now.
I do think she ate something disagreeable hence the episode of bloody diarrhoea and Vomiting but I just wonder if she only collapsed because she reacted to the process of Vomiting. I'm thinking maybe some small glass in the rice, cut internally, but passed through now.
Glass could have cut her (eg her colon as she passed the glass) and could explain the bloody diarrhoea not so much the vomiting though, probably won't ever know really. Glad she is all OK now.
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