Yellow bile in the morning??

[silentbrown]

Our dog has recently taken to sicking up some yellow foamy bile in the mornings before he's had any food.

No solid contents, no blood, no grass. just yellow foam on the carpet.

I think a vet checkup is needed, but has anyone else heard of this?

[airsafari87]

Our dog does this too, not every day, but he has done it for years.

He was checked at the vets and they weren't overly concerned about it.

[mids]

Hunger bile ?

One of my dogs can do this first thing in the morning if she hasn't eaten for a while so I usually give her a treat/biscuit just before bed which prevents it.

[bexVN]

mids said:

Hunger bile ?

One of my dogs can do this first thing in the morning if she hasn't eaten for a while so I usually give her a treat/biscuit just before bed which prevents it.

Definitely a possibility, however as it is quite a recent development a vet check should be considered esp to check for a low grade pancreatitis.

In the meantime you could try a late night snack tonight to see if it helps.

[susanq]

[quote=mids]Hunger bile ?

One of my dogs can do this first thing in the morning if she hasn't eaten for a while so I usually give her a treat/biscuit just before bed which prevents it.[/quote
This. Our 14 year old Cocker started doing this. We split her tea time feed and gave her a bit at 8pm. Job done. No problems since.]

[silentbrown]

Thanks all for the great advice, esp. BexVN.
His jabs are due very soon anyway so we'll get him looked at - and try the late snack as well.

[PositronicRay]

Our dog started doing this recently, vet suggested a later feed, seems to work. We now feed him 3 times a day 8am, 4pm & 9pm.


Why it started I've no idea nothing else has changed.

[Jasandjules]

mids said:

Hunger bile ?

One of my dogs can do this first thing in the morning if she hasn't eaten for a while so I usually give her a treat/biscuit just before bed which prevents it.

This was my first thought

[Rh14n]

Jasandjules said:

mids said:

Hunger bile ?

One of my dogs can do this first thing in the morning if she hasn't eaten for a while so I usually give her a treat/biscuit just before bed which prevents it.

This was my first thought

Same here. Our spaniel had this a few times. A small snack at bedtime sorted it out.

[silentbrown]

Thanks all. Back from vet with jabs up to date, and a clean bill of health.

Late snack/early brekkie seems to have resolved it, although he's a lot keener for food in the mornings than he used to be.

[axgizmo]

My pup (now 1) used to do this, quite alarming if you are not used to it. I have a treatball now which dispenses kibble when it is rolled, so she picks and chooses when she wants to have a little snack, since doing this she has stopped sicking up bile in the mornings.

[anonymous-user]

Common problem, a couple of digestive biscuits ( or something ) 1st thing should work fine

[Pesty]

We started feeding ours later and earlier completely stopped it.


As others have said bile caused by empty stomach and acid. A few treats late at night might also help

[PositronicRay]

We're still having problems, despite a late feed. Vet has recommended some Zantac tablets, we'll see how they go.

[bexVN]

PositronicRay said:

We're still having problems, despite a late feed. Vet has recommended some Zantac tablets, we'll see how they go.

If that doesn't help checking for pancreatitis would be worth it. If you didn't want to do that, changing diet now to very low fat (less than 5%) may be worth a try but that is usually a treatment for pancreatitis so may not be necessary if he doesn't have that!

[PositronicRay]

bexVN said:

PositronicRay said:

We're still having problems, despite a late feed. Vet has recommended some Zantac tablets, we'll see how they go.

If that doesn't help checking for pancreatitis would be worth it. If you didn't want to do that, changing diet now to very low fat (less than 5%) may be worth a try but that is usually a treatment for pancreatitis so may not be necessary if he doesn't have that!

The vet hasn't found anything unusual so hoping this treatment helps.

[bexVN]

PositronicRay said:

bexVN said:

PositronicRay said:

We're still having problems, despite a late feed. Vet has recommended some Zantac tablets, we'll see how they go.

If that doesn't help checking for pancreatitis would be worth it. If you didn't want to do that, changing diet now to very low fat (less than 5%) may be worth a try but that is usually a treatment for pancreatitis so may not be necessary if he doesn't have that!

The vet hasn't found anything unusual so hoping this treatment helps.

Ahh sorry I didn't realise they had already done the pancreatic lipase blood test (it is a specific one so not all vets include it as part of their routine checks ) will keep fingers crossed that it helps.

[PositronicRay]

bexVN said:

PositronicRay said:

bexVN said:

PositronicRay said:

We're still having problems, despite a late feed. Vet has recommended some Zantac tablets, we'll see how they go.

If that doesn't help checking for pancreatitis would be worth it. If you didn't want to do that, changing diet now to very low fat (less than 5%) may be worth a try but that is usually a treatment for pancreatitis so may not be necessary if he doesn't have that!

The vet hasn't found anything unusual so hoping this treatment helps.

Ahh sorry I didn't realise they had already done the pancreatic lipase blood test (it is a specific one so not all vets include it as part of their routine checks ) will keep fingers crossed that it helps.

No, no bloods taken, just a physical.

[bexVN]

PositronicRay said:

bexVN said:

PositronicRay said:

bexVN said:

PositronicRay said:

We're still having problems, despite a late feed. Vet has recommended some Zantac tablets, we'll see how they go.

If that doesn't help checking for pancreatitis would be worth it. If you didn't want to do that, changing diet now to very low fat (less than 5%) may be worth a try but that is usually a treatment for pancreatitis so may not be necessary if he doesn't have that!

The vet hasn't found anything unusual so hoping this treatment helps.

Ahh sorry I didn't realise they had already done the pancreatic lipase blood test (it is a specific one so not all vets include it as part of their routine checks ) will keep fingers crossed that it helps.

No, no bloods taken, just a physical.

Oh ok. A physical is limiting for an internal issue but I hope everything resolves soon enough with the new medication.