Tonight when Barney was having his dinner and meds he sort of stretched out a bit and pushed his tummy to the floor, but he wasn't lying down. He then continued to eat, but did the tummy thing every minute or so for a couple of seconds, and didn't sit properly when eating - normally he sits or stands with his back feet close to his front, but tonight he was sort of elongating himself. He was eating fine so I let him finish his dinner - I felt his tummy but he doesn't like people touching it, I presume because people are always trying to feel it and its a bit sore. It felt full. He jumped away from me when I went to pick him up to put him back in the run, maybe touching his tummy hurt him?
Does anyone have any pics of tummy pressing so I can see if that was what he was doing?
And any advice?
Background info: Barney has gut problems but usually the only visible symptom of this is that he loses weight and has problems keeping weight on. He had xrays, ultrasounds and bloodtests last year and it was determined that he had an inflamed gut with a lot of gas in it and that his gut was sluggish. He recently went downhill rapidly but seemed to be picking up again. He is on metaclopramide 2ml twice a day, that I give him via syringe, diluted in 10-15ml of carrot juice. He also has metacam once a day (20kg dog dose) and a small amount of Protexin Fibreplex and a tablespoon of Profibre pellets.
I'm wondering whether I gave him too much too quickly... he gulped down the carrot juice/metaclop mix and the metacam and then was eating his pellets fine. Once in his run again he ate some hay too...
Does anyone have any pics of tummy pressing so I can see if that was what he was doing?
And any advice?
Background info: Barney has gut problems but usually the only visible symptom of this is that he loses weight and has problems keeping weight on. He had xrays, ultrasounds and bloodtests last year and it was determined that he had an inflamed gut with a lot of gas in it and that his gut was sluggish. He recently went downhill rapidly but seemed to be picking up again. He is on metaclopramide 2ml twice a day, that I give him via syringe, diluted in 10-15ml of carrot juice. He also has metacam once a day (20kg dog dose) and a small amount of Protexin Fibreplex and a tablespoon of Profibre pellets.
I'm wondering whether I gave him too much too quickly... he gulped down the carrot juice/metaclop mix and the metacam and then was eating his pellets fine. Once in his run again he ate some hay too...
sometimes he has one under one out, sometimes both r out. i tell it apart from a normal flop cos he kind of switches from one leg to the other like he cant get comfy, but the belly stays on the floor.
