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I haven't had enough energy for talking this weekend, but I wanted to let you all know that Sophie's not doing very well. She was fine this afternoon and took her treat (dandelion root) after I did her weekly check-up (she lost a bit of weight), but a few hours later she was clearly not feeling well, and she didn't want to eat, so we took her to the vets right away. They examined her and took an x-ray, and her guts are moving too slowly (she has some gut sounds, but not enough), but we're not sure why. She has plenty of food in her stomach and belly, but there's a big gas bubble as well, and a lot of smaller ones, and the vet was extra worried about one section of her large intestine, the part where all the small bubbles are and a lot of food. Since I've been so tired, I admit I didn't really understand why exactly he was so worried about that section in particular...
She doesn't have a blockage, though. She got an injection of gut motility meds, and she has a bottle to use at home, too, and she had already had her daily metacam. Since her stomach was already completely full, the vet recommended not starting with syringe feeding right away, but to gently massage her belly to try to help get everything moving. I didn't think she'd let me do that, since her belly must hurt with the gas and she probably still has that sore spot near her kidney that we don't know the cause of, but when we got home I put her on my lap and gently massaged her belly like the vet said, and she was completely fine with it and stayed sitting on my lap (I wasn't holding her). When she walked away after a while and went to hide in her house I offered her some greens and she ate some, so that's a relief. I'm going to keep a close eye on her... The vet said that if she isn't eating by tomorrow morning we'd do another x-ray or an ultrasound and see if there've been any changes. Since she's eaten some now, though (she got some greens from her food tree just now and is hopping around), and has had the gut motility meds, hopefully her guts will start moving properly and she'll feel better.
She doesn't have a blockage, though. She got an injection of gut motility meds, and she has a bottle to use at home, too, and she had already had her daily metacam. Since her stomach was already completely full, the vet recommended not starting with syringe feeding right away, but to gently massage her belly to try to help get everything moving. I didn't think she'd let me do that, since her belly must hurt with the gas and she probably still has that sore spot near her kidney that we don't know the cause of, but when we got home I put her on my lap and gently massaged her belly like the vet said, and she was completely fine with it and stayed sitting on my lap (I wasn't holding her). When she walked away after a while and went to hide in her house I offered her some greens and she ate some, so that's a relief. I'm going to keep a close eye on her... The vet said that if she isn't eating by tomorrow morning we'd do another x-ray or an ultrasound and see if there've been any changes. Since she's eaten some now, though (she got some greens from her food tree just now and is hopping around), and has had the gut motility meds, hopefully her guts will start moving properly and she'll feel better.
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