Vomiting

[Stitch]

My 7yo desexed girl started vomiting yesterday morning.

She brought up the previous nights dinner almost in tact, which I was amazed that it hadn't started to break down.

Anyway, she vomited 6 times during the day so I took her off to the vet at 5pm and he gave her a Buscopan injection and also an antibiotic injection because he could find no obvious reason for the vomiting other than her history of Irritable Bowl and stomach upsets.

He said if it didn't settle down to bring her back again today.

She vomited twice overnight and again this morning so I had to bring her with me to work and have booked her into a local vet as I can't get back to the original vet today as I won't get home until late.

Has anyone got any experience with this type of problem??

Yesterdays vet took the temperature (normal), the dog is not depressed, the faeces sample under the microscope was OK, the abdomen palpation was good (she wasn't protecting the gut area).

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

ETA: She is on Hills I/D dry only and as far as I can see there is no diahorrea.

Edited April 14, 2010 by STITCH

[cowanbree]

Could be a wide variety of things from a simple tummy bug to a bowel obstruction. I have just been through this type of thing myself and if I could go back and do it again I would do bloods and get her scanned right at the beginning

[persephone]

If she is vomiting undigested food- I would suspect an obstruction and would be asking for a barium xray etc....

[Stitch]

Thanks for your replies.

Back from the vets now and he thinks it is a reoccurance of the IBS.

He had a good feel and said that there was a bit of gas in the bowel, probably from the Hills I/D but that was all.

He said that once they start to vomit that it is important to try to stop the vomitting as the act of vomiting in turn makes the gut more upset.

So she had another injection, this time not the stinging Buscopan but in its stead, a new drug that for nausea & vomiting (which interestingly is also the first drug available for treatment of car sickness in dogs) which apparently works much better.

Gee I hope we are over the vomiting now!

Another interesting fact was that he said that dogs of an apricot colour carry the gene which makes IBS much more prevalent.

[alpha bet]

I had a GSD who had telescope bowel as a pup and from then on was a dog who I had to take care with his diet.

I know it sounds harsh but we couldnt give him bones - his system could not cope and if he did get hold of a bone he would chew away but usually the next day i would see he was starting to have trouble pooing.

I used to feed him vegetable stews as this was full of fibre and would process easily, Also good for him to have hard dog bikkies (usually Farrells 4x2) as this would help his teeth.

Other things to try is

- teaspoon of olive oil - good for boosting his immune system

- pysllium husks sprinkled on his food a few times a week - good for normallising his bowel

- grated fresh ginger helps settle stomach and reduce vomiting.