I would get her to the vet. A persistent wet cough could be something related to heart problems.
It’s A Long Story, But I Will Try To Make It Brief. Molly, 3.5 Month Old …
It’s a long story, but I will try to make it brief. Molly, 3.5 month old Labrador patient of Dr. Magnifico, unfortunately found a canister of Trident Gum that had fallen between the front seat and back seat of the vehicle. We were traveling across the state and stopped at a Vet Clinic. I knew Xylitol was poisonous to dogs. The receptionist consulted with the Dr. and he said to call the Animal Poison Control Center and meanwhile try to induce vomiting. We didn’t have to induce, but she started vomiting on her own. I did administer peroxide to make sure she emptied her stomach. This all took place within 1/2 hr window. We started on the road again as the nearest Emergency Hospital was an hour and 1/2 away. I called the Poison center and the Veterinarian on the line did the toxicology calculation and said Molly really needed emergency treatment. She told me to give Molly some kibble to ward off hypoglycemia. We got her to the emergency hospital and they started testing her blood sugar (elevated to 133), administered an antidote for Xylitol, checked her ALT liver value (114 reading) and gave her dextrose and a liver supplement. This all took place late Monday night into Tuesday. On Tuesday, Molly seemed to be recovering nicely and I was expecting her to come home on Wednesday. On Wed afternoon, they said her ALT Liver value was elevated 1 point (76 instead of 75 which is normal) and they were concerned. 1 pt doesn’t seem that alarming, but I’m not a toxicologist. They will do another test this evening and I am to call them Thursday morning. 🙁 I have already paid $1500 for what was supposed to be for up to 36 hrs care. In your opinion, does the 1pt ALT elevation warrant another evening in Emergency Hospital as opposed to her staying with Jarrettsville Vet for care?
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My Chitzu Coughing And Molly Getting Up Litte Phlem Molly Always Threw Up Mucus Molly…
My chitzu coughing and molly getting up litte phlem molly always threw up mucus Molly is 15
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My Chitzu Always Has Threw Up But Now It’s Like Molly Can’t Get It…
My chitzu always has threw up but now it’s like molly can’t get it up and. It’s white phlem molly was my sisters that died and I’m very close to molly. Now
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My Chit Zu Has Always Threw Up But My Sister Died A Year Ago And…
My chit zu has always threw up but my sister died a year ago and I have her and a few days ago she started coughing like she can’t get something up but molly does a little plem
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Amy Cagle Will do that. MOLLY HAS ALWAYS THREW UP PHLEM BUT IT’S JUST HACKING MOST ALL TIME NOW
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Amy Cagle Molly has always threw up phlem nut I’ll take molly cause it hacking most all day now molly was my sister she passed and I got her I’m on a fixed income so are there any free vets that take her and me pay payments
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Anonymous I don’t know what is in your area. Contact your local shelter for suggestions.
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Amy Cagle OK I’m in Tennessee and I will molly 15yr she’s getting sicker in the last year Pearlie passed I don’t no bur I’ll check into it I’m fortunate my mini you keep is in good shape where I have gotten all her shots she got really bad since Sammy died she been with him long time
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Amy Cagle Laura thank you so much I love my babies like always I love all animals
What Are My Other Options In What I Can Feed Her. Any Help Much Appreciated…
What are my other options in what i can feed her. Any help much appreciated, I’ve just had a baby so with me not working in starting to worry about Molly (the dog) of I can’t afford the next load of food.
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Jana Jasmine had IBD caused by food allergies, which is likely the case with your dog as well. There are reasons behind prescription foods, they are easy to digest, provide all needed nutrition and some of them are either hypoallergenic or limited novel ingredient. With IBD, if offending ingredient gets reintroduced, you might end up with a flare-up again.
With Jasmine, we managed her IBD with home-cooked diet, herbal therapy, probiotics and digestive enzymes.
If your prescription food is hydrolyzed, you’d have to carefully try novel ingredient diet (ingredients your dog NEVER had before). Accomplishing this with home-cooked diet is easier than commercial foods, because with hopefully exception of the prescription foods, it has been found they contain all kinds of ingredients not listed on the labels (likely from insufficient or no cleaning of the equipment between different recipe batches). So choosing such food you’re risking your dog eating the very ingredients that are behind the problem. Home-cooking, you have full control over what goes in. For that, you could work with BalanceIT to get recipes as well as balancing supplement. You could work with co-ops to obtain the ingredients you need for reasonable price. And you could cook relatively large batches at the time and freezing it.
I’m afraid that anything else you try might lead to flare-ups unless there are some manufacturers out there who guarantee full ingredient control over their formulas. Perhaps somebody like Honest Kitchen or Lucky Dog Cuisine might but I don’t know whether that would come cheaper or not.
Hello,
I’m so sorry this happened.
I. My opinion no. The elevation is so minimal that I wouldnt have been too concerned.
I’m sorry I didn’t get to this sooner. I hope you are all ok.
Thank You Dr. Magnifico 🙂
Molly is back to her normal puppy self now. My fault for not just calling you regarding her ALT level rather than reach out on this venue. Hope to see you soon so we can figure out the dosage needed for her preventatives. Have a Wonderful Weekend! Enjoy this beautiful weather if you can!!