SICK??? weight loss, fatigue, diarrhea, constipation...

[annabelle]

Annabelle, my roomate's yorkie who I am watching, recently came back from a trip to Pittsburg with her mom and had lost not quite half a pound but she is only 3 1/2 pounds. I can feel her spine and her hip bones and never could so clearly before. She is sleeping a lot!! She is eating very little and I had been forced to spoon feed her 4-5 times in the past week. I have changed her diet because she got diarrhea and wasn't eating.. I switched from dry dog food to dry and soft, still wouldn't eat on her own, and then tried raw lamb, she loved it but I decided not a good idea in case she has worms. I have since been cooking oatmeal in the mornings and lamb at night. Yogurt as a snack with her probiotics the vet gave. She saw the vet and I gave a stool sample (results tomorrow) but I had not realized at the time that a few things were possibly also symptoms so they gave me something for her diarrhea and now she seems to be constipated. Here are all the things I noticed...

1. Diarrhea which now seems to be constipation, she usually goes right after eating and has not been, sometimes she does but hours later.
2. She is constantly biting and licking her legs.
3. She lost weight and is not gaining it back.
4. She is sleeping alot!
5. She seems sad and is constantly coming up to me to pick her up and hold her and when I do she just melts in my arms.
6. There is alot of goop coming out of her eyes, i cleaned them two days ago and already today there was a lot more and some of it is dark.
7. This may be normal but her heartbeat is irregular compared to a humans.
8. Today she jumped out of her kennel and started barking really loud and has been barking a lot more since (for a few hours now). She has NEVER barked loud before, she barely barks at all.

If anyone has any suggestions or similar experiences please let me know!!!! So worried!!!! She is the light of our lives.

Sorry this is so long but it is alot...

Please respspond. Thank you.. and I will post results from fecal sample tomorrow.

Loving roomate and dog sitter to two yorkies,
Shalon

[yesenia83]

Originally Posted by annabelle

Annabelle, my roomate's yorkie who I am watching, recently came back from a trip to Pittsburg with her mom and had lost not quite half a pound but she is only 3 1/2 pounds. I can feel her spine and her hip bones and never could so clearly before. She is sleeping a lot!! She is eating very little and I had been forced to spoon feed her 4-5 times in the past week. I have changed her diet because she got diarrhea and wasn't eating.. I switched from dry dog food to dry and soft, still wouldn't eat on her own, and then tried raw lamb, she loved it but I decided not a good idea in case she has worms. I have since been cooking oatmeal in the mornings and lamb at night. Yogurt as a snack with her probiotics the vet gave. She saw the vet and I gave a stool sample (results tomorrow) but I had not realized at the time that a few things were possibly also symptoms so they gave me something for her diarrhea and now she seems to be constipated. Here are all the things I noticed...

1. Diarrhea which now seems to be constipation, she usually goes right after eating and has not been, sometimes she does but hours later.
2. She is constantly biting and licking her legs.
3. She lost weight and is not gaining it back.
4. She is sleeping alot!
5. She seems sad and is constantly coming up to me to pick her up and hold her and when I do she just melts in my arms.
6. There is alot of goop coming out of her eyes, i cleaned them two days ago and already today there was a lot more and some of it is dark.
7. This may be normal but her heartbeat is irregular compared to a humans.
8. Today she jumped out of her kennel and started barking really loud and has been barking a lot more since (for a few hours now). She has NEVER barked loud before, she barely barks at all.

If anyone has any suggestions or similar experiences please let me know!!!! So worried!!!! She is the light of our lives.

Sorry this is so long but it is alot...

Please respspond. Thank you.. and I will post results from fecal sample tomorrow.

Loving roomate and dog sitter to two yorkies,
Shalon

what did the vet say?

as far as barking and sleeping alot maybe she is bored. these lil guys are smart and need to be kept busy at least for a few hours a day.

with the food try some boiled white rice and chicken breast, very small bites. get Nutrical, its a vitamin supplement that triggers hunger. its like $8 a tube sold at most pet stores. it works for my baby Snitch who i swear thinks he is fat because he is such a picky eater.

Its hard to suggest things when not knowing what it could be, how long has she been like this?, keep on top of the food recall list and check if anything you have given her is on the list. its been updated .

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html

[Wylie's Mom]

I hope the vet has some conclusive results bc she sounds like something is really not right for her. Poor honey.

Feed boiled chicken, rice and Nutrical. What kibble was she eating?

[annabelle]

Thank you for your replies, unfortunately the vet hasn't gotten their results, brought them in yesterday and called today at the end of the day... !!! I will let you know when I get them.

As for possible boredom I played more with her today and took her on a walk and she seems totally fine when she plays and goes on walks. The weight loss and fatigue started around 1-1 1/2 months ago. The diarrhea only started a week ago and turned in some degree of constipation after the vet gave us stuff for her to take a couple of days ago.

We were giving her Nutri Cal but I looked on the back and found out we weren't giving enough so I gave her more today. We'll see if that helps her appetite.

The only thing I know that happened at the start of all this was while her mom had her with her in Pittsburg she gave her a bite of Salmon. Annabelle had diarrhea for a day after that and then not again until a week ago. I can't imagine one bite of salmon would do all this and for so long though... anyone have any ideas about that? I'm sure it was fully cooked too, but I will find out.

Thanks again!! Any more suggestions or ideas appreciated...

[SophieRose]

Originally Posted by annabelle

Thank you for your replies, unfortunately the vet hasn't gotten their results, brought them in yesterday and called today at the end of the day... !!! I will let you know when I get them.

As for possible boredom I played more with her today and took her on a walk and she seems totally fine when she plays and goes on walks. The weight loss and fatigue started around 1-1 1/2 months ago. The diarrhea only started a week ago and turned in some degree of constipation after the vet gave us stuff for her to take a couple of days ago.

We were giving her Nutri Cal but I looked on the back and found out we weren't giving enough so I gave her more today. We'll see if that helps her appetite.

The only thing I know that happened at the start of all this was while her mom had her with her in Pittsburg she gave her a bite of Salmon. Annabelle had diarrhea for a day after that and then not again until a week ago. I can't imagine one bite of salmon would do all this and for so long though... anyone have any ideas about that? I'm sure it was fully cooked too, but I will find out.

Thanks again!! Any more suggestions or ideas appreciated...

I have read that Yorkies should not have Salmon in their diet, although Charlie does eat a kibble that has salmon oil and white fish. As you know, Salmon is very rich and with traveling, change of water and stress, she may have gone into Pancreatitis, which is painful. Unfortunately, some of these pups just don't take to eating a human diet and have intense results. A blood test will verify her protein levels.
http://www.vetcentric.com/reference/...ness&MODE=full

[annabelle]

thank you everyone for your responses! we got her results back and they were negative for any kind of parasite. i found out they had already done blood tests and those were fine too. she's also doing alot better now!!! no idea what went on there ??? anyway, she's fine now and cute as ever! thank you again!