SnowyShiloh
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I just got back from the vet. Tallulah is pretty sick and the vet doesn't know if she'll make it. I slept in very late today and found her lying on her stomach in her litter box, with no interest in food and she didn't drink her water during the night. I picked her up and her belly was very round and full and she had thick, bloody mucus mixed with poop on her rear end with blood smeared on her back feet and urine on her tummy. She was acting quite lethargic.
We rushed her to the vet immediately, the vet did an x-ray and found that her cecum is very enlarged and her intestines are pretty full of feces. She is quite dehydrated from not drinking during the night (and she only drank about 2/3rds as much as she usually does yesterday). She was treated with Metacam and given fluids subcutaneously. They put her in the incubator set to 80 degrees and have hay and water for her. They will be giving her an IV when she's not as dehydrated and will be starting her on antibiotics. They also tested her feces and found coccidea. We're going back in two hours with pellets for her and to visit her and see if she can come home for the night.
Our regular vet was out of the office, but was due to get back right after we left. She's going to look Tallulah over and hopefully have more info for us on what's going on when we go back this evening.
For those of you who don't know, Tallulah has had intestinal problems for her whole life pretty much. She's 7 1/2 months old. A month and a half ago, her belly became bloated and she felt heavy and had an enlarged cecum. She was treated for coccidea and got better! No poopy butt for a good 3-4 weeks now! That's a first for her. Then 2 days ago, she started getting a little heavy feeling again and had a little nasal discharge (not unusual for her), but was acting great, eating and playing and pooping like normal (still no poopy butt). All of this even as of 2 am this morning. I've been palpating her abdomen and couldn't feel her cecum like I could back when she was being treated for coccidea, and last night she actually felt lighter than she had, though I did notice she drank less than usual (she usually drinks about 1 1/2 cups of water every day and she drank about a cup). I was going to schedule her for an appointment today. She changed so much overnight! Her belly got so big and she became so listless and uninterested in everything (nose barely wiggling, eyes dull, not supporting her head very much when I held her on her back), not to mention the bloody mucus and the dehydration.
Does anyone have any idea what's going on? It of course seems that the enlarged cecum is related to the bloody mucus (all her poop today has come out covered in the mucus). Will my little girl be okay? I'm so afraid she's going to die and that she's in pain. Is it safe for her to be in an incubator? I don't want her to overheat. Her temperature was rather low (hence the incubator), but her heart and lungs were fine. Does the treatment so far seem okay?
Sorry this is jumbled and might not make sense, my mind is racing and I'm so worried about her. I made sure not to cry in front of her and was petting her, kissing her and telling her she's going to be just fine and will be coming home soon. Last time I had to leave a pet at the vet, she died.
We rushed her to the vet immediately, the vet did an x-ray and found that her cecum is very enlarged and her intestines are pretty full of feces. She is quite dehydrated from not drinking during the night (and she only drank about 2/3rds as much as she usually does yesterday). She was treated with Metacam and given fluids subcutaneously. They put her in the incubator set to 80 degrees and have hay and water for her. They will be giving her an IV when she's not as dehydrated and will be starting her on antibiotics. They also tested her feces and found coccidea. We're going back in two hours with pellets for her and to visit her and see if she can come home for the night.
Our regular vet was out of the office, but was due to get back right after we left. She's going to look Tallulah over and hopefully have more info for us on what's going on when we go back this evening.
For those of you who don't know, Tallulah has had intestinal problems for her whole life pretty much. She's 7 1/2 months old. A month and a half ago, her belly became bloated and she felt heavy and had an enlarged cecum. She was treated for coccidea and got better! No poopy butt for a good 3-4 weeks now! That's a first for her. Then 2 days ago, she started getting a little heavy feeling again and had a little nasal discharge (not unusual for her), but was acting great, eating and playing and pooping like normal (still no poopy butt). All of this even as of 2 am this morning. I've been palpating her abdomen and couldn't feel her cecum like I could back when she was being treated for coccidea, and last night she actually felt lighter than she had, though I did notice she drank less than usual (she usually drinks about 1 1/2 cups of water every day and she drank about a cup). I was going to schedule her for an appointment today. She changed so much overnight! Her belly got so big and she became so listless and uninterested in everything (nose barely wiggling, eyes dull, not supporting her head very much when I held her on her back), not to mention the bloody mucus and the dehydration.
Does anyone have any idea what's going on? It of course seems that the enlarged cecum is related to the bloody mucus (all her poop today has come out covered in the mucus). Will my little girl be okay? I'm so afraid she's going to die and that she's in pain. Is it safe for her to be in an incubator? I don't want her to overheat. Her temperature was rather low (hence the incubator), but her heart and lungs were fine. Does the treatment so far seem okay?
Sorry this is jumbled and might not make sense, my mind is racing and I'm so worried about her. I made sure not to cry in front of her and was petting her, kissing her and telling her she's going to be just fine and will be coming home soon. Last time I had to leave a pet at the vet, she died.
ray:Tallulah, please come through this. I'm sending you strength...
