We took her to the emergency animal clinic since she was puking every 5 minutes. She stopped for about an hour so we decided to just take her home. Since we have only given her water and ice cubes and she is still having diarrhea but she stopped puking.
The vet thinks we should do bloodwork and an xray, $500ish. I don't have an extra $500 to spend right now. She says it could be kidney/liver problems or she swallowed something that is blocking her stomach/intestines or she just ate something bad.
Background on the puppy: Zoe, a 1 year old Havanese, has done this once before when we think she ate something bad but it only lasted 6 hours, not a day. Also she has been bleeding she is about to be in heat (her first).
I have to decide to wait a little longer or take her in and spend $500. Any vets out there or experienced people have an informed opinion?
Let's be clear: I do not think she is in immediate danger or else I would pay anything to get it fixed, since she saw the vet and the vet wasn't seriously worried about immediate danger I feel ok. I am only asking in case maybe someone has had a similar experience and could shed some light on what it might be. Even if I can decide if its one or the other it would save me $200.
edit:My Baby
UPDATE: We gave her more water and a little rice last night (sunday) and although she is still having a little diarrhea she is peeing regularly and she hasn't thrown up in over 24 hours. We will continue to wean her back on to rice and chicken and see how that goes. Thanks for everyones input!
Update2: Zoe hasn't thrown up in over 4 days and she finally had solid stool tonight. My gf took her to the vet and they gave her some antibiotics in case it is a stomach illness and said if that didn't work it was most likely a parasite. Her appetite, energy, and other habits are back to normal. thanks to all the well-wishers and for the advice.
David
The vet thinks we should do bloodwork and an xray, $500ish. I don't have an extra $500 to spend right now. She says it could be kidney/liver problems or she swallowed something that is blocking her stomach/intestines or she just ate something bad.
Background on the puppy: Zoe, a 1 year old Havanese, has done this once before when we think she ate something bad but it only lasted 6 hours, not a day. Also she has been bleeding she is about to be in heat (her first).
I have to decide to wait a little longer or take her in and spend $500. Any vets out there or experienced people have an informed opinion?
Let's be clear: I do not think she is in immediate danger or else I would pay anything to get it fixed, since she saw the vet and the vet wasn't seriously worried about immediate danger I feel ok. I am only asking in case maybe someone has had a similar experience and could shed some light on what it might be. Even if I can decide if its one or the other it would save me $200.
edit:My Baby
UPDATE: We gave her more water and a little rice last night (sunday) and although she is still having a little diarrhea she is peeing regularly and she hasn't thrown up in over 24 hours. We will continue to wean her back on to rice and chicken and see how that goes. Thanks for everyones input!
Update2: Zoe hasn't thrown up in over 4 days and she finally had solid stool tonight. My gf took her to the vet and they gave her some antibiotics in case it is a stomach illness and said if that didn't work it was most likely a parasite. Her appetite, energy, and other habits are back to normal. thanks to all the well-wishers and for the advice.
David