what are these?
Had one rarely eating and drinking little over a week to me it looks like symptoms of babesia we got him eating and drinking a little more now but his piss looks like this . The little bubble looking things are some type of little slime balls can someone tell me what this is thanks
Have you checked the other symtons of babesia? What's the color of the gumbs?
Originally Posted by Ape09
If he has been "rarely eating and drinking," then why on earth have you not taken him to A VET???
Did it ever dawn on you that that's what vets are for ... to diagnose and help with problems you can't handle yourself?
If your dogs gums are pale, and he's pissing orange, than YES I would say it's babesia.
As for those lumps, it could be albumen in the urine, which is a sign of kidney damage. In fact, your dog could be suffering from kidney failure for all I know.
FrostyPaws might be able to shed more light in this aspect.
But to sit there with a dog that won't eat or drink for A WEEK is flat-out irresponsible and negligent.
That is YOUR JOB as an owner ... to take your dog to a vet when it is seriously ill and when you don't know what it is ... and you are failing at your job as owner every second you just sit there.
That dog needs a blood test, a urine test, and (most likely) fluid/blood replacement.
After that, when a diagnosis is given, you can actually get a plan of action. But no way should any dog just "sit there" and not be eating and drinking.
It is extremely HOT outside, and that dog will needs FLUIDS if he's not drinking much, and BLOOD, if he's severely anemic.
Jack
you need to take to the vet. Period. if you have imozol on hand, give him 1.25 cc for a 50 pounder. if you have dogs , You should have imozol in your medicine cabinet, along with doxycycline, clavamox, and Ponazuril.
agreed, YOU TAKE YOUR DOG TO THE VET THE FIRST DAY IT DOESN'T EAT, NOT AFTER A WEEK.
if your son or daughter didn't eat and was pissing orange.... would you wait a week? then why wait with the dog?
ahh man, now this shits gonna have me worrying about my dog...... his gums are healthy, he eats & drinks regularely... and is as lively as they come.... BUT, he does piss really dark orange....... should i be worried??
a simple blood test kills all worry
Well guys, not everyone has a trusted vet and some dogs have to much scars or other signs of fighting to take em in.
I do agree that you need to have those medicine on stock and the question comes quiet late.
good call.... thats lookin like the plan.....
Anyone who doesn't have a trusted vet isn't much of a dogman. That is the first thing to look for.
I have lived in CA, FL, GA, and TN over the last 25 years ... and I always found a trustworthy vet anywhere I was at.
The only people who don't have a trusted vet, as far as any dogmen I know, are those who don't give enough of a shit and so don't bother to do the necessary investigation to find one.
I have traveled 3 hours at times, because that's how far a "good vet" was from me at one point ... but I knew where one was, and I traveled to him several times for various reasons when I had to.
So that is a crock of shit as far as I am concerned, because good vets are out there.
It's all a matter of the owner's determination to find them
Jack
BOTTOM LINE: I could go anywhere in the world, make a few phone calls to good dogmen in that area, and have the contact information for a good, dogman-friendly vet anywhere I got off the plane. And I could have this information within a few hours IFFF I gave enough of a shit to ask the right questions to the right people.
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