So it’s not completely unsual for Freyja to vomit or have diarrhea. It happens from time to time from eating a frog, catching a squirrel, mouse and/or anything else out there- just not gonna completely stop them unless you muzzle. Freyja is not nearly the goat as Rag was so tbh it’s just not that necessary with her. 9/10 times she is extremely compliant and has 100% attention on me.
Saturday-
Vomited breakfast and then diarrhea 2 hrs later. Kept lunch down, kept dinner down. Drinking water okay.
Sunday-
Vomited/diarrhea all day..drinking water but refusing food.
Monday-
Vomited/diarrhea all day..drinking water but refusing food. No more food to vomit- vomiting up bile.
Cant figure it out…nothing is working. She is starting to look worn out. Stomach very tender, hiding in places around the house and avoiding me. Same thing Rag did when he was obstructed.
To animal hospital at 3pm. Labs are good but there are two suspicious areas on X-ray that may be a blockage. Oh boy…here we go.
Tues-
started on nausea/diarrhea meds and loaded her up with fluids to observe and see what is going on. All day, drinking water and energetic. Talk to vet about option for surgery and elected to keep pushing fluids/meds and observe.
Wed-
No change. Drinking water well and urinating well. Went and walked her twice and she looks normal except not eating. No change with suspicious spots on X-ray. Vet offers a barium study for a more detailed look and sometimes the density of barium may push out possible obstruction.
Thursday-
Barium stops at suspicious spots in small intestine. Good news: 3hrs later barium has moved from small intestine to large intestine. So either the barium pushed it out or it squirmed around a partial blockage or it gradually leaked through a hypo-motile portion of the small intestine. Vet is excited and we both agree to discharge her home because she is not emergent and is more likely to poop the barium out at home. We are both eager to see if it’s all barium or she poops out blockage with barium.
Thursday evening: a large poop- all barium, no blockage material. Eats dinner. Fine all night.
Friday:
eats breakfast, lunch and moving about with quickness and no problems observed. Another barium poop with no blockage material. Getting worried it’s just barium and it’s a partial blockage- problem may not be solved. No vomiting of food but eating soft GI can food- started half hard kibble.
Saturday:
no issues- eating and drinking okay. half wet can food and half hard kibble. Kinda looks tired, see some drooling- may be nauseated…well shit. Stays outside with me all day.
Saturday night poops half barium- half wet can food. Poop has no smell and it is cow patty-ish. Transition to all hard kibble.
Sunday:
Kinda doing good but I can help but to be extremely worried. Feed breakfast, lunch and dinner. Sunday night will be the night-Either she will have a hard formed poop or she will vomit it up. Stays outside with me all day.
Sunday night- a beautiful, pristine, nicely formed hard poop!! I was sooo excited.
Talked to vet and he is diagnosing idiopathic gastroenteritis. I have no idea what caused it, no clue. I am at work and family is in charge of her. I am sure they are not nearly as aware as I am. Just am very happy there was no obstruction surgery.
Be my guess?
1. Had an obstruction and she pooped it out after coming home when I was at work.
2. Toad, frog, squirrel, mushroom. Just not a common thing for her to do.
Hmmm….probably a toad or squirrel.
Saturday-
Vomited breakfast and then diarrhea 2 hrs later. Kept lunch down, kept dinner down. Drinking water okay.
Sunday-
Vomited/diarrhea all day..drinking water but refusing food.
Monday-
Vomited/diarrhea all day..drinking water but refusing food. No more food to vomit- vomiting up bile.
Cant figure it out…nothing is working. She is starting to look worn out. Stomach very tender, hiding in places around the house and avoiding me. Same thing Rag did when he was obstructed.
To animal hospital at 3pm. Labs are good but there are two suspicious areas on X-ray that may be a blockage. Oh boy…here we go.
Tues-
started on nausea/diarrhea meds and loaded her up with fluids to observe and see what is going on. All day, drinking water and energetic. Talk to vet about option for surgery and elected to keep pushing fluids/meds and observe.
Wed-
No change. Drinking water well and urinating well. Went and walked her twice and she looks normal except not eating. No change with suspicious spots on X-ray. Vet offers a barium study for a more detailed look and sometimes the density of barium may push out possible obstruction.
Thursday-
Barium stops at suspicious spots in small intestine. Good news: 3hrs later barium has moved from small intestine to large intestine. So either the barium pushed it out or it squirmed around a partial blockage or it gradually leaked through a hypo-motile portion of the small intestine. Vet is excited and we both agree to discharge her home because she is not emergent and is more likely to poop the barium out at home. We are both eager to see if it’s all barium or she poops out blockage with barium.
Thursday evening: a large poop- all barium, no blockage material. Eats dinner. Fine all night.
Friday:
eats breakfast, lunch and moving about with quickness and no problems observed. Another barium poop with no blockage material. Getting worried it’s just barium and it’s a partial blockage- problem may not be solved. No vomiting of food but eating soft GI can food- started half hard kibble.
Saturday:
no issues- eating and drinking okay. half wet can food and half hard kibble. Kinda looks tired, see some drooling- may be nauseated…well shit. Stays outside with me all day.
Saturday night poops half barium- half wet can food. Poop has no smell and it is cow patty-ish. Transition to all hard kibble.
Sunday:
Kinda doing good but I can help but to be extremely worried. Feed breakfast, lunch and dinner. Sunday night will be the night-Either she will have a hard formed poop or she will vomit it up. Stays outside with me all day.
Sunday night- a beautiful, pristine, nicely formed hard poop!! I was sooo excited.
Talked to vet and he is diagnosing idiopathic gastroenteritis. I have no idea what caused it, no clue. I am at work and family is in charge of her. I am sure they are not nearly as aware as I am. Just am very happy there was no obstruction surgery.
Be my guess?
1. Had an obstruction and she pooped it out after coming home when I was at work.
2. Toad, frog, squirrel, mushroom. Just not a common thing for her to do.
Hmmm….probably a toad or squirrel.
Tears across the ground 20mph after a bellowing bark announcing her pending arrival. Follows them from tree to tree barking the whole time.
