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Hi Old Friends,
I've been reading, but not posting very much...but now I have an issue I need help with.
Landon (chocolate male, 1.5 years old), was sprayed full on in his face by a skunk 5 days ago.
He threw up on an empty stomach (yellow foamy bile), yesterday morning before breakfast. Fed him breakfast a little later on after he seemed OK. Activity level all fine. He kept his supper down as well.
Threw up this morning again before breakfast (yellow foamy bile). Kept his breakfast down, but became gaggy and foamy at the mouth early this afternoon.
I took him to the vet. His temp was on the high end of normal (102.9), but everything looked good.
The vet was a bit concerned about Canine Leptospirosis, but I thought that was only passed on to dogs through puddles, or stagnant water.
He kept his supper down tonight, but did become very gaggy again.
The vet wants me to try giving him 20 mg a day of Pepcid AC to see if his tummy calms, and to watch for signs of extreme thirst, more vomitting, rise of temp., etc. I may feed boiled chicken and rice and see if it helps.
Could a dog develop lepto from getting sprayed in the face by a skunk??
Thanks for any info you can give me.
I've been reading, but not posting very much...but now I have an issue I need help with.
Landon (chocolate male, 1.5 years old), was sprayed full on in his face by a skunk 5 days ago.
He threw up on an empty stomach (yellow foamy bile), yesterday morning before breakfast. Fed him breakfast a little later on after he seemed OK. Activity level all fine. He kept his supper down as well.
Threw up this morning again before breakfast (yellow foamy bile). Kept his breakfast down, but became gaggy and foamy at the mouth early this afternoon.
I took him to the vet. His temp was on the high end of normal (102.9), but everything looked good.
The vet was a bit concerned about Canine Leptospirosis, but I thought that was only passed on to dogs through puddles, or stagnant water.
He kept his supper down tonight, but did become very gaggy again.
The vet wants me to try giving him 20 mg a day of Pepcid AC to see if his tummy calms, and to watch for signs of extreme thirst, more vomitting, rise of temp., etc. I may feed boiled chicken and rice and see if it helps.
Could a dog develop lepto from getting sprayed in the face by a skunk??
Thanks for any info you can give me.