puppy stomach probs

[kirsten]

About a week ago my 6 week old pup, ozzy, was feeling weak, vomiting and had diarehha. I promptly took him to an emergency vet since i was concerned that he may have been poisoned. Well turned out that that was not the case. The vet had no explaination after exam and x-rays. She perscriped some special dog food, looked like rice and meat mixed together. She also gave me carafate, flagyl and centrine. I have been giving ozzy the medication faithfully, and after a day he was fine. Since then he has been back to his peppy and puppy self...until yesterday. I came home to find a lot of diarehha and vomit in the house. Poor guy. Anyway he is not weak and is eating fine. I have an appt with my regular vet on Monday...not sure if i should take his back to emergency care and lighten my pocket even more or what...sorry about the long msg. I am kinda feeling concerned since his condition is changing so much..any advice? Thanks.

[davet]

because vomiting and diarrhaea in puppies is not like that of adult...pups can't loose too many electrlytes and fluids as can an adult...they can dehydrate very rapidly...

[Traci]

Yep, back to ER ASAP please....ask vet to do fecal for clostridium, campylobacter, other parasitic infections, etc., make sure a parvo test is done too. As Davet warns, excessive vomiting and dehydration can deplete electrolytes faster than you can spell them, so please get him in ASAP......

[TheSkeptic]

Just adding my voice to those above. ....