Big big health scare

[Simba13]

I have not been active on this forum for another of weeks because of simbas health scare Simba has terrible diarrhea and vomiting and became very lethargic a number of weeks ago. A trip to the vet and a night on a drip had him feeling a bit better. They took xrays of his stomach to see f he had eaten anything like tinfoil or plastic. He came home the next day and after an hour or two began vomiting again. He vomited about 10 times that night and I spent the night sitting with him comforting him.

I went straight to the vet the next morning and he was severely dehydrated and very lethargic. It had now been 3 days since he had eaten properly. He was put back under anesthetic and more x rays where taken. The next day they decided to open up his stomach and see if there where any blockages. They found nothing in his stomach. He ended up going under 4 anesthetics that week and spending 5 nights at the vet. He spent a lot of time on an iv and after a few days he showed a lot of improvement.

It is still unclear what made him so sick but I am just happy that he is ok now His hair on his belly is already growing back and his wound has healed.

 

[corbinam]

So glad to hear that Simba is feeling better. Hopefully it won't happen again.

 

[trini]

Poor Simba...that was really scary for him and for you. Wish they could have figured out why so you weren't left with wondering...but at least he doing well and all healed. Give your Simba a gentle hug from me (I have a Simba too...he is a 7 year old sable boy).

Trini

 

[take4roll10]

I'm so sorry you and Simba had to go through that, but I'm so glad he is okay now.

This sounds very similar to what my dog went through when she was a year old. It started in the morning. I immediately knew something was wrong because my food-loving girl refused to eat. I was able to convince her to eat a little pumpkin, but not long after she passed the pumpkin and then vomited. She became lethargic, so I rushed her to the emergency vet. They did X-rays and blood work. They said it was just bad gas pockets. The vet gave her some meds and she seemed like she was feeling better. That night, she started passing blood in her stool, which turned to only blood. I stayed up with her the whole night and was convinced she wasn't going to make it. When I brought her to my vet the next morning, she was doing a little better. They gave her IV fluids and prescription food. Thankfully, she made a full recovery, but we never knew what caused that illness.

 

[Simba13]

So glad to hear that Simba is feeling better. Hopefully it won't happen again.

Thank you! Fingers crossed it never happens again.

 

[Simba13]

Poor Simba...that was really scary for him and for you. Wish they could have figured out why so you weren't left with wondering...but at least he doing well and all healed. Give your Simba a gentle hug from me (I have a Simba too...he is a 7 year old sable boy).

Trini

I wish I had found out what cause it too but luckily he is ok and that is all that matters My Simba is a sable boy too and will be 1 at the end of the month

 

[Simba13]

I'm so sorry you and Simba had to go through that, but I'm so glad he is okay now.

This sounds very similar to what my dog went through when she was a year old. It started in the morning. I immediately knew something was wrong because my food-loving girl refused to eat. I was able to convince her to eat a little pumpkin, but not long after she passed the pumpkin and then vomited. She became lethargic, so I rushed her to the emergency vet. They did X-rays and blood work. They said it was just bad gas pockets. The vet gave her some meds and she seemed like she was feeling better. That night, she started passing blood in her stool, which turned to only blood. I stayed up with her the whole night and was convinced she wasn't going to make it. When I brought her to my vet the next morning, she was doing a little better. They gave her IV fluids and prescription food. Thankfully, she made a full recovery, but we never knew what caused that illness.

Wow that is really similar. Simba wouldn't eat or drink in the morning and then the net day at the vet he ate a bit in the morning and thats why they sent him home. Then he became sick and lethargic again that night and that is when the real ordeal started!

I'm o glad your girl made a full recovery, and luckily Simba has too

 

[Shelby's mom]

I am glad she is better. This happened to Hollie once and we didn't know what made her sick. Then one day I found a pile of cat poo, full of worms in my flower bed. I told the vet and we could only guess that she picked something up from the ferral cats.