Honey threw up yesterday, late morning...which in itself always makes me worry...but yesterday was so much worse! For the first time in her life she got super lathargic from being sick. She seemed to have trouble standing, and would sway slightly, her walk was closer to a hobble, she'd come up to drink water and get right up to it and then jerk away like she was scared.
Which worried me further, because her nose was super dry and her tongue had been hanging out (just a little bit of it) for about an hour and a half. We were over my moms and she didn't even want to play with my nieces or my moms dog.
She's never like that when she's sick. When she had horrible diarrhea almost as soon as we got her, any of the handful of times she's thrown up in the past. I kept cuddling her and didn't want to take my eyes off her. I was even giving her bottled water because sometimes she's more likely to take a drink if she can lap it up as it pours.
I got teased so much by everyone. I don't think anyone other than my mother understands how much you can bond with an animal when you're alone with them all day long.
Eventually I had the idea to give her some wet food with a good deal of water mixed in. That tempted her into getting a decent drink. Once she had a bit of water, she started improving rapidly. Repeated it a few times and in about two hours she started playing with my moms dog and running around with the girls.
She still would lay down in corners quietly for long bouts though.
Today she's back to her normal high energy self. I've been mixing yogurt into water to get her some probiotics and ensure she keeps hydrated.
I've never been so worried for her. While everyone was eating dinner she even let me hold her on my lap all curled up and quiet, not even begging. She never stays in laps for longer than a few seconds!
Which worried me further, because her nose was super dry and her tongue had been hanging out (just a little bit of it) for about an hour and a half. We were over my moms and she didn't even want to play with my nieces or my moms dog.
She's never like that when she's sick. When she had horrible diarrhea almost as soon as we got her, any of the handful of times she's thrown up in the past. I kept cuddling her and didn't want to take my eyes off her. I was even giving her bottled water because sometimes she's more likely to take a drink if she can lap it up as it pours.
I got teased so much by everyone. I don't think anyone other than my mother understands how much you can bond with an animal when you're alone with them all day long.
Eventually I had the idea to give her some wet food with a good deal of water mixed in. That tempted her into getting a decent drink. Once she had a bit of water, she started improving rapidly. Repeated it a few times and in about two hours she started playing with my moms dog and running around with the girls.
She still would lay down in corners quietly for long bouts though.
Today she's back to her normal high energy self. I've been mixing yogurt into water to get her some probiotics and ensure she keeps hydrated.
I've never been so worried for her. While everyone was eating dinner she even let me hold her on my lap all curled up and quiet, not even begging. She never stays in laps for longer than a few seconds!
