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Following our vet's advice, we've been feeding Riley a bland diet the past two days because he has had some gastroenteritis in the past.
After he barfed up a puddle of twigs and sod and his dinner on Sunday, these 'hiccups' started. He is a goat and will eat twigs, dirt, freakin' ROCKS if you let him (we are monitoring very closely). He is not choking and he is not retching. They have subsided greatly but he still has them occasionally and I want to take him to our vet for a once over. He is eating well and evacuating well.
But I am going to follow up with the vet today. Her take, over the phone on Monday morning, was that hiccups generally occur in puppies, but because of his past gastroenteritis, this might be hiccups.
Anyone have experience with anything like this? The hiccup'y action appears to be coming from his diaphragm, in the front of his chest.
I AM CALLING THE VET TO GET HIM IN TODAY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. Problem is, if she can't see him she generally recommends I take him to the vet hospital, which is $150 just to walk in the door and then usually a few hundred dollars after that (not that I won't do this if necessary!).
^^ I guess we'll see what our vet says at our appt on Monday. He was still intermittently hiccupping but it has really tapered off. Still taking him in because.....well....because. He doesn't cough, but he does occasionally barf up the twigs and stuff he seems to LOVE to eat (we are really trying to curtail that, but you chase a blue heeler around the yard when he's hell-bent on eating this junk He doesn't really 'gag' either, except when he's going to urp. We'll see what she has to say. thank you...
Get a muzzle for the dog for the future. There are a wide variety that could keep him from eating things off the ground. You would have to introduce it slowly, but it can be done so there's not a struggle each time.
Get a muzzle for the dog for the future. There are a wide variety that could keep him from eating things off the ground. You would have to introduce it slowly, but it can be done so there's not a struggle each time.
yep, that's the plan!! he does seem to have a compulsion to eat like a goat, and I am also going to speak to our vet about his food. We feed him a really high quality kibble with canned food from the same company, and for variety, we also feed him cooked hamburger, ground turkey, rice, etc, mixed in with the kibble. He is healthy w/a beautiful coat and very good 'elimination.' I wouldn't think poor nutrition is an issue. I think he is bored.
"Hiccups" are now greatly diminished, didn't see any at all yesterday but we're still gonna go see the vet tomorrow.
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He doesn't really 'gag' either, except when he's going to urp. We'll see what she has to say. thank you...
