Dr. Emerson explains why it's so imperative to stay observant of your pets behavior in the event they're showing signs that something may be wrong.
If your pet is showing any abnormal behavior, make sure to contact Emerson Animal Hospital to schedule an appointment.
Dr. emerson: good morning sunrisers!
I'm dr. karen emerson and today i have with me my technician mary parker and this cute little girl she's holding is sassy, and over here is my receptionist and this is her brother ryder.
And ryder and sassy are here today, basically ryder is here for emotional support because sassy gets a little upset when she's not with him.
But what we're going to talk about today is sassy had some issues with basically not wanting to eat, she was hiding under the bed.
Her mom and dad and her family just knew something wasn't right.
They would have company over.
Where would sassy be?
She would be under the bed.
This is totally abnormal behavior.
They also noted that she wasn't really eating like she normally was.
And this is kind of hard to notice when you have a lot of dogs in one household if you free-feed that if one dog is getting enough food from another one so we really need to be really, really observant and watch our animals' behavior to see if they're acting off.
Well, they knew something wasn't right.
She was hiding under the bed, she was acting painful so they brought her in and we actually found out that sassy was suffering from a bout of pancreatitis.
And these little bitty yorkies and small poodles and different animals like that--when they're out in the yard, going around to potty, sometimes they get into stuff they're not supposed to, just like any other animal.
But we think sassy got into something and made her really sick.
She started developing an intestinal protozoal parasite called giardia that made her really sick.
She was really painful because pancreatitis causes a lot of pain.
So we did some intestinal tests, we did some blood work and figured that out, and she actually had to stay overnight in a hospital away from her little brother ryder but she did really, really well because she needed to rest.
We gave her fluids, we gave her i.v.
Antibiotics, and we slowly started introducing her back to food.
Now you can see she's healthy, she's happy.
But this is one of the things we really, really bat on in veterinary medicine, guys, because a lot of people like to wait and say "well, maybe they'll eat tomorrow or maybe she's just stressed out because of this."
I'm so glad that sassy's parents paid that attention, brought her right on in, and we discovered pancreatitis ahead of time because pancreatitis can kill.
So, guys, if you've got a dog out there that is intermittently going on and off food or just not acting normal, don't wait!
Make that appointment, and i promise, your pets will thank you!
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