My dog has indigestion. She is an adopted 5 year old beagle/treeing walker coonhound mix. At the vet's direction I have been giving her 5 mg of generic pepcid at night and I split her evening meal in two, feeding the second part after her last walk so as to avoid a completely empty stomach overnight. This morning I could hear her stomach rumbling and she had no interest in eating breakfast (fyi, she eats Purina Pro Plan Savor Weight Management dry food). I gave her 5 mg pepcid. When I took her outside all she was interested in was eating grass. I deterred her but, after she wanted to go out twice more, I let her eat as much as she wanted. I was hoping she would vomit but she didn't. She had a normal bowel movement with no grass in it. Five hours after I gave her pepcid, she is just laying about with her stomach rumbling. Is there anything else I can do for her?
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Hello,
I’m afraid it is time to go back to the vet. I question the diagnosis and there seems to be little to no response to the treatment plan. If you were my patient I would probably suggest that we start with a recheck examination and some baseline diagnostics. Like bloodwork and a fecal. it sounds like nausea and anorexia but there is something that causes it. It is time to identify the cause so a better, more direct treatment plan can be found.
Thanks so much for your response! Sadie Sue’s stomach stopped rumbling so I made some chicken and rice. She happily ate it but it did not seem to agree with her. She was stretching her abdomen and then acted like she was looking for a place to throw up. I got her outside–she did not throw up but did have a watery bowel movement. I couldn’t see any grass in it. She is now sleeping again. Should I withhold all food for 24 hours? My vet won’t be back until Tuesday. By the way, he did do a full chem… Read more »