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13 year old active dog is throwing up yellow for half a day, won't eat or drink and is very slow or play full. Won't even chew on a bone. What should I do?

Submitted: 105 days and 12 hours ago.
Category: Dog
Value: $15
Status: CLOSED
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Pet's Sex: Male
Pet's Age: >12

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She needs to see a vet.

This could be due to kidney or liver disease, a pancreas problem, a stomach ulcer, a swallowed non food item or ingetion of something toxic or possibly even intestinal parasites.

If your dog might have gotten into anything toxic, appears dehydrated (see if a pinch of skin over the shoulder blade stays stuck in a tent form or flows back down normally when released), has a rectal temp over 103.5F (normal is 100.5-102.5 Fahrenheit or 38 - 39.2 Celsius ), has gums or tongue that look white, blue, gray or yellow tinted where they are normally pink, has a slow color refill if you press on a pink area of gum or tongue, is not breathing well, or is becoming lethargic and non responsive to you then you may want to get the dog in to see an emergency vet if one is available in your area.

This site may help you locate an emergency vet if you need one

http://www.vetlocator.com/hotline.php

If you cannot see a vet an over the counter med you might try to sooth the digestive tract would be Pepcid or Tagamet or Zantac.

Be sure to tell the vet when you see them if you use any of these.

You can read about dose amounts (and cautions) scrolling down on the pages here

http://www.petplace.com/drug-library/cimetidine-hcl-tagamet/page1.aspx

http://www.petplace.com/drug-library/famotidine-pepcid/page1.aspx

http://www.petplace.com/drug-library/ranitidine-hcl-zantac/page1.aspx

Hope this helps you!

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Expert: NancyH
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Answered: 8/8/2009

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30+ yrs dog home vet care & nursing, rescue, behavior&training, responsible show breeding, genetics

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