Skip to content

Bloat - The Mother of All (Pet) Emergencies

Off Topic
  • Though not specific to a breed, here's a very interesting article on vet emergency:

    http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&S=0&C=0&A=672

    Lesson: If bloated, take your pet to (a competent) Vet as soon as possible… Or at least call the Vet for advise on what to do in your specific situation...

  • Fortunately bloat is more prevalent in the larger dogs,but can happen to any size. Friends with Great Danes were advised by their vet to use elevated feeders, saying that there is less gulping of air if the food is at the correct height. While I am not too worried about bloat, I got elevated feeders and my dogs like them. A small thing to do that helps with digestion.

    Anne in Tampa

Suggested Topics

  • Not a pet

    Off Topic
    9
    0 Votes
    9 Posts
    3k Views
    AJs HumanA
    Beautiful baby….glad he got back home where he belongs. Heroes, Kim n Kas!!
  • Pet Food Recall Information

    Off Topic
    1
    0 Votes
    1 Posts
    1k Views
    No one has replied
  • I HATE pet stores

    Off Topic
    13
    0 Votes
    13 Posts
    4k Views
    AndrewA
    It was traumatic, but something I can look back on & laugh at. I guess those $.10 crickets looked like poo on a plate compared to a young, tender $45 morsel.
  • How to give your pets pills (very funny)

    Off Topic
    8
    0 Votes
    8 Posts
    3k Views
    E
    I can't tell you how many pills I've wasted trying to get Senji to take his pills. Even when I hide them in a ball of ground up meat and mix it in with his food, he SMELLS the pill in there and eats everything around it, but leaves the balls with the pills in them. Sometimes I make a few "decoy" balls to try to fool him, but he knows the difference.
  • Visiting family with your pets

    Off Topic
    14
    0 Votes
    14 Posts
    4k Views
    dmcartyD
    When my middle son and wife come to visit - they bring their 2 labs. I let the labs be loose in the house and kennel my basenjis - can't imagine the basenji 500 with 2 huge labs in a small house. As folks get older though the dogs can be an issue so don't know how much longer I'll be able to let them come. This Thanksgiving - 2 labs and 2 mature ladies with walkers was interesting. However when we would go and visit my husbands family - could never bring dogs - they refused to have dogs in the house - ever. I agree with whoever said - their house their rules.
  • For Pet Owners

    Off Topic
    3
    0 Votes
    3 Posts
    2k Views
    MaxBooBooBearM
    I love this! I'm just going to add one more to my version before using it–next to last item--I can legally spay/neuter them so they don't get (or get anyone) pregnant!!!