"For the past 2 weeks, she was all right. Then on Sunday, she vomited all her food and passed blood in her stools. Later there was no blood but she kept purging more than 10 times. Now she would not eat."
The puppy's stomach and intestine were full of gas.
"No new food or treat were given" the owner was insistent when I asked him many times over the half an hour. "The puppy goes to my office and there is nothing in the room. All my employees know that they don't feed him any chicken rice or any chicken. During exercise in the field, I observe her and she did not eat grass or soil."
Yet the puppy had this serious vomiting and diarrhoea. She was wagging her tail while standing on the examination table. Temperature was 38.8 deg C which was not very high fever.
I asked the owner again, "Any new product you purchased on Saturday or Friday?"
He shook his head. He was so sure that the puppy had gone to the Pasir Ris to play and swim. She had her 3 vaccinations done. Parvoviral infection was unlikely but could not be ruled out.
"Did you introduce new food or something to her?"
Finally, after more than 30 minutes, the owner recalled that the pet people had recommended the rawhide doggy bone. This was because the puppy ate all the previous dog treats.
"The raw hide doggy bone is more lasting and not chewed to pieces," the owner said. "That was on Saturday. The puppy chewed it in the afternoon on Sunday. It was durable, as the seller recommended.
The Golden Retriever had vomiting and diarrhoea a few hours later and on Sunday. He brought her to the vet on Monday morning.
So, the most likely cause of this acute gastroenteritis was the rawhide bone. It took so long to get this info!
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