284. Maltese Cross "dying" after grey diarrhoea & vomiting.
Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore
April 4, 2006
Heavy thunderstorms 3 p.m.
The Filipino domestic worker, with a Korean family for the past 5 years was concerned that the puppy would be dying soon. This male 3-month-old Maltese Cross had diarrhoea yesterday, vomited today and just fainted. Unable to move.
She phoned me.
"Give him some honey," I said. She did not understand.
"Put a teaspoon of sweet sugar solution in his mouth before you come," I elaborated.
When she reached the surgery by taxi, the puppy was standing and had normal temperature. As if nothing was wrong. She showed me a bottle of multivitamin syrup she had been prescribed 5 days earlier. The puppy had antibiotics for kennel cough too.
"After taking half a teaspoonful of this medicine, the puppy vomited," she said.
"Is the puppy diarrhoea grey in colour?" I asked her.
She nodded her head.
"Was the puppy eating newspapers?" I asked.
"Some pieces of newspapers disappeared every day," she replied.
I palpated the puppy's stomach with my left hand as the puppy stood on the consultation table. He had a full stomach. Probably full of newspapers.
The puppy was warded for one day. The puppy was a present for a 10-year-old boy.
"Can the boy look after the puppy?" I asked her. "Feeding and bathing?"
She said no.
So she had the responsibility to care for the puppy.
"But the boy would say 'Aunty, did you feed the puppy?' when he was at a friend's house or he would inform me about the time to feed him."
What a clever boy. I do not know if all 10-year-old boys are so concerned about the feeding times of their puppies. This sole child was caring.
As for the puppy, he was normal and eating at night. Should be home the next day. No more eating of newspapers. But this is easier said than done as he was being paper-trained in the apartment.
Paper shredding is a common complaint during toilet training of puppies in Singapore. Paper eating causing serious illness in puppies is not so common. I had one dramatic case of a Maltese with non-stop fits. Shaking head, trembling body. Only clues were vomting of grey pulpy stuff. What could be the cause? It was newspaper eating. It recovered after treatment and grew up normally.
April 4, 2006
Heavy thunderstorms 3 p.m.
The Filipino domestic worker, with a Korean family for the past 5 years was concerned that the puppy would be dying soon. This male 3-month-old Maltese Cross had diarrhoea yesterday, vomited today and just fainted. Unable to move.
She phoned me.
"Give him some honey," I said. She did not understand.
"Put a teaspoon of sweet sugar solution in his mouth before you come," I elaborated.
When she reached the surgery by taxi, the puppy was standing and had normal temperature. As if nothing was wrong. She showed me a bottle of multivitamin syrup she had been prescribed 5 days earlier. The puppy had antibiotics for kennel cough too.
"After taking half a teaspoonful of this medicine, the puppy vomited," she said.
"Is the puppy diarrhoea grey in colour?" I asked her.
She nodded her head.
"Was the puppy eating newspapers?" I asked.
"Some pieces of newspapers disappeared every day," she replied.
I palpated the puppy's stomach with my left hand as the puppy stood on the consultation table. He had a full stomach. Probably full of newspapers.
The puppy was warded for one day. The puppy was a present for a 10-year-old boy.
"Can the boy look after the puppy?" I asked her. "Feeding and bathing?"
She said no.
So she had the responsibility to care for the puppy.
"But the boy would say 'Aunty, did you feed the puppy?' when he was at a friend's house or he would inform me about the time to feed him."
What a clever boy. I do not know if all 10-year-old boys are so concerned about the feeding times of their puppies. This sole child was caring.
As for the puppy, he was normal and eating at night. Should be home the next day. No more eating of newspapers. But this is easier said than done as he was being paper-trained in the apartment.
Paper shredding is a common complaint during toilet training of puppies in Singapore. Paper eating causing serious illness in puppies is not so common. I had one dramatic case of a Maltese with non-stop fits. Shaking head, trembling body. Only clues were vomting of grey pulpy stuff. What could be the cause? It was newspaper eating. It recovered after treatment and grew up normally.
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