Any experience with: gurgling, not eating or drinking, runny poo

[Elemes]

The vet said he could have an issue with his GI tract and regurgitation that is causing his gurgling. Really nothing offered. So Kathy, how much do I owe you because you're working harder than him?

 

[casportpony]

What if it's something like avian flu?

Vets can test for flu and all other respiratory diseases. Email the video link to the vet that saw him.

-Kathy

 

[Elemes]

I'm sending the video. He thinks inflammation of lower GI. He said he could get an injectible steroid and antibiotic but thinks that's a "Hail Mary"

 

[casportpony]

The vet said he could have an issue with his GI tract and regurgitation that is causing his gurgling. Really nothing offered. So Kathy, how much do I owe you because you're working harder than him?

The gurgling sounds like his respiratory tract, not his digestive system, but it is possible that he regurgitated some food/water and aspirated it, which could cause aspiration pneumonia. I think he has two issues that may or may not be related. One is the respiratory problem, the other is the digestive tract.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

I'm sending the video. He thinks inflammation of lower GI. He said he could get an injectible steroid and antibiotic but thinks that's a "Hail Mary"

What antibiotic did he suggest?

-Kathy

 

[Elemes]

He has a rectal temp of 108

 

[Elemes]

Also this morning he doesn't feel like a 1 - I think I was in a state of paranoia last night as I was accepting that this was more serious, and potentially fatal, than I had originally anticipated.

 

[Elemes]

What antibiotic did he suggest?

-Kathy

I don't think I caught it. Just that it was a single dose. Should I request it?

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Get the name of it.

-Kathy

 

[Elemes]

Baytril and Dexamethasone for the steroid