Question by JuiCii: 5 yr. Old Beagle won’t eat 1 week after being neutered! HELP!?
I adopted a 5yr old Beagle from the shelter who is overweight. He weighed 51 pounds, but looking at him he has lost some weight in the week that I’ve had him. He was neutered the day I got him (3/1/2011) and has not had a bowel movement since I brought him home. He hasn’t really eaten except for yesterday he nibbled on some rib gristles (Spell check ). He refuses to eat hard dog food at all. I don’t know what to do. The vet said he won’t have a bowel movement until he eats but he didn’t tell me why he won’t eat or what to do to get him to eat. He also has severe allergies and I don’t know what to do. HELP! I’m looking for a new vet, but any ideas are appreciated!
Okay thanks for the answers, let me clarify that he ate the meat off of the gristle and I did tell my mom that she was not to give him anymore people food. I spoke with a vet my grandma uses and he said bring him in. He checked him out and said the site was fine, his temp was normal, and him losing weight was a good thing as long as it wasn’t too fast. He has had a bowel movement and he said to mix plain white rice and ground beef and keep it bland to get him to start eating again and to help with painful stools for the next 3 days then he gave me some soft dog food. He said he may not eat hard dog food because the previous owners fed him junk which is how he got to be 51 pounds. He is already doing a lot better. OMG I am so happy. Thanks guys!

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Answer by KateB
You need to get him to a vet. And it sounds like your vet is terrible. Find a new vet a.s.a.p!!!

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Question by Roxi: My Dogs have Mange…They are being treated what else can I do and when will it be over?
I discovered about four days ago that my dogs had Mange. We first treated our dogs for skin allergies in October which my vet said to do so after my Maltese began to loose his fur after months of practically no improvements I decided to get a second opinion. My first vet said it was DEFIANTLY NOT MANGE :S but I asked for a skin scrape from a different vet and the diagnosis was confirmed. The vet found two mites on the one slide on the first go! I was furious that I hadn’t been treating my dogs properly if I started this back in October my Maltese would have lost ALL HIS FUR! I even asked queations on Y/A. Anway now I am on a strict treatment plan I have resorted to this other vet. He gave me a wash ‘Dermadex’ I think its called and I have changed from Advantage to Advocate which controls mange also. I am treating my 4 dogs. which live at home with us. I wanted to know what I can do to treat their environments my dogs sleep anywhere they like and do not have certain sleeping quarters. Will they get the mites while I am treating them from their environment? I just want to get over this I want everything back to normal. I got my three other dogs shaved including my pom! Her fur is so beautiful I take really good care of it and this whole situation has resulted in her getting it shaved off just in case she gets it. I want to know how long treatment will take. I am washing/dipping them once a week and advocate treating them every two weeks. Also will my cats get it, they aren’t itching or anything, they don’t sleep with the dogs but they do walk around the yard where the dogs have been :S. Also I have bunnies, they are not in contact with my dogs at all so will they get it?
I am so paranoid I have cleaned out the whole house washing everything! When will the mites on my dogs be totally gone? After the first wash? I just need reassurance its all going to pass.
Has anyone experienced this before????
Thanks and I will appreciate any answers insight!!!
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Answer by Donaldo Atello
All you can do is try to rebuild your life. Just take it one day at a time.

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I started my dog on a fish oil supplement (1000mg – my dog weighs about 19 lbs) about a week ago and started noticing yesterday that he is itching and a little red-looking on his belly/underarms and around his eyes. It may be some other allergy (has allergy to fleas but he’s on Advantage) in which case we’re going to the vet but I wondered if anyone has heard of this. He doesn’t like to eat fish. Thanks, dog lovers, for your help!

I discovered about four days ago that my dogs had Mange. We first treated our dogs for skin allergies in October which my vet said to do so after my Maltese began to loose his fur after months of practically no improvements I decided to get a second opinion. My first vet said it was DEFIANTLY NOT MANGE :S but I asked for a skin scrape from a different vet and the diagnosis was confirmed. The vet found two mites on the one slide on the first go! I was furious that I hadn’t been treating my dogs properly if I started this back in October my Maltese would have lost ALL HIS FUR! I even asked queations on Y/A. Anway now I am on a strict treatment plan I have resorted to this other vet. He gave me a wash ‘Dermadex’ I think its called and I have changed from Advantage to Advocate which controls mange also. I am treating my 4 dogs. which live at home with us. I wanted to know what I can do to treat their environments my dogs sleep anywhere they like and do not have certain sleeping quarters. Will they get the mites while I am treating them from their environment? I just want to get over this I want everything back to normal. I got my three other dogs shaved including my pom! Her fur is so beautiful I take really good care of it and this whole situation has resulted in her getting it shaved off just in case she gets it. I want to know how long treatment will take. I am washing/dipping them once a week and advocate treating them every two weeks. Also will my cats get it, they aren’t itching or anything, they don’t sleep with the dogs but they do walk around the yard where the dogs have been :S. Also I have bunnies, they are not in contact with my dogs at all so will they get it?
I am so paranoid I have cleaned out the whole house washing everything! When will the mites on my dogs be totally gone? After the first wash? I just need reassurance its all going to pass.
Has anyone experienced this before????
Thanks and I will appreciate any answers insight!!!
SORRY FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORDS :S