Still late nights with lab
Written by emmas dad
My 12 yo female chocolate lab is still dry heaving violently at night. Went to my vet, who prescribed Cerenia, an atiemetic, which seemed to calm her for three nights, but tonight she's back at it. Dry heaving, licking the floor obsessively, panting, and looking scared.
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Jeff, I am sorry to hear Emma is not any better. Did the vet do any blood work, x-rays or a neurological exam on her? Is she on any medications or supplements for arthritis or anything else? I am not familiar with the drug Cerenia but I just looked it up and a side effect for a few dogs is vomiting. I am wondering if it is either not helping with her problem or it does not agree with her. It is odd that this behavior is only happening at night. Is there anything different in her night time routine verse the day? It would be great to know if it is her stomach bothering her or if the nausea is from being dizzy.
I would give your vet a call and tell them what is going on. They may recommend more diagnostics or if they do not know what is wrong with your dog, you can ask to be referred out to a specialist. Please keep us posted!
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I have taken her to the vet twice but they have not done a work up yet. She was OK for about 5 days, and now back at it again tonight. The worst part is that is sounds so painful, very loud and aggravated dry heaves with her mouth wide open. Then this obsessive licking of the floor and rugs. I am at my wits end, but I am going to bring her back to the vet tomorrow. I loooked at some other forums online and some suggest that this kind of dry heaving may be bloat. But her abdomen is not dialated and hard and she doesn't have the other symptoms...just at a loss...
by Jeff P, concerned parent of aging labrador .
Hi Jeff, it sounds like things are very frustrating for you with Emmas symptoms returning and getting no answers at the vet. Veterinary medicine diagnostics can be much harder than that of human medicine solely because your patient cannot communicate. The vet and Emma are depending entirely on you to be her advocate. If you are not getting the help you need, it's ok to seek a second opinion or be referred out to a specialist. What you are describing for symptoms do not fit a specific problem that is seen every day so it will take some investigating and testing to figure out what is going on.
I wish I had the answer for you. The good news is, Bloat is an acute emergency condition that would have more syptoms like hard abdomem that looks like she swallowed a ball, panting, foaming around the mouth sometimes and in obvious distress. Keep us posted on how today's visit went.
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