how do i help a dog who can't keep down food .possible liver problems?

Question

vet wants $900.00 for more test and x-rays and meds . I love my dog but I live on 600. a month. the dogs 9yrs. old is there any help for the boy

Answer 1

options;
1. see if other vets in the area do it cheaper
2. see if they offer a payment plan or something like care credit
3. explain your financial situation and see what the vet can do to keep the dog as comfotabel as possible with your budget
4. ask the vet or look in the phone book for low cost clinics or see if a humane society or spca can help out
(also if the doctor prescribes medication look into having it filled on line or at a place like cvs-many times these places are way cheaper)

Answer 2

Yes, my rescue canine has a few severe genetically centered health problems. She was once the fabricated from a dog mill, bad breeding, and whole lack of wellness testing. She was once then bred more than one times herself, passing a couple of a hundred% heritable conditions to her pups, which would were effortlessly averted through a common vet examination. Her problems didn't even want 'unique' testing to be evident. There may be nothing you are able to do about it rather then get your canine right vet healing for the problems, given that I doubt a breeder who would promote a canine with that many well being issues supplied you a lifetime wellness guarantee. Subsequent time you spend money on a lifetime associate, both rescue and know you threat unhealthy genetics or do your study, purchase best from official breeders who can exhibit you favorable wellness checking out results on each mothers and fathers. Add: do not take your vet's phrase for it that you just should not have different choices. Much of this sounds very very similar to allergies and if which you can identification the purpose, you can scale back or get rid of the signs. Specially the skin issues are most of the time caused through meals allergic reactions. Seek advice a 2nd vet or, ideally, a holistic vet or veterinary dermatologist. Holistic vets are typically a lot more mighty at deciding upon the explanations of allergic reactions for the reason that they're reluctant to use medicines to quilt up the signs. They work tougher on and have extra expertise with rooting out the cause of the problem. My rescue also had itchy epidermis, foot chewing, and many others- ended up being allergic reactions to wheat, corn, soy, rice, oats, barley, and a number of different merchandise. Severely. Get a second opinion- steroids don't treat the trouble, they just conceal it.

Answer 3

There are so many possible problems. When my girl was doing this, she had stomach cancer.

The question is, if the tests tell you the problem, can you do anything about it? It will do you little good to know that your dog has an intestinal blockage if you can't afford the surgery to remove the object. If your dog has liver failure, can you afford to treat it?

Discuss with your vet the possible scenarios. If the problem could be something easily fixed, test for that. Don't bother testing for things you can't afford to treat.

Answer 4

I've gone through liver failure with a dog, and most recently, my cat. My dog was 8 or 9, and I went through the intensive care, and the expensive diagnostics with her. She was touch n go, for a bit, but made it through. I didn't have the $1000.00 for the diagnostics and intensive care for my cat, so I picked up the meds., and prescription food, took him home, and did it myself. Medicating, force feeding small amounts, and sub-cue fluids to keep him hydrated. He fully recovered, and the vet is still shocked that he lived.

If the odds and majority of symptoms, indicate that your dog is having liver failure, you can try asking your vet to let you have the medications, such as Denosyl, antibiotics, etc., and you can try treating at home. My dog wouldn't/couldn't eat the prescription food, so I wound up cooking for her.....lean ground beef, mixed with cooked rice, bread crumbs, hard boiled eggs, and ground up tums for the calcium. I cooked up a batch of it, and put it in 1/2 cup portions in baggies, to feed her small amounts, as the vomiting, slowly came under control. She also had some stomach bleeding problems, that were fixed by giving her some human ulcer medicine, which I cannot recall the name of, but it was a gel capsule, that sorta plugged up the ulcerations in the stomach lining, stopping the bleeding. It was a long haul, but she lived out her life, healthy and happy, until old age took her from me. Good luck, with whatever happens.

Answer 5

Try your local humane society. They are usually much, much cheaper than your average vet.

However it is an old dog, and if you can't afford it might be best to have her put to sleep, but only as a last resort.

Answer 6

The best thing you can do if you can not afford vet treatment is to put this dog down if it is suffering, or find a rescue that can treat it.

Answer 7

See if your local SPCA can help you in any way.