Any ideas what could be wrong with my Siberian Husky?

Question

My 5 month old male siberian husky was fixed 10 days ago, but my husband and I noticed that he hasn't been eating normal for the past 2 days. Usually he eats like its his last meal, but lately he won't hardly touch the food. He has also been very lethargic. Normally he is pretty hyper and playful, but he has been laying around a lot. He is urinating regularly and is having solid bowel movements, so im not sure what the problem could be. Anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

Is his surgery area tender, red or swollen?? He may have an infection. That it's been 10 days since the surgery and he's just now feeling poorly worries me. As the vet's probably closed til Tuesday, is there an er vet you can reach or a pager for your vet? Please try and contact a vet and describe your dog's sypmtoms. Meanwhile, keep him quiet, keep good, fresh water in front of him and try not to feed him anything out of the ordinary, let him eat his regular food when he wants to. If he seems hot, you can cool him with a water spray or towel him and have him where he can get a breeze if possible. A fever can make him behave as you describe and you need to reduce it, but stay away from human meds for this, follow the vet'er vet's advice.

Answer 2

Normally dogs are a little out of it for a couple of days, but if it's been 10 days you need to take him back to the vet to check for infection. Are you giving him his antibiotics the vet gave you? Make sure you give them to him because it's important to prevent infection. Call the vet.

Answer 3

he needs to get back to the vets as soon as possible after 10 days there is something wrong and more than likely not anything to do withthe surgery.

Answer 4

Antibiotics are rarely prescribed for routine neuters. He should be back to normal by now. A call to your vet is in order--this isn't normal.