Ok well I took my little man to a different vet today I called around all in the local area and found one that has 5 chihuahua's on the books, plus when I rung up and explaned what was wrong they made him an emergency appointment and knew exactly what I was talking about.
His sample has been sent off for testing and he had a complete examination, He was given mild antibiotics, probiotics to put in his food and was wormed to kill any possible giardia and it all cost me shockingly less to :shock: Plus he said I was completly right to get him vaccinated at 14 weeks due to his previous health and his size.
The vet thinks it's possibly he was put on too high a dose of antibiotics when he was at the breeders and it may have stripped his tummy of good bacteria so it may take a couple of weeks to get better but I took a sample for him to test and make 100% sure. He also said wean him off the lactol because thats not helping (I've already weaned him down to 1 nightly feeding now) keep him on the chicken and rice and natural yoghurt and mix the probiotics into his food. Any problems or worries call right straight away and ask to speak to him in person
wow I was so happy a vet who actually took the time to look over my little boy and get him all checked out. Anyway I was told test results will be back in 48 hours and he'll call me with the results but thinks it's likely that he just was on too high a dose previously.
So anyway little man is asleep on my lap and I do feel so much better
Sarah
His sample has been sent off for testing and he had a complete examination, He was given mild antibiotics, probiotics to put in his food and was wormed to kill any possible giardia and it all cost me shockingly less to :shock: Plus he said I was completly right to get him vaccinated at 14 weeks due to his previous health and his size.
The vet thinks it's possibly he was put on too high a dose of antibiotics when he was at the breeders and it may have stripped his tummy of good bacteria so it may take a couple of weeks to get better but I took a sample for him to test and make 100% sure. He also said wean him off the lactol because thats not helping (I've already weaned him down to 1 nightly feeding now) keep him on the chicken and rice and natural yoghurt and mix the probiotics into his food. Any problems or worries call right straight away and ask to speak to him in person
wow I was so happy a vet who actually took the time to look over my little boy and get him all checked out. Anyway I was told test results will be back in 48 hours and he'll call me with the results but thinks it's likely that he just was on too high a dose previously.So anyway little man is asleep on my lap and I do feel so much better
Sarah
