[Claire P]

He hasn’t had any dry food in over a month. The wet food only diet maybe helps slightly to keep food down. But honestly, it’s been so long since he’s had dry that I’m not sure if theres much difference. He’s still regurgitating liquid from the wet food almost daily and often several times daily. Drinking water always makes him regurgitate. He actually didn’t drink any water for over a month (i have stayed home with him pretty much 24/7 and he is overly attached to me/ deals with separation anxiety/follows me around whenever I get up, so I would know if he had any). Vets said he should be getting plenty of moisture from his wet food only. Today he drank from his bowl for the first time in a month and I was SO excited because i thought it was a good sign. But he threw it up a couple minutes after.

[Claire P]

I did give him a small rawhide treat about a month ago, and he hasn’t had ANY treats in the past few weeks.

[Claire P]

I’ve only tried tap water. It didn’t occur to me to try anything else, as that’s what I drink. And his regurgitation (no heaving of the stomach, it just falls out of his mouth, surprising us both) is liquid with usually some white foam and flecks/dots of brown ((food I assume)). It usually looks yellowish or brown on the paper towel when I wipe it up.

[Claire P]

To clarify, he regurgitates pretty much every day and it’s been over 2 months. Sometimes he can go as much as 3 or 4 days without regurgitating, even if I don’t change anything about his food or routine. He was hospitalized for 3 days and they claim he had no episodes of vomiting or regurgitation since he was there and that he drank water normally. At home, he avoids his water bowl and on the rare occasion he does drink, he quickly throws it all up. Since he’s only on wet food now, it’s just about always liquid with some foam and flecks/dots of food. The shelter I adopted him from refuses to help me pay for an endoscopy/biopsies and I can’t afford it on my own. I was quoted a price from several internal medicine specialists for around $2000. I don’t know what else I can do. I’m struggling to keep him from losing more weight. He is currently about 11 pounds and he’s very bony. He will eat anything I put in front of him, and has a huge appetite, but the fact that he can’t keep all his food down means he is still losing weight. The vets I’ve seen don’t seem to take it seriously because he still has energy and wants to eat, but I’m very worried and frustrated.

[Claire P]

Hello, I know this is a very old thread, but it’s the closest I’ve found to mirroring my dog’s issues. I can relate so strongly to the frustration and desperation that Lisa C. felt about Chewy’s problem. I have posted on other dog forums and basically shamed for soliciting advice on the internet instead of a vet. But I HAVE seen a vet. In fact, we’ve seen 5 vets. I adopted Frank, a small poodle mix in September (over 2 months ago). He is approximately 4 years old. He weighed about 14 pounds according to his papers at the time of adoption. From the first night I brought him home he had a severe cough so I took him to the vet by day 2 or 3 for that issue alone. He was given 2 antibiotics for what the vet said looked like pneumonia. I hadn’t noticed any GI issues in the first 2 days. From what I recall, he ate his food, but left some of it in the bowl. What I gave him those first 2 days was a mix of wet canned food and dry kibble, both Wellness brand. When I started him on the antibiotics, he started vomiting and wouldn’t hold down the pills or any food or water for days. He also lost his appetite completely, ignoring freshly cooked chicken even. The vet switched one of his antibiotics for a different one, and gave Cerenia for the vomiting. Neither of these changes helped the vomiting. After a few more days I was left with no other option but to stop the antibiotics abruptly. He seemed to improve quickly: more energy, big appetite, and no vomiting. After about 4 days though, he started regurgitating food and water. Sometimes it was right away and sometimes it was as much as 8 hours later. Frank has had blood tests, fecal and urinalysis, X-rays and barium swallow X-rays. Everything came back normal except that from the X-rays it looked like his stomach looked large and a portion of the food was passing slower than expected. He’s been on a variety of drugs, including Pepcid, metoclopramide, sucralfate, cisipride. I’ve been told to feed him only Hills I/D in small portions, but that doesn’t seem to make a difference. The fact that drinking just water can trigger regurgitation makes me wonder if it’s food related at all.

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