Seniors and wheelchair bound

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  1. raf108

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    Hi everyone,
    I wanted to share what I have found works, to help our seniors and paralyzed best friends.
    I am not a Vet, and always have sought out a competent vet, when any of our four legged friends were "under the weather"
    Now, we all know our pets just as well as we know ourselves , maybe better and they tell us with their face how they're feeling , I guess their tail too.
    When the vet is doing all he or she can do, and our best friends are just not right, GAS X!!!
    My vet told me not to worry if you were to give too much by accident because it is fairly harmless. I can't tell you what a difference it has made in some of our dogs daily lives.
    Stomach upset or gas, really effectsbthe seniors, just like us as we get much older
    For a smaller dog, we use the infants gas x at CVS.
    It comes with a syringe with out a needle, making it a breeze to dose properly. As a benefit, theyball seem to like the taste.
    If this can help just one of our best four legged friends, I will be overjoyed.
    raf


    Some dogs meet this every day similar to a person.
     
  2. Karen

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    Never heard of that, what is it??
     
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    Simethicone
     
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    I googled it. It's in a tablet form (that would be the adult version I think) and you take it to reduce excessive gas. Apparently it is ok for dogs...

    I guess I'd just say to rule out dietary or health causes first with your vet's help. But that's not to say that vets won't advise the use of over-the-counter human medicines at times.
     
  5. raf108

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    We always use vets , but they don't know everything, they are not Gods, we as owners know our dogs better than any vet.
    That being said, I had suggested it to our vet, and only then, the vet agreed it was a good idea and perfectly safe.
    Never mentioned until I brought it up.
    To be fair, i have had dogs and animals for my whole life, over 60 years.
    Have loved and cared for our best friends since 10 or so, coming in after school to volunteer at my local vet office, 5.00 for a visit I remember.
    Learned alot from my first mentor in veterinary medicine.
    I was to be a vet myself, went to college later, but my plans were changed.
    We started using Gas X, simethicone, over 30 years ago, when we had one of our beloved girls, who had bloated several times over 4 years or so.
    We can always add our detailed observations , and sometimes, adding valuable information for our vet to do an even better job.
    raf
     
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    That is interesting @raf108 .
    We commonly use simeticone to treat colic in babies - it supposedly helps break up big bubbles of gas into smaller bubbles which are more easily "passed"
    I am not sure of a situation where I would use this......I would certainly be guided by a vet.
    I think if I had gas problems (or my dog did :D ) I would probably changing food.
    If I though it was bloat I would be at the vets like a rocket.
     
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    To be clear, we Always check with our vet first for everything, no exception.
    What I am trying to say is, that when your best friend has been treated by a vet, and is currently under treatment, and the vet has nothing more to offer. You have gone for that secound and third opinion.
    He or she is on multiple medications, for example, and already has had several diet changes and is now on a special care diet, this is where the addition of gas x as often as needed per day( as advised by vet) , makes a tremendous difference in our best friends face and eyes.
    Their back!!!
    In our past experience with bloat, the vet was ALWAYS called as an EMERGENCY, for that is what it is. You pray that you get there in time , so they can start the drugs and decompression and tube down the throat to evacuate all the stomach contents, before the stomach rotates or the heart gives out.
    Been thru far too many in this life alone.
    Dragging your 150 lb baby on a blanket to the car, to somehow get to the vet.
    Of course you got to the vet like a super rocket!!!
    Don't have to be a doc or vet to see that one.
    As I said before, Drs and Vets, don't know everything, contrary to their own belief.
    We need to be smart and aware of medical emergency practices we can do at home if needed.
    Ofcourse we always check with our vet first. That goes without saying.
    Just trying to help our best four legged friends, not trying to disrespect our two legged ones.
     
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