Guest annemurph Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Hi! I adopted a little girl last summer. Recently, after eating, her side bulges out. I've taken her to several doctors and been given deworming medication, antinflammatories, and special ID food. Her side (where I've learned her belly is) still will bulge out periodically after eating. She does not seem upset or in pain; but I'm still concerned. I've never seen this with any of my other greyhounds. The vets keep telling me not to worry about but I still do. Does anyone have experience with this? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahicks51 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 "Side" as in just one side? Quote Coco (Maze Cocodrillo) Minerva (Kid's Snipper) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Energy11 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 THAT IS strange! Sounds like it could be an accumulation of gas??? Wow ... keep us posted! D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kydie Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Is she a "gassy" pup, does she have loose stool? some pups are just born with some type of internal mis-wiring, not to worry, if she eats, drinks, sleeps, pees and poos with no pain, is happy I would watch her very close and if any of these things change, then look for another vet opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LindsaySF Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Just one side? Does it seem to go down pretty soon? Maybe she is eating too fast and swallowing air, and it is gas build up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trudy Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Have you tried feeding smaller meals more frequently or feeding her from your hand. Not a vet - but it sounds like she's getting a lot of air in her belly when she eats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest greytkidsmom Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Any chance it is a hernia in the abdominal wall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest annemurph Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 It's only her one side, right under the rib cage and where the vet told me her stomach was. It's so strange, it's this weird blump that pushes out and then goes down. She also has problems with loose stools, which is why we're now doing the ID food. I'm hopeful it's just gas. I'm going to raise her feeder up higher and try the smaller meals suggestion. She's not in any distress, just has a weird side blump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Energy11 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I'd give a 20 mg Pecid AC daily, too. GOOD for GAS! Wow... this IS puzzling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_the4pack Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 if you can afford it, ask for an ultrasound. That should put you completely at ease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey14me Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 does she normally get fed once a day or twice a day? Quote Michelle...forever missing her girls, Holly 5/22/99-9/13/10 and Bailey 8/1/93-7/11/05 Religion is the smile on a dog...Edie Brickell Wag more, bark less :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmom Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I'd see if you could arrange a basic x-ray next time you see the swelling -- take her in right then. A swollen rib cage is what you'll see in a lean-bodied dog like a whippet or greyhound when they bloat. Quote Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in IllinoisWe miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KF_in_Georgia Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 A friend of mine was acquiring a greyhound puppy. In this post on her blog she was evaluating several puppies from one liter. She posted before and after pictures of one girl (the one my friend eventually adopted) who gorged like a pig at mealtime. Scroll down to the third and fourth pictures on the page. Reagan no longer gorges at mealtime. But you can see from the photos that it's not all that abnormal. It may not be wise to let your girl eat so much at meals that she gets uncomfortably large. If nothing else, she's frightening you. And there's the risk that she actually could bloat sometime, and you wouldn't spot the symptoms because it would be much like her usual puffiness. If your girl gobbles her food, try one of several tricks to slow her down. (Spread kibble on a cookie sheet so she has to root around for pieces. Or pour some kibble in an old blanket and make her hunt out the pieces.) If she eats more slowly, she should get less air in her belly. Also, smaller meals fed more often will help. Quote Kathy and Q (CRT Qadeer from Fuzzy's Cannon and CRT Bonnie) and Jane (WW's Aunt Jane from Trent Lee and Aunt M); photos to come. Missing Silver (5.19.2005-10.27.2016), Tigger (4.5.2007-3.18.2016), darling Sam (5.10.2000-8.8.2013), Jacey-Kasey (5.19.2003-8.22.2011), and Oreo (1997-3.30.2006) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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