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[DobieLover]

Coffee is ready.
I'm on my way to the vet with Piper.
I didn't know why this suddenly happened. She was zooming the trails with Bella yesterday. I had caught her eating string algae that I threw into the lawn after pulling from the pond. I can't see that causing this.
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I threw it into the lawn all last year too.

Just left the vet. She has HGE, just as I thought.
She was jumping up trying to get at Bella's food when I fed her on the deck this morning. She never acted like she was in severe distress. Uncomfortable, yes. If she had been, this would have been a middle of the night run to Cornell.

She got 225 mls of IV fluid at our regular vet. The vet also injected a dose of famotidine into the IV. She's now acting more energetic. She'll start her metronidazole when we get home. I'll cook a batch of bland diet for her to start tomorrow. And I'll have to shift my schedule out... Again.

 

[aart]

She has HGE

What causes this condition?

Shade cloth installed, ladder put away.
Glad that's done....got shaky legs.

 

[DobieLover]

What causes this condition?

I would love to know.
She does eat just about every GD thing she can get her mouth on. The vet suggested a basket muzzle. I might do that.

 

[aart]

I would love to know.
She does eat just about every GD thing she can get her mouth on. The vet suggested a basket muzzle. I might do that.

So it's from something she ate/eats, rather than a genetic condition?

I assume from the meds that it's a bacterial infection?

 

[Offshoreorca]

Good morning Cafe! Thanks for the coffee DL.

That's scary! HGE is no fun, but at least you have a diagnosis. I am always worried about blue-green algae poisoning this time of year, so I am grateful for you that it wasn't that! Hope Piper gets better quickly!

It's a more cloudy day here. I'm busy writing my thesis - defence is scheduled for August and I'm off to sea again the end of this month for a couple weeks for some whale research.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Cafe good morning one and all!

Tea is ready.

Temperature is in the 80s mostly sunny.

Have a great day!

 

[Sally PB]

I'm busy writing my thesis

What's it on?

 

[DobieLover]

So it's from something she ate/eats, rather than a genetic condition?

I assume from the meds that it's a bacterial infection?

It's a bad bacterial overgrowth. Her gut flora gut knocked out of whack and the bad bacterias attack the intestinal lining, . It's can be caused by eating something very covered in bad bacteria or a weak immune system.
With Piper, I'm leaning towards the former.

 

[Offshoreorca]

What's it on?

Decision-making, synchrony, and leadership in pilot whales! Here are two parts of it that have already been published.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hello Cafe late to be here had a fasting blood draw this morning.
Hospital is 11 miles away and only 2 blocks from main street in Morton.
We stop at a local diner coffee and breakfast.