A Cure for an Upset Stomach

Each week, Nibbles and Pudley have to go to the V-E-T. They've gone every week since they joined the Scottie Mom family to have their ears cleaned and checked until the bacteria is gone for good. Today, Pudley decided that once per week wasn't frequent enough for him and so, we made yet another trip to the V-E-T on his behalf.

It started after the last ear cleaning, just before dinner. The Scottie crew was relaxing on the couch pillows when all of a sudden, Pudley jumped off the couch and trotted off as if he was on a mission. He went all the way across the house and into his bed, where he promptly threw up a yellow-green, frothy liquid. Fast forward four days and the same thing happened. This time, I called the V-E-T. He had a healthy appetite, was acting normally and nothing seemed to bother him until he randomly jumped up and trotted across the house to his designated puke station. 

The V-E-T recommended I feed him chicken and rice for dinner and again for breakfast the following morning. Of course, Pudley loved this. The stomach issue seemed to resolve itself once more. Until this morning. For whatever reason, I decided to sleep with the Scottie crew in the human bed and I woke up to the sound of Pudley throwing up once more...right beside me.

Off to the V-E-T we went. His temperature was good, his stomach felt fine and we even had a fecal test done. The best the V-E-T could determine was a possible stomach bug. She also suggested that since all three incidents occurred before meal time, that perhaps he needs to be fed more often. Pudley and I were sent home with Cerenia, Metronidazole and Prilosec. Here's hoping one (or all) of these medications is the cure to his upset stomach. As soon as we got home today, poor Pudley threw up twice!