Dec 04, 2011
Trip to the vet!
For almost a week Carmeh has been suffering from severe diarrhea. Fortunately there was no blood involved ( she has a long & expensive history of G.I. problems ) so we thought it would pass quickly. It has not and we finally put her on antibiotics. With no improvement after a few days we called our vet in Canada and tried a few other things but she was not getting better. Finally yesterday, Saturday, Colin took her into a vet in Mazatlan.
Peggy and her dog Roo went also as Roo had a swollen mouth.
Peggy & Roo sat in the back of the pulmonia leaving Colin & Carmeh in front. It was a big deal as Roo had not travelled via water taxi nor pulmonia before.
The name of the place is LA JUNGLA. Dr. Rafael Aguilar de Santiago speaks English and came highly recommended. The clinic is spotless. Tel 669 981-61-97, located near the old Leys' Plaza @ the corner of Privada Internacional No. 1 & Esq. Ejercito Mexicano.
Dr. Rafael quickly found Roo's problem and gave her a shot. She is feeling much better today.
The Dr. wasn't not sure why Carmeh was ill but assured us it would get better. We were already doing the right thing plus he added more meds. Plus I had to make a bland diet for her of rice & chicken. She loves it, me not so much fun cooking the chicken!
Looked like everyone was happy to be heading home to the Isla. I don't think that the driver was too certain about having a large dog behind him!
Colin was suprised to find two parrotes just like our Cheikka in the office. We will have to check if they are for sale.
It was quite a day for us all. Definitely a night for comfort food and vino!!
Unfortunately we noticed this morning that Carmeh's left eye and cheek were swollen. She had likely been bitten by a spider in bed. More drugs! Enough already. As of this afternoon she is doing much better from the bite but still suffering from the 'other' !! Time heals all!
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We have three large dogs (standard poodle, lab and golden and have raised many dogs for guiding eyes for the blind. The lab has a long and expensive history of GI problems also. No reason has ever been found, but we have discovered that when the “episodes” occur, metrodizanole (flagl) works miraculously….the vets aren’t completely sure why, but all we care is that it works. Ask one of your vets about it if you haven’t tried it yet. It keeps the light grey carpet in our motorhome spotless (finally!).
Sue….welcome to the blog and thanks for your comment. We have had on on the Metrodizanole for 5 days now so it should start kicking in soon I hope.
Susie…..the vet is great. Her bug bite and swelling disappeared by mid afternoon Sunday but not the diarrhea.
Marty….That is exactly how I feel when she looks at me like that. I feel like I am failing her.
Elaine…..she needs all the help and prayers she can get. Gracias.
Sandie…she is drinking and I am keeping a good eye on that. I wish I could understand dog speak. Roo is almost normal thank goodness.
Longdog2…..not a reaction to the meds but as always with doxies something to be aware of us. Gracias.
Danshula……cute!!! I wish is was something that simple.
George….yes always something to keep us busy with the dogs. They are the kids we never had so I guess this is our share of mumps, measles, broken arms, fevers, etc.
Poor dog,s hope all is well with Carmah, she looks so sad and forlorn in last pic..Glad we have a good vet and speaks english.. Take Care!!
What a face! She looks like she is wondering when Mom and Dad will make her feel better!
aww poor Carmah…god bless her little heart we are saying get well doggie prayers on this end for her..xooxoxo
Your poor baby. I sure hope you can get the diarrhea stopped before she gets too dehydrated. It’s so hard when they can’t tell us what’s wrong. She looks so sad. Definitely saying doggie prayers for both Roo and Carmeh
Oh, poor baby. Hope she wasn’t having a reaction to any of the medicine. Good thing you found an English speaking vet. Looked like a nice office.
May be she does agree with the hot Mexican food…..
Always something happening to keep you busy, glad everybody is on the mend.
Our Dachshund Mulligan had similiar problems when we were in Mazatlan afew years ago. We used the same vet. Some local dog rescuers told us about Ehrlichiosis. It is caused by getting bit by an infected tick. We had removed a tick from Mulligan about a week or more before she got sick. She had diarrhea, off food, depressed, tired & I think vomiting. The vet didn’t think it was ehrlichiosis on the first trip. When the meds he prescribed didn’t stop the diarhhea we returned & asked for the meds for Ehrlichiosis. This is Tetracycline or Doxycycline. The Tetracycline worked for Mulligan. At the time that vet didn’t have the facility for testing for that disease (blood tests).
Our Dachshund picked up ticks once in awhile because she is so low to the ground. May happen to your girls too.
There is lots of info on the web about this disease. The acute cases involve diarrhea & vomiting. This disease can kill a dog if not treated properly.
Good luck. Hope this info is helpful now or in the future.
Sharon…thanks for taking the time to share all your info. We did ask the vet about ticks and he said that was not the cause of her problems. We have had ticks on the girls this year even though they are on ‘stuff’ for them. I was rather concerned. I agrees they are so low to the ground they are susceptible to picking up anything.
Hi!
I know this is a whole year later after the post was made, but I stumbled upon your site when trying to find if my dad had any personal information lying around in the web (He doesn’t like that!).
So as you might have guessed, yes, my dad is Rafael Aguilar. I really liked this blog post you made, I’ve always been very proud of my dad. He really does this because it is his passion, and not because of the money, which I can’t stop admiring. Thank you for this wonderful post.
Oh, and also, the parrots are not for sale. They are a protected species and they’ve been with us for at least 15+ years! The yellow-headed parrot has been with us for at least 25+ (I would have to ask my dad).
They’re usually brought in by people, trying to sell them, or because they found them hurt. (El Güero is the yellow head parrot, he had a tumor in one of his feet, and on his tongue, we thought he wouldn’t live long, and yet there he is, and the tumors have since then disappeared).
Whenever someone comes in to ask if they are for sale, we try to educate them that protected species trade is illegal, and that we must not encourage this illegal trade, in order to protect them.
Hopefully we get to see you again in Mazatlan, have a nice day!
– David