I am posting today through tears in hopes that someone can help our family.
We have a beautiful and loving seven year old border collie. Piper was a very healthy boy with a healthy obsession for his tennis ball, long walks and love of our two small children. In February of this year he stopped eating and drinking. He began losing weight rapidly and had explosive diarrhea and vomiting. We went to the vet and he had lost 8 pounds since October than lost another 4 pounds. He is on prednisone 2 x twice a day, cisapride 3 x once a day, metronidazole 1 every 12 hours and sucralfate one every 12 hours.
He has had x rays and they found a great deal of gas but nothing else. Ultrasound with no results, blood work ruled out cancer and other such diseases, stool sample, urine and we are waiting on the results of an infectious diarrhea test.
As a result of the meds he began urinating blood ( bladder infect ) and that was quickly cleared up with meds.
He is on a gastro dry and wet food as per the vet. He was on Eukanuba ( sp? )
Our vet, in Aurora Ontario ( LeGallis Veterinary Hospital ) has been super supportive.
We thought we were out of the woods when Piper began eating one night at 4 am. We had a hard time stopping him in fact up to 5 cups a day from nothing.
Now I am afraid we are back to square one..he is not eating at all and drinking very little. His diarrhea is back and vomiting as well. He was eating Nutripet as well but now refuses it as well.
Through all of this he still wants to eat.
I am unable to contact the breeder as we purchased him from a family who simply bred b/c's for work on their farm near Lindsay Ontario.
We are so very sad and just don't know what to do for our boy. He has given us so much love and we want to help him but fear we are running out of time.
Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
