For the past two nights I have gotten little sleep due to our little addition, Reno. Reno had been sleeping through the night quite nicely after our second week together, but as of two days ago he began waking up several times through the night, and by several I really mean every hour on the dot.
I noticed the other night before bed that he kind of exploded when I took him out and that the poop wasn't of normal consistency. I wondered if he was having a bad reaction to the treat I had given him and thought nothing of it really until he woke up every hour that night to go and explode.
Luckily, he had a vet appointment yesterday so I brought along a sample and told them about the change. I kind of knew what to expect and I was right. They found one ringworm egg in his poo and since I told them about the change, they gave me a wormer for him. So I crushed up the pill and put it in his dinner last night, which he gobbled right up.
I remember when Remmi was a pup and she had worms. It was the worst experience ever because I was working and had no idea the poor thing had gotten sick all day. My mom had stopped by for her usual mid-day visit and called me to tell me Remmi had puked in her crate and then she brought her out and she had the liquid poo. Since I was at work and couldn't leave there really was nothing I could do about it. I had a date that night with my grandma that I really didn't want to cancel on either. So when I stopped home after work and Remmi hadn't pooped or thrown up again, I thought that she was fine and it must have been an isolated event. I fed her dinner and played for a bit then went over to grandma's for some dinner myself. By the time I got home that night (because my husband works away from home so no one was here) and walked in the door, I knew something was very very wrong. The smell hit me as soon as I opened the door. And there was liquid poo everywhere. Remmi had exploded some poop all over the carpet and surrounding walls and she was cowering in her crate thinking she was going to get in trouble. The poor thing was covered in poop herself. Everything smelled horrible. I moved the crate outside and set up a bath for Remmi. Put some gloves on (essential to have when you have pets) and got to work giving her a bath on my own. She was covered in poop and didn't like it so she actually let me bathe her for once. She wanted to be clean and gave me a kiss once she was clean-- I like to think of it sort of as a "thank you." As soon as we were done there I got to work cleaning and deodorizing the crate and the carpet and walls. It was not a fun experience. She woke up every hour that night to poop too. I didn't make it into work the next day. She went to the vet and they didn't find anything wrong with her poop sample I brought. She still was having problems a few days later so I brought some more poop in and then they found the worms. She was immediately put on a strong de-wormer and soon got better.
I guess I was expecting it to work magic right away on Reno, but no such luck. The little guy woke up every two hours last night to release. I guess it's better than every hour like the night before. I sure hope my little one starts feeling better soon!
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