Recap of Jack & Ruby Illness

Hi,

Last week has been a hectic week for Jack, Ruby and the family members.

Started with Jack getting sick with diarrhoea on Tue but we noticed it in the morning so got him to the vet immediately.


Jack was more co-operative and took his medicine in tablet form. Good boy, Jack!



Jack's medicine in tablet form.


We mixed his tablet with his food and Jack just happily ate them; no fuss!


Jack recovered very fast indeed.





Then we noticed that Ruby was also getting sick and same symptoms as Jack on Thu morning.


So we tried to give her Jack's medicine and we were having problems as she refused to eat them with her food and when I 'force feed' her by opening her mouth and throwing the tablet into her mouth, she spit them out.


By evening, she was passing out blood and not eating but luckily, she drank some water as we were scared that she might be dehydrated. She passed out more blood thorughout the night and in the early morning but she was still quite lively and drinking some water but not eating.


If only Ruby took some of the medicine in tablet form, I am sure she would have recovered faster......sigh....


We brought her to the Vet first thing in the morning and luckily she stopped passing out blood by then. She was not so lively but still looking good.


The Vet also gave her an injection for her inflammed tummy and I requested for liquid medicine.




Ruby's liquid medicine but the packet of tablets are to repalce the liquid medicne if it did not work.


The small syringes were used to inject the liquid medicne into Ruby's mouth.


The big white plastic syringe (Pro-Kolin) was to harden her stool if there are still soft. It was a bit like grease but beefy taste.... so Ruby did not like it that much.



After taking her medicine, Ruby was still not eating her regular food but Mum somehow bought some bacon strips and she liked it though ate some only. After another day of hunger, she ate her meals again and eventually pass out solid stool.


We are still not sure what was the cause of Jack's diarrhoea, in the first place. But we and the Vet suspected that Ruby caught it from Jack as they were sharing the same bowl of water when Jack was sick.


Glad it is all over now .....


Thanks to all who were concern about them and your prayers too....!


David