Since the gastrointestinal function of Shiba Inu is not very good, vomiting is a common disease reaction. Many times, even if it is not sick, it will vomit if it just eats the wrong thing or eats too much, let alone it suffers from a disease. In fact, most diseases can also cause Shiba Inu to vomit. What should readers do if their Shiba Inu vomits? If you want to know more about Shiba Inu vomiting, please follow the editor to learn more!

What should I do if my Shiba Inu vomits?

1. The Shiba Inu should fast for 24 hours and only give a small amount of drinking water. Afterwards, it can be fed with sugar and salt water rice soup. Add 1 gram of salt per 100 ml of rice soup, 10 grams of multidimensional glucose, or give broth, starch paste, milk, soy milk, etc. Then gradually thicken until full return to normal eating.

2. Shiba Inu should use laxatives such as sodium sulfate and artificial salt orally in appropriate amounts to clear the gastrointestinal tract.

3. Anti-inflammatory and antidiarrheal: use 0.1 to 0.5 grams of berberine, taken orally 3 times a day. You can also use sulfamidine 0.1 to 0.3 g/kg body weight, taken orally in 2 to 3 times, sulfathiazole phthalate 0.1 to 0.3 g/kg body weight, taken orally in 3 to 4 times, sulfamethylisoxazole, etc., among antibiotics. Chlortetracycline, oxytetracycline or chloramphenicol. For non-bacterial enteritis, when the accumulated feces has been basically eliminated and the feces has no sour smell, but still has severe diarrhea, astringent drugs should be given to stop diarrhea, such as activated carbon 0.5-2 grams, tannic acid protein 0.5~2g, bismuth subnitrate 0.3~1g, taken orally 3 times a day.

4. If the Shiba Inu has symptoms of dehydration and severe vomiting, fluids should be rehydrated in time, such as intravenous injection of 5% glucose solution and compound sodium chloride solution. If vitamin B1 is added, vitamin C can often achieve good results.

5. Vitamin B, vitamin C and vitamin K can be supplemented. Especially for those with bloody stools, vitamin K should be supplemented. For Shiba Inu sick dogs poisoned by heavy metal salts, various specific antidotes are used. Generally, 20% sodium thiosulfate solution is commonly used at a dose of 20 mg/kg body weight, which has good curative effect. Shiba Inu dogs with weak heart should be given cardiotonic drugs, such as 1 ml of Qianerxin and 1 ml of sodium chloride by subcutaneous or intramuscular injection.

6. If your Shiba Inu vomits, the stomach contents should be cleared. At the beginning of the disease, when harmful substances are still remaining in the stomach, emetics can be used. Such as subcutaneous injection of 3 to 5 mg of apomorphine hydrochloride, or oral administration of 0.5 to 3 grams of ipecac, or 0.05 to 0.3 grams of tartar. When harmful substances enter the intestinal tract in the later stage, laxatives should be used, such as: taking 10 to 20 ml of castor oil by gavage.

7. When a sick Shiba Inu dog has severe vomiting and is in danger of dehydration, sedation should be given to stop vomiting. Chlorpromazine hydrochloride 1.1 to 6.6 mg/kg body weight can be injected intramuscularly or atropine sulfate 0.3 to 1 mg/time, intramuscularly or subcutaneously, 2 to 3 times a day. To strengthen the stomach, you can use two milliliters of dilute hydrochloric acid and sugar-containing pepsin.3 grams, 200 ml of water, taken orally over two days.

8. If the vomiting is caused by indigestion, the owner can add some digestive tablets or digestive tablets such as lactase or yeast tablets to the Shiba Inu’s diet. To help Shiba Inu's gastrointestinal digestion of food and relieve the symptoms of Shiba Inu's vomiting.

9. The Shiba Inu’s abdomen will be cold and it will also have symptoms of diarrhea. In this case, it should be sent to the pet hospital for diagnosis and treatment first, and then treatment can be started.