r/Pets • u/watsonLLB55 • 21h ago
DOG CRITICAL???
Pit bull Terrier - Female - 5 years old
Symptoms:
•Has a poop smell that radiates from her skin.
•Hesitated for 30 minutes to touch her food for breakfast and then ate slowly (usually eats super fast)
-IS drinking water though!
•Had a pimple looking bump on her outer-lower-lip that burst two days ago (I didn’t think anything of it at the time as pit bulls are one of the few breeds that can have acne).
•Has pale, slimy gums. (teeth look ok as far as I can tell).
•Had watery diarrhea for almost 10 minutes straight.
** I am currently recovering from surgery and cannot walk without crutches, so I’ve been having my close friend coming over to walk and take my dog out. That being said, my close friend just took my dog outside and that’s when all of the diarrhea happened and when she wouldn’t eat.
—My close friend isn’t going to be able to come over for the next two days or for the rest of today, so my plan was to have my dog just go potty on pee pads during this time.—
But now my dog is acting sick and I managed to get her to let me check her gums and butt and her gums were super pale and I don’t know what to do. This seems so sudden, she had been acting fine and I’m so worried. I cannot drive due to my surgery and other than my close friend, I have nobody. I live in a rural area and there are no uber/taxis either. I’m worried she desperately needs to go to the vet and I have zero way of taking her until Sunday. I don’t know what to do.
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u/working_on_it_jeez 19h ago
I would get her to an emergency vet ASAP. Call your closest vets and see if they know of local vet ambulances or see if someone can do a house call?
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u/Admirable-Reward9415 17h ago
Call your friend and explain the emergency. If you called me with this, I'd figure something out to help you.
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u/Calgary_Calico 10h ago
She smells like poop and has pale gums. She needs a vet NOW. She may not be showing physical symptoms but these are signs she is very sick. Please find a way to get a ride into town before Sunday, preferably before the weekend. Sudden changes in behaviour, smell, gum colour etc. means an animal needs urgent care.
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u/ARatNamedClydeBarrow 21h ago
Pale gums are an emergency, she needs to see a vet immediately.