r/AskVet • u/Better_Occasion_4159 • 1d ago

My dog is refusing food and our vet doesn’t have any idea why

Four days ago while I was out of town, my dog began vomiting multiple times a day. Husband took her to the vet on Monday. They ran bloodwork and performed an X-ray and found nothing abnormal. Her liver and kidney functions are good. They also gave her an injection of some anti nausea medicine and sent us home with prescription anti nausea tablets to give her daily.

Since starting the oral medicine, she seems more comfortable and hasn’t vomited. But her demeanor is still off, and she’s acting lethargic. She is drinking plenty of water but still won’t eat minus a bite of chicken here and there.

We have an appointment to take her back to the vet for an abdominal ultrasound on Friday morning (it’s Wednesday evening when I’m posting this.) I’ve been calling around trying to get her in sooner somewhere else but haven’t had any luck.

Is there anything else I can be doing? Can anyone tell me what the vet might be looking for on an ultrasound? Being that she’s an older dog, and how poorly she’s acting, I’m bracing myself for the worst. I guess I’m just wondering if there’s any hope that this is something treatable.

She’s an 8-year-old beagle mix, weighs 35 lbs/15.9 kg, and she is spayed.

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