The poor health of the pet always worries its owner. Loss of appetite or lethargy of the dog may be cause for concern. Yellow vomiting in a pet especially scares the owner, making him think about how dangerous it is. You should not treat an ill pet with drugs from your first-aid kit. It is best to watch a four-legged friend for a while. After all, vomiting can be a sign of poisoning or inflammatory processes in the gall bladder, liver. Below we will talk more about this unpleasant manifestation.
What it is
Yellow vomiting in a dog cannot be considered an independent disease. This symptom refers to digestive disorders that can be caused by any infection, parasite infection, inflammation of the internal organs or a malfunction of the gastrointestinal tract.
Why does vomiting occur?
The formation of foam in the stomach of an animal is considered a natural process. Inside, the stomach is protected by special mucus. The remains of digestive juice are also present. All this actively interacts with the oxygen that the dog swallows, after which a foam forms. A gastric juice gives it a yellowish tint. Due to the ingress of bile into the foam, it acquires a pronounced bright yellow color. Vomiting in dogs can be caused by several reasons that signal not only dangerous diseases, but also natural physiological processes.
Unfortunately, the animal cannot tell the owner about his health. Therefore, the owner learns that the pet is sick by the following symptom:
- the dog refuses water and food;
- often licks;
- the dog is anxious and moves erratically;
- the dog develops excessive salivation;
- constipation or diarrhea;
- loud belching and rumbling in the stomach.
When a doctor is not needed
Manifestations that do not require contact with a veterinarian:
- A foreign object in the stomach (not to be confused with bowel obstruction).
- Hunger.
Vomiting in the dog with yellow foam in the morning is considered common and normal. This symptom appears after a long break between meals. The animal thus gets rid of excess gastric juice, which accumulates in anticipation of food. If the dog spits up once a month and feels good at the same time, then there is no reason for concern. The owner should often feed the four-legged friend, or revise his menu.
A foreign object may be a ball of wool, a pebble, a piece of toy or bone, accidentally swallowed the day before. Owners notice that during the walk the dog is looking for grass, thereby causing purging vomiting. It is not necessary to drive the dog away from plants. After vomiting in the foam you can find a foreign object - the pet’s body itself got rid of trouble.
Check
If the animal vomited yellow foam, the owner needs to monitor the condition of the dog. If after a single attack the dog is still full of strength and cheerful, has a healthy appetite and is happy to go for a walk, do not worry. In this case, the pet is better to arrange a hungry diet lasting 10-12 hours. At the same time, there should be water in the public domain.
Then the dog is given a piece of sugar to check whether the food will stay in his body. If after this vomiting does not occur, then you can return to your usual diet.
If single bouts of vomiting are repeated every few weeks, this may indicate an improperly prepared diet. Changing the feed and adding fermented milk products will benefit the dog.
When pathology is a dangerous symptom
Yellow vomiting in a dog, fever, diarrhea - these are signs of malfunctions in the body, requiring clarification of the causes of the appearance. If we exclude situations where vomiting occurs in a completely healthy animal, an involuntary eruption of the contents of the stomach can be a sign of a rather dangerous disorder, for example:
- acute infectious disease (viral or bacterial);
- poisoning;
- violations of the functions of the pancreas or liver, which in turn can speak of a functional disorder (when these organs work correctly, but are not balanced with the functioning of the digestive system), or manifest due to diseases of these organs (hepatitis, pancreatitis, ascites, etc. );
- stomach diseases, including ulcers, gastritis, ascites and neoplasms;
- pyroplasmosis (a serious infection, which mites are considered a peddler);
- dangerous parasites in the gastrointestinal tract.
What else can vomit say
It is worth knowing that empty yellow vomiting with foam in the dog in the morning, before eating, can signal functional disorders of the digestive tract: this reaction suggests that too much bile has entered the duodenum.
In addition, sometimes vomiting occurs against the background of a dog’s stress or other illness as a side effect of drugs used to treat it. In any case, only the veterinarian can make the correct diagnosis. However, one must not forget that the animal, unlike people, will not be able to tell the owner about its state of health (how long and where it hurts). Therefore, to describe to the doctor all discovered concomitant signs of the disorder is the main task of the owner of the animal.
Associated symptoms
It is very important to watch the dog. When it comes to a serious illness, yellow vomiting in a dog will never be the only sign. Something else is sure to be present, it is by the totality of symptoms that the correct diagnosis is made.
For example, liver pathologies are indicated by:
- a combination of vomiting with diarrhea or constipation;
- drowsiness and depression;
- lack of appetite and interest in communicating with the owner, refusal to walk and play, and such changes in the dog’s behavior are gradually increasing;
- due to an excess of bilirubin, urine becomes bright orange;
- the animal loses weight (impaired liver function leads to the fact that toxins accumulate in the body and the dog rapidly loses weight);
- feces become pale gray due to increased bile secretion and increased levels of stercobilin.
A combination of vomiting with:
- a sore belly;
- sagging belly, due to accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity (ascites):
- cyanotic or icteric color of the mucous membranes of the oral cavity;
- shortness of breath
- increased heart rate;
- difficulties in movement;
- changes in the quality of the wool: it gets lumpy, loses its luster and does not comb well.
Another important sign may be another form of behavioral change: although the pet looks lethargic, there are attacks of special affection, which are replaced by a manifestation of sudden aggression.
Yellowness of the gums, skin, and eyes may indicate liver problems. In addition, such manifestations are characteristic of pyroplasmosis and leptospirosis. In the case of pyroplasmosis, an increase in temperature is added.
It is worth knowing that the blood present in yellow vomiting in dogs can be a sign of cancer. It may also be a symptom of a less dangerous ulcer.
The presence of parasites in the body of the pet is indicated by the combination of yellow vomiting in the dog with diarrhea or constipation, as well as unnaturally pale mucous membranes.
Thus, an attentive owner himself can suggest a disease that causes the animal to gag. But in any case, only a veterinarian can make a final diagnosis.
First aid before visiting a doctor
If the dog has vomiting of yellow color with foam (repeatedly), strange behavior and loss of appetite - it must be urgently shown to the veterinarian. First of all, the owner must analyze what and when the animal was eating. It is important to pay attention to how easily the dog burps. If the pet is tense, trembling, breathing with difficulty, coughing, then vomiting is most likely caused by the disease.
Before a visit to the veterinarian, the dog is not fed, as food makes diagnosis difficult and provokes new attacks. Self-medication is not recommended, with the exception of Enterosgel, activated carbon, or other adsorbents.
Diagnosis and treatment
Vomiting is not a disease. She is considered a symptom pointing to her. As a rule, the veterinarian appoints an examination - ultrasound, X-ray, urine and blood tests. Only after this treatment is prescribed.
It should be borne in mind that if a dog's vomiting with yellow mucus or foam does not stop for several hours, then the animal’s dehydration begins. This condition is especially dangerous for puppies who die within one day from intoxication.
With cholecystitis, the doctor prescribes choleretic drugs. In chronic gastritis, antibiotics and a special diet are prescribed, which includes therapeutic food. If parasites are detected, the dog is advised to conduct a course of deworming.
During and after treatment, the animal needs special nutrition. When fed with natural foods, boiled buckwheat or rice and chicken broth are ideal foods.
The amount of food in one serving is increased gradually. The first week they use fractional nutrition: the diet is divided into five to six doses. This reduces the burden on the digestive tract, and allows you to determine the cause of the disease.
Prevention
Most pathologies, including yellow vomiting in a dog, diarrhea, constipation, arise due to improper feeding, care and upbringing of a pet. In order not to provoke negative symptoms, it is necessary from puppy age to adhere to recommendations that preserve the health of pets:
- Do not allow to rummage through garbage piles and pick up foreign objects on the street. Teams "No" and "Fu" should become a law for the dog.
- Vaccination is an important preventive measure against severe infections. it should be carried out from an early puppy's age.
- Timely deworming.
- The owner should carefully monitor that the pet does not swallow a foreign object, it is not recommended to give sharp bones.
- During a walk on a large dog, a muzzle is worn. It will help prevent spoiled or toxic substances from entering the body.
Please note that you need to feed the dog only with fresh food or dry food, suitable for age and other criteria.