Little lethargic and hiding in house

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The great thing about then is if you call and say your chin is sick, the say come on in now, you pay for a emergency visit but the most I have ever had to wait is 45 min. Being open weekends and evenings for appointments is great and since more than 1 vet sees chins you get in pretty quick.
 
dawn - finally home.

here's what they gave me:

metacam, enroflaxin, and cisapride. he's currently taking a dustbath and was out of his house when i came home chilling on his shelf. there are new poos - they are tiny but its something.
 
Yep, the vet favorite antibiotic was given, Baytril (enrofloxacin) and a motility drug and pain med. Baytril kills the appetite so you will most likely have to handfeed during the use of the antibiotic and maybe beyond for a week or so-using baytril orally we are not 100% sure why this happens, its thought its the foul taste or that it kills the good bacteria in the digestive tract but either way it happens. I would go to a health food store and pick up some acidophilus-capsule form and at least 10billion count and crack it open and put it in his daily critical care, give him a meal 4 hours from the baytril dose and feed the rest normally. Pick up also some simethicone-its baby gas drops you can get at a drug or grocery store in the baby medicine or digestive medicine section, give him a full dropper every 4 hours or so for a few days. He will need at least 60ml a day of the CC. Give him plenty or outside exercise to keep the digestion moving.
 
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he does eat the CC with no fight. i gave him a belly rub last night and also this morning - getting some gas drops as well.

he did chew some bark off an apple stick and his dish showed signs of it being touched. he also pooped in his dustbath last night, too.
 
currently sitting in the bathroom for some free time and he's running around/sniffing/exploring like normal.

picked up some baby gas drops. thanks all for the advice!
 
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