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   From: ThePuppyWizard@EarthLink.Net   
      
   Are you suggesting to GO AGAINST the VETS ORDERS?   
      
   "buglady"  wrote in message   
   news:s1DAd.6412$qf5.5087@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net...   
   >   
   > "Sue"  wrote in message   
   > news:33ebrkF3tvmdqU1@individual.net...   
   > > My 4 1/2 month old shitz su, Bandit, was neutered today.   
   > > Seeing that he hasn't been able to eat or drink anything since   
   last night   
   > > and won't be fed anything until tomorrow morning, under vet's   
   orders, is   
   > > there any way of helping curb is appetite or thirst a bit?   
   > >   
   > > Maybe a spoonful of peanut butter or something.   
   >   
   > .......nothing fatty.  I'd try some defatted unsalted watered   
   down chicken   
   > broth.  24 hours is about the limit for a puppy.  They're really   
   not meant   
   > to be fasted more than that.  Personally, I've never had a dog   
   interested in   
   > ice chips.  You can let him drink just a little water at a time.   
   If he   
   > keeps it down give him a little more in an hour.  If he's doing   
   OK, maybe   
   > some white rice boiled to death in that chicken broth.  Rice   
   water (congee)   
   > is good for digestive upsets anyway.   
   >   
   >  He seems so miserable and   
   > > is easily agitated at the moment.   
   >   
   > ...........could be the aftereffects of anesthesia.  The next   
   time your pet   
   > has surgery you might ask them to run an IV - helps flush the   
   anesthesia out   
   > of the system faster.   
   >   
   > buglady   
   > take out the dog before replying   
   >   
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