my dog is 3 years old Labrador. He is suffering from enlarged esophagus from last 3 months. veterinary doctor has done his barium test. He has been advised to eat the food on the elevated table and include mostly liquid diet. But still my dog is vomiting whenever he eats. He now has eye infection as well and has become weak. Please suggest if any surgery is possible.

My Jack Russell was not well he appeared to have an issue with his ear kept shaking his head and it was sore in that area, so I took him to the vet, they gave me antibiotics and ear drops to give to him for 2 weeks. At the end of 2 weeks I noticed he was no better so they did more testing. He was struggling to breath had his neck out trying to get oxygen. They put him in an oxygen tent over 5 day period with antibiotics conducting heaps of tests and x ray, which all came back inconclusive. He deteriorated even more wouldn't eat. Last friday we made the hard decision to put him to sleep. Till this day we still don't know why he deteriorated as quick as he did

my 11 week old puppy has just been dignosed with megaesophagus is surgery something that needs to be done? I just would like to know if that is the most important thing for her survival

Our 9 year old pug underwent dental surgery 2 weeks ago. Upon coming home, it was difficult for her to eat which we thought was due to 21 teeth being removed. Now she cannot eat or drink without regurgitating or choking. Even feeding with a syring is difficult for her. She finds it difficult to even make it through the night without going through choking and regurgitating phelm and mucus. She has been given metonia and formitadine, however no improvement. How does a surgery cause this?

Noticed that our Dexter was losing weight and having a harder and harder time eating his dry food and drinking a bunch of water all the time, kind of all of a sudden. FYI He is one to get into things he is not supposed to even with our best efforts. While on a walk we had come across a lot of tall foxtails and when he was adamant about smelling them I reacted and pulled his lead away from the foxtails which caused him to inhale some green foxtails. Instantly Dexter sneezed forcefully for a couple minutes and then stopped, I thought after his last sneeze he had sneezed them all out since he had stopped sneezing. A couple weeks later he was refusing to eat his dry kibble, but was eating lots of grass and dirt and was salivating like you would not believe, all the time. Very thick white foam, and his mouth literally smelled like death. He doesnt have the greatest teeth but for an 8 yr old dog they are in good condition and his breath and mouth never smelled so bad. I thought the worst, infectious disease, distemper, etc. We used to go on lots of hikes and walks so who knows what he could have licked, a toad, etc, even though he is leashed and stays on the trails, who knows what he could have licked, smelled or ate at a split second and not even notice. He is and was current on VX. The DRs ran test for CBC, Uryinalis, fecal, tick born disease, parasites etc. everything came back great, except his glucose and ALT levels were slightly elevated. Not a concern according to DRs. An atypical sign that he was presenting was he seemed to have lost function or strength of his tongue on the top/tip. His tongue flipped backwards one time and he had an extremely difficult time to flip it back forward. No HX of seizures, neurological signs or head pressing, his nose seemed itchy but that the doctors stated could have been more allergies because its bad in this area and he was excessively grooming himself. I kept giving him baths thinking maybe he had something on his coat and that helped him stop grooming for a couple hours it seemed. But now Im thinking the grooming of his legs at least were to help get any food material left in his cavity out. Because his legs would be coated in thick hard saliva and food material. No vomiting ever or fever. Nasal discharge though when eating and drinking. 24-48 hours after Dexters scope, he vomited up an unused tampon, after nothing was found, and seemed to be doing better, eating and drinking from baby bottle supplemented with KMR. Dexter was still salivating a lot and losing 3-5 pounds a week, for a fit 47 pound dog this was scary. His food, wet with added KMR at this point was getting stuck in his mouth cavity and he would choke on it and try to drink a bunch of water, what I believe he was doing was trying to flush the food down his throat. I tried elevating his water bowl which I am unsure if that helped or not, seemed to slightly. Dexter the whole time frame was excessively grooming his front legs just about 24/7 and also liking his stomach area which I assume was because he was having GI problems. VET gave nausoa pills but were unable to administer because they would get stuck in his mouth and never pass through. I would tell Dexter to stop licking and he would, but his tongue would stay extended past his front teeth with his mouth closed. This dog never drools or has an extended tongue. The only way he seemed to get his tongue back into his mouth cavity was to yawn and extended his head to help ease his tongue back into place, the last bit of his tongue would go back in with his jaw slightly chattering but he managed to work his tongue back into place, most the time. Some times during the night as I slept his tongue would get stuck out and would be dry and shriveled in the morning. He always has access to water BTW. He seemed to eat and drink best in the mornings from a baby bottle with mashed up food given to him with his throat extended in a standing or begging position. Some days he wouldnt eat at all, he always tried to drink for a really long time but it seemed as if he was lapping water and not taking much water in if any at all. although I assume he was able to get some water down because he was still alive. I took things slow with feeding and watering to be careful to not overfill his mouth cavity so he did not aspirate when I fed him. BMs and pee all normal the whole time. This has gone on for about a month now. at this time the Vets suggested MRI/CT scan for possible brain tumor or lesion. Seems odd to me with a dog without any other neurological signs and a very recent HX of the vomit of the tampon so close to the onset of symptoms that VETS would almost brush off the case to refer for a 1500 minimum procedure before carrying out an xray or even suggesting an xray. I was on a vet forum when I was told to have him x-rayed for Megaesophagus which our local vet told us was not able to be determined through an xray. Brought him to the vet this am and demanded an xray and he was diagnosed with Megaesophagus with slight pneumonia. Cant do antibiotics for the pneumonia because those are pills to treat this and he cant pass those. I asked for an injectable which the VET said was expensive and not very likely to treat the pneumonia I pushed for it anyway and it was an injectable Convenia at 78 dollars. My local vets still have not stated anything other then to put him down or try the MRI or CT scan.....I have a problem putting down a dog who has a willingness to eat dirt in order to try to survive and eat what he can when he can manage. Dexter is currently on SQ fluids 500mls SID to help with hydration. Tonight I did find two lumps, one under his chin and another lower on his throat, that were not present before tonight. the one under chin about the size of a dollar coin and the other slightly bigger then a gold ball. Soo looks like back to the vets in the am......at this point I dont know if my decision to keep trying at this point are really worth the effort or if I should EUTH him before his lungs get worse or he dies from starvation......

My 14 year old adopted dog vomits after eating . Hind legs are wobbly and sometimes he falls when he goes to fast. It started when he refused to eat his dry food also he will not eat canned food , now he is eating grits an canned chicken and chicken broth for 3 day's that was good but tonight after his meal he vomited again. When I feed my other dogs he seems to hungry.