Symptoms and Care of Dog Indigestion
📝 Summary
Indigestion shows as vomiting, a gurgling belly, and lost appetite as food stalls and ferments in the gut. Rest the gut for 24 hours, then support it with B vitamins, an anti-nausea drug, and digestive enzymes — and switch to set mealtimes.
1 What Indigestion Looks Like
With vomiting plus a constantly gurgling belly and now no eating and low spirits, the gut has slowed: food sits and ferments, gas builds, and the belly rumbles. Act promptly.
2 Treatment Steps
Protect the stomach lining, settle inflammation, and correct acid-base balance. First, fast for 24 hours and strictly limit water to small laps that ease a dry mouth.
For symptoms: support digestion with vitamin B1 (about 100 mg IM); for vomiting use an anti-nausea drug such as metoclopramide (1–2 ml IM), which also speeds gastric emptying.
For infection/inflammation, antibiotics such as gentamicin or ampicillin (about 10,000 IU per kg) with dexamethasone (2–5 mg), twice daily.
To aid digestion, give digestive-enzyme tablets and a stomach-warming herbal formula by mouth, twice daily.
A short course of bowel-regulating herbal decoctions also helps; after 24 hours, offer thin porridge or vegetable broth.
Going forward, feed set amounts on a schedule — no gorging or long fasting — and an automatic feeder can keep portions steady while saving you time.
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