HELP ME!!!!! MY POOR BABY

yellowsmummy · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject: HELP ME!!!!! MY POOR BABY

ohhhhhh my poor baby we got him last friday and hes settled in so well but he just cant travel!!!! we thought we would get him use to the car so we have done a few short jurneys but hes allways sick bless him .....we are moving back to england tomoro which is an 7 hour drive and im so so so worried he seems fine once hes done it and yesterday was sick then he tryed to eat it!!!! i have bought some travel pills from the pet shop and hes guna have water with him at all times but should i feed him before the jorney??? i dont want him to be hungry to much we do plan to stop at every survice station but no one likes being sick .......
a very worried yellowmummy Crying or Very sad

VJH · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:29 pm Post subject:

oh bless him. I hazzard a gues that you will be in more of a state over this than he will.

Can you feed him his breakfast a wee bit early so he gets a few hours after feeding? then if you feed him dry you could just give him little bits as you go along. We drove 7 hours with Ruby when she was 4 months and although she doesnt suffer I did this. I just weighed out her lunch and 'drip fed' it to her in little bits every so often.

goood luck lets hope the pet shop stuff works for you.

sarah19 · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:30 pm Post subject:

I saw on the telly the other day that there are two types of travel sickness. one is caused by nerves and as the dog approaches the car they become agitated and nervous which makes them ill when they are travelling. the other type is motion sickness which is whenever the dog is in the car it is sick but this isnt induced by stress. I would speak to your vet and see what he recommends, he might be able to give something other than the tablets you have already got.

fazer · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 3:13 pm Post subject: travel sickness

Hi yellowsmummy !!
I always use ginger travel pills from pet shops , all natural stuff , and very effective , stops all that dribbling too !!
good luck from Jane Gareth and Fenn !

teo · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject:

Poor you and yellow! We have been lucky as both of ours are fine in the car but both times when we went to collect our new pups the breeder explained that they had been fasted that day in case of car sickness. Since then if either of them has had a tummy upset we would fast them for 24 hours so maybe don't feed her on the day of your journey? She can have a lovely dinner when she gets there!

Tammy_ · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:41 pm Post subject:

When I first got my boy, he kept suffering from travel sickness in the car, even during a 20 min journey.

After a whislt he got better and is no longer suffering.

I would suggest not feeding your yellow before the journey, and then maybe give him a small amount of dried food about half way, maybe even rice.

Speak to your vet, they should sell a spray which you can put into the back of the car and where he will be, this should calm him down. It does work as I have used it on my dog, and also the cat one, for when I took my cat down to Cornwall (5 hour journey), she didn't get travel sickness, but used to get very stressed in a car.

Good Luck

hayball2001 · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject:

Hiya, i just wanted to recommend this company to you http://www.dorwest.com/herbal_medicines.htm

If you go to that link they will tell you about the skullcap and valerian tablets that they do, which help with travel sickness. Apparently they are really good. x

sash · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:02 pm Post subject:

A collie I had was travel sick as a pup but did grow out of it and loved car travel later. Hope the same is tru for your little boy - re the eating the vomit - it is gross but they all seem to do it.

Lyn and the girls