The Thanksgiving holiday is for spending time with family and friends. It also a day of eating great meals that include turkey, dressing with gravy, and other great savory dishes. You may feel guilty that your dog is not included in the celebration and you feed them some of the leftovers. This may cause your dog to have gastrointestinal upset, vomiting, and even pancreatitis.
Pancreatitis is a serious condition where the pancreas becomes inflamed. The digestive enzymes the pancreas makes to digest food in the gastrointestinal tract becomes prematurely active in the pancreas. This causes severe abdominal pain in the dog along with vomiting, diarrhea and restlessness. Pancreatitis left untreated lead to electrolyte imbalances, dehydration and infection.
 Normal Pancreas |  Pancreatitis |
The Veterinarian will do a good physical examination and blood work to diagnose pancreatitis and the treatment plan is based on the findings. Treatment is usually staying the hospital with intravenous fluids to correct dehydration, pain medication, and anti-vomiting medications for 24 to 48 hours or until the pet can eat and keep food down. Then the pet is placed on a special low fat diet to help prevent the pancreas from becoming inflamed again
So think twice before you give your pet table food.
So think twice before you give your pet table food.
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