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<DIV>Our old gal, Bess, bloated on us, not once, but 4 times.
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<DIV>Bess was our first basset and we did not know a thing about the breed,
except hound type personality, as I have had beagles all my life. </DIV>
<DIV>ANyhow, the first tims BEss bloated was from drinking water, only
water. I didn't know what was going on, but she was sitting there
and water was coming back up her pipes and just draining out her mouth.
Her belly was hard and protruding on one side. She drank heavily as my
neighbor was supposed to let them out, she did, only forgot to check their
water bowl, so when Bess did get water, she drank like a camel.
ANyhow, not knowing what was going on, I just kept a close eye on her and
in about an hour, her belly did go down. </DIV>
<DIV>The next blat was when I took her to BHRG BAsh, back in 2000, or
2001. She ended up eating alot and bloated, spent the entire weekend
at the ER vet. Thanks to some very wonderful people I know, her life
was saved as they knew the signs and gpot her into the ER. Her stomach had
twisted, so sugery and tacking was done. </DIV>
<DIV>I THOUGHT, afetr this, she could not bloat any more. She did, 2
more times, from gas build up in her belly. One of thsoe times she
sepnt in the ER vet again, watching her till she was alright, the other
time, she burped, really big, on the way to the ER and her belly went
down, so I turned the car around to go back home. </DIV>
<DIV>Now, during all this time, what we did, as far as her feeding
was to do 3 meals a day, to keep something on her belly, to hopefully not
get as much gas. We fed raw, and used guidelines from our vets, holistic
and traditional. I also burped her after each meal as she would eat very
fast. I could always get 2 burps out of her. Also, when I did feed
kibble, I was told to wet it down and let it get soaked up before putting
it down. </DIV>
<DIV>We have not had a bloater since Bess, she gave me more than enough
experience with this.</DIV>
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<DIV>wen</DIV>
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