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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Vernon, our 8 year old boy, seems to be having a
lot of abdominal action this evening -- lots of noises, lots of passing gas, and
earlier when I had my hand on his side I could feel bubbles moving with
accompanying gurgles. Vern did have a good-sized bowel movement about 4 hours
ago and has not eaten anything unusual as far as I know. He did bag a bit of dry
catfood earlier, but no more than half a cup or so. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Vern himself seems unperturbed by this. He's lying
on the couch, not looking distressed in any way.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've been looking at all the various references to
bloat, and they mostly talk about the lack of noises as a symptom. I'm feeling
concerned, though.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Should I be zooming off to the vet? Or calling? I'm
going to stay up for at least a couple of hours and make sure things don't get
any worse or seem very different...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mary (worried)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paddi (asleep)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Vern (gaseous)</FONT></DIV>
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