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Post by lararose on Jul 20, 2008 8:16:02 GMT -5
Tippy has started to suffer with travel sickness the last few times she has been out,she loves the car but since we have had the 4x4 she has been sick each time she travels in it,so i was wondering witht he house move coming up and a 25 min trip in the 4x4 if i could give her anything to help.
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Post by Nettie on Jul 20, 2008 9:04:17 GMT -5
Don't feed her before the trip and ginger biscuit could be helpful. P@H sell dog travel sickness pills but I don't know how effective they are.
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Post by mtbbuxton on Jul 20, 2008 15:42:26 GMT -5
Mayo developed stress-induced travel sickness after staying in at our vets partner practice 12 miles away. He only has a problem if the journey is over 25 minutes though. We've had good results using Rescue Remedy. He has at least 8 squirts from the spray bottle about 15 mins before we travel. We also give him a thicker bed or donut bed to stop him wobbling about so much and as Nettie has said, don't feed before a journey. Tippy may be more comfortable travelling restrained on the back seat if the sickness has only been a problem since you changed your car. Hope you can find a solution soon.
Moira x
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Post by Nettie on Jul 20, 2008 15:46:56 GMT -5
Moira, has just reminded me, yes a bed that offers stability may help too,something like a bean bag. 4x4s have a different kind of suspension to a car and can tend to lean a bit more when they go around corners or roundabouts which might be what is now making Tippy sick. Rio gets a bit sick I think although is not physically sick and I've noticed she likes to lean against the spare wheel or the dog guard in the Jeep, so I think it is a stability thing.
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Post by Aoj on Jul 20, 2008 15:49:29 GMT -5
You can get travel sickness tablets from your vet. ..I've found the herbal ones from pet shops don't work for Tyler. When Millie the WHippet suffered with travel sickness, my vet did advise that they should have a very small amount of food in their tummies as the acid in an empty stomach can make them feel worse.
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Post by lararose on Jul 21, 2008 2:55:25 GMT -5
Do the travel sickness tablets make the sleepy? i remember whne we had our red setter he had to have tablets but they made him sleepy.
Thanks for replys i will put her bed in the back for her to travel in its so strange shes fine when moving but when we stop shes sick.
Bless her she loves the car too.
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