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1948900 tn?1324519237

Sick Husky: throws up and has yellow eyes!

My husky is on a mixture diet where she eats blue buffalo lamb food and raw like fish and duck (uncooked bones and all)
I ran out of her normal food and had to feed her what my mom's dogs eat which is Eukanuba chicken mateinance for adult dogs. She is about to be 2 years old. Immediately after feeding her the food she threw it up still looking like whole pieces of food not chewed up. I gave her some water and she drank it and ran around happily. I went to work and came back and she had thrown up again, this time yellow bile. She was happy and rambunctious still so I gave her more water and some scarmbled eggs and she went to bed. In the morning around 5 am she had thrown up real bad so I cleaned her up and gave her more water no food. To let her stomach settle. I went to work and had my mom keep an eye on her. When I got back she was groggy and lethargic. I noticed her gums were yellow and her eyes (the iris where it is usually blue) was yellowish-green and cloudy. She wasn't "talking" like she usually dies so I gave her water and she threw it up immediately and ignored it.
SO!
I ran her to the vet right away (It has only been a day a half now of these symptoms her eyes JUST turning yellow) The vet took a blood test and her temperature. Everything was fine her white blood cell count was just a little high. She had diareah so the fecal was not very accurate but nothing he could see. He gave her an antibiotic, a shot for naseau, pills for naseau and Cephalexin pills three times a day to fight a bacterial infection (What he thinks it is). She is only allowed to have scrambled eggs and rice and cottage cheese but she still doesn't eat. She refuses water entirely and her eyes are still this ugly green muck colored. Now she has a super dry nose and mucus in eyes.
What should I do?
Should I trust the vet and keep going with the pills or could it be something worse like kidney problems?

I'm really worried. She ignored a cat yesterday entirely which is not at all like her!
Thanks for responding

LoriLai
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1832268 tn?1326816010
It sounds like she is doing so much better. What a huge relief that must be for you. Hopefully her other eye clears up as well.
I am sure all of us who have responded to your post, would absolutely love to see a picture of your dog, and her eye..!  
I will be sure to be watching for it...!
I hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas.......
Connie
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1948900 tn?1324519237
No the vet didn't check her eyes. I told him they were light yellow green and he said it was from dehydration. Then just this morning one is back to being blue and the other is this crazy neon green. I have a picture maybe I can put as my profile picture later. Its just so weird! She isn't itching the eye though and it doesn't seem to bother her.
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1832268 tn?1326816010
Did your Vet put drops in your dogs eyes, the first time you brought the dog in...?  If your vet used drops, he would have been checking for scratches on your dogs eyes. The drops that are used, will make your dogs eyes turn florescent green. This side effect will usually disappear in about a day.
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1948900 tn?1324519237
So she is running around scarfing eggs and drinking water and holding it down. The only thing is now one eye is back to being sky blue while the other one is literally a lime green color. Its super neon green! I checked her gums and they aren't yellow anymore and she seems to be back to her old self "talking" and howling and running around happily.

If she got a hold of a toxin or onions it would have been because of my neighbors. I usually monitor her outside because our neighbors don't like us and I know they have tried kicking at my moms other dogs before since they don't like them. But she hasn't eaten anything strange that I know of. The last thing she ate was the inside to a baseball a couple weeks back and from what I can tell she pooed all of it out.

The vet did the bloodwork himself and he seemed to know what he was talking about. He checked her for blockage and did out her on some fluids. But he said if she wasn't back to her old self in 24 hours to bring her back in. But she does seem to be normal now aside from the neon green eye.
She looks funny because one is pretty blue and the other is just green. Its not milky or cloudy though.

I was wondering if maybe the medication could cause this? most dogs have brown eyes so maybe you wouldn't notice a color change caused by meds on other dogs?
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127124 tn?1326735435
Did they check for an intestinal blockage?
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1832268 tn?1326816010
Hi...
I am glad to read that your dog seems to be doing better. I hope that your vet is right, and it is nothing more than a bacterial infection.
It looks like everyone here, has given you some great information, and if things don't improve with your dog, at least you will have some other options to consider.
I know that you are wondering about the color of your dogs eyes changing. If your dogs seems to be getting better with the meds, but his eyes continue to change, It may be that he has 2 separate conditions.
Siberian Huskies are predisposed to a condition called Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada-like Syndrome  (VKH syndrome)  also called Uveodermatologic Syndrome (UDS or UV Syndrome), this disease appears more commonly in males...  (we have a load of Siberian Huskies in Minnesota !).. it is a condition that will cause the eyes to change color, and also the skin and  hair.  This condition can lead to blindness.  
I only mention this, because it is something you should do some research on now, just in case your dogs eyes do not improve.
Best wishes ....I hope your dog recovers soon...!
Connie
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