| Re: Heat Stroke
thank you for the timely reminders and advice.
a few summers ago, my vet thinks Hilda had heat stroke while swimming.
Sounds odd, I know, but she collapsed in the pool and I had to drag her to the deck. According to the vet, she was unable to stop swimming, since the water was deeper than she could stand in. She had the hot sun beating on her back and top of her head, and she couldn't properly pant, as she was swimming in the water, and would have inhaled water. She wasn't swimming that long, but we had been swimming laps together, but apparently long enough. She swam to my arms and just begain to sink as I grabbed her. I got her up and out and into the house under the ac, called the vet and by then she seemed ok. I still took her in and although not sure what caused it, heat stroke seemed most likely. she is very intolerant of the heat now. |