Tilly Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 My 12 week old GSD pup hiccups a couple times a day - I realise this is nothing to worry about in itself ... but I was "very rudely" informed by a woman outside the vet clinic last night that pups that hiccup are more prone to bloat? Is there really any connection between hiccupping and bloating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bindii Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 (edited) I've never heard of it! Hiccups are a good sign, i thought? Puppies/babies hiccup inside the womb to prepare the body for breathing... From what i know it's something that just carries on and reasons aren't really known. A bit like yawning. Either way, certainly not odd for a puppy to get hiccups! When we got Fletcher i was sooo excited to see/hear puppy hiccups again, it was something i'd totally forgotten from Hugo's puppyhood! Edit: there are sooo many possible causes/reasons for bloat and from what i've heard, no ones really sure. I know of some that believe it can be in some lines, and not others, making it a possible hereditary/structure thing... ? Edited June 25, 2009 by Bindii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie1 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 My puppy gets them all the time too. Going to the vet later, will ask about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danois Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Puppy hiccups are very common. A hiccup is a spasm of the diaphragm. Bloat is gastric dialation - the stomach is distended and in many cases, twisted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Hiccups are common in puppies and quite normal, they grow out of it. As far as I know there is no correlation between hiccups in puppies and bloat in later life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilly Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Thanks everyone I thought she was talking out of her but I thought I would check anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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