Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
Keymaster
Hello - floor-licking is often a sign of nausea and I wondered about a couple of thigs. One is pancreatitis, which makes dogs feel nauseous and doesn't show on routine bloods. It is often diagnosed from its clinical signs and ultrasound. The other is Addisons, which is the opposite of Cushings and therefore a potential side-effect of Cushings medication. This can be serious, hence the regular blood checks that your dog is on. If concerned, your vet may ask you to check the potassium around time that the behaviour is happening. There is, of course, a huge array of disease characterised by nausea and by excessive water-drinking. As the pain meds didn't seem to help, it may be well worth returning to your vets, in order to rule other things out. 'What's on your list of things this could still be?' and 'What can we do to rule out any of those?' are two excellent questions.
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