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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / November 2004Diarrhea in two dogs
My eldest dog (11) developed extreme gas followed the next day with diarrhea. She would do her thing outside but when she comes back in she continues to leak poo. By that I mean it smears on the floor (wet poop) which kinda cleans it off her anus area, but then if you look... more starts to come out. I held back food for 24 hrs and gave her some Pepto Bismal. The next day I fed her just rice..sm amounts throughout the day. Yesterday which was the third day of all this she seem to stop leaking but still had very soft poop. My other dog developed diarrhea yesterday as well and had it all through the overnight and this morning. He went all day with nothing but now he has started getting the runs again. He is not leaking like the other dog. Like I mentioned above my eldest dog seemed to be improving yesterday..but now tonight she has extreme gas again, and is really leaking. Both dogs are happy and hungry..no lethargy or vomiting. We are on the four day now and I'm wondering if it's time to take at least the eldest dog in? I've never seen anything like this before lasting more than a day..and of course the leaking. Both are house dogs that never get into garbage etc..The only thing is I bought a new bag of their usual food last Sat. (Innova) The date on it is ok..but I wonder if the food is spoiled?? Or is their a bug going around affecting dogs lately that I should know about? > My eldest dog (11) developed extreme gas followed the next day with > diarrhea. She would do her thing outside but when she comes back in she [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > (Innova) The date on it is ok..but I wonder if the food is spoiled?? Or is > their a bug going around affecting dogs lately that I should know about? sounds like an intestinal parasite. my dogs have had several each. i'd bring the dogs, and poop samples (yes it's gross, i double bag with a zip loc) into your vet to test. dogs can get lots of nasty bugs from drinking dirty water, so if your dogs are drinking from puddles or outside water dishes, that may be where this is coming from. but whatever it is, definitely go to the vet with some poop! :-) -kelly culprit said in alt.med.veterinary: > but whatever it is, definitely go to the vet with some poop! I second everything Kelly wrote. One addition - depending upon the vet, you may have to ask specifically for a Giardia test because that specific test kit sometimes isn't on hand.  Signature--Matt. Rocky's a Dog. > I second everything Kelly wrote. One addition - depending upon > the vet, you may have to ask specifically for a Giardia test > because that specific test kit sometimes isn't on hand. that may be a regional thing. around here, it's so common that it's the first thing my vet tests for. probably because i live in farm country, and a lot of the popular dog swimming areas are rivers that run through the farms. -kelly > bring the dogs, and poop samples (yes it's gross, i double bag with a zip > loc) into your vet to test. If you ask the vet for something to pick up poop sample, they'll give it to you. I have a spare one or two rattling around somewhere just in case I need to drop off a fresh poop sample at the vet. Thankfully, Khan's easy - he always poops if I take him anywhere with lots of dog smells, like at the vet. Suja whittled the following words: >> bring the dogs, and poop samples (yes it's gross, i double bag with a >> zip loc) into your vet to test. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Suja I just use cleaned pill bottles. > I just use cleaned pill bottles. That's what it looks like. Except the cap has a long tube thing attached to it, and the poop is picked up in that. The whole thing is sterile, and there is no need to touch the poop, a major plus in my book. Suja Use a vinyl or latex exam glove (a lot of people have them now at home for one reason or another. If not, you can buy them by the singles at hardware stores). Pick up the fecal material, then while still holding it in the fingers, turn the glove inside out as though you are taking off the glove. Secure the glove shut with a twisty. -Sharon |
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