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04-26-2010, 08:19 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Shelby, NC, USA
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| Colitis Does anyone have any recommendations on how to care for a dog who has been diagnosed with colitis? Thanks in advance!!!! |
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04-26-2010, 08:25 AM | #2 |
♥Max & Lily♥ Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Orlando, FL, US
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| If its acute, follow the treatment from the vet and all should be ok. You want to stay away from what caused the colitis. Lily was diagnosed last week with colitis but we had gone to the beach and she drank some saltwater and ate some sand. The vet said that this was most likely the cause. She prescribed Flagyl and said that should take care of it. I didn't change her diet. I gave her plain yogurt to help replenish some intestinal flora and she did fine. Hope your baby feels better soon.
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04-26-2010, 08:40 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Great Britain
Posts: 11
| When my Rex had it i had to give him very plain food. The rice with fish or chicken. They also got me to by some special tins of science plan for special diet at £2.00 a tin from the vet. My little boy also had to have some penicillin tablets. |
04-26-2010, 08:48 AM | #4 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western KS
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| Hello and Welcome to YT! There are a lot of great people here that will be able to recomend what to do with colitis. |
03-11-2013, 10:00 AM | #5 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: vermont
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| Severe Colitis Hi...I have read lots of posts about severe colitis in dogs/Yorkies...I am the owner of a Yorkie that has had severe colitis for several years. I had tried every diet possible and nothing helped. Several rounds of Metronidazole (Flagyl), and the colitis continued to get worse. My little Yorkie was absolutely miserable....bloody diarrhea with loads of mucus and horrible sounds coming from his belly. Finally ended up at the emergency vet. First thing he did was treat him for whip worms ( 3 days of medicine....followed by3 more days a month later.....then finally 3 more days 2 months later.....just to make sure they get all the worms/eggs) It has been a total turn around for my little yorkie....perfect stools with no further problems. It has been 5 weeks with no problems yet.....unbelievable!! As my yorkie is a senior, the vet said if has any further problems, we could put him on a round of Metrondidazole for a few days every week just to settle things down...but so far things are perfect! Also the vet said that whip worms are not easily picked up by the routine stool analysis. I would definitely recommend anyone whose dog is suffering with uncontrollable colitis to have them treated for whip worms....even just to rule out....I wish other vets I had suggested de-worming...it would have saved my little yorkie (and his owner) a lot of misery over the last few years!! |
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