I wanted to add Jess. A couple times I have had puppies get constipated. I would catch them straining to poop and they had the dreaded poop plug, the flat matting at the back that is hard to see because of the dark coloring of the hair. If I didnt catch the matting immediately, they got super constipated and sick!! Scarey sick because they were in agony. Their butt was sore, and they were bloated. After cleaning them up and putting them on canned only for a couple days to loosen them up, (sometimes the pumpkin) they felt 100% better but it took about three days. They would either have to be handfed because they felt to full to eat, or they would eat only about half what they did for those days. They werent very active either. I have now learned to trim them up and check daily because it only takes one day for them to be ill from the constipation.
I know Bobbi didnt have a matted poop plug but I have had puppies get really sick from constipation, it was isolated, and they recovered 100%.
I know if Im constipated "Lord help who ever is around me!" I think I have been on Yorkie talk a few times during those times........LOL |