Thread: J.J.'s stool
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Old 07-06-2007, 07:42 PM   #12
pamelakay
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When I first got Luigi (he is 3 months), his stool was perfectly fine. But he was eating wet food with his breeder, and when I was making the switch to dry food..he ended up getting diarrhea for a couple days. I got concerned and took him to the vet. Turns out the change in diet caused it, but he also ended up having hookworms (problems like worms can also cause diarrhea too).

The vet ended up giving me some anti-diarrheal medication for Luigi and also told me to feed just plain white rice and boiled chicken (the white meat part only and no skin). This bland type of diet helps to harden the stool.

His stool is all back to normal now, and so we're just trying to take care of the hookworms (got medication for that too, so hopefully they're all gone now!)

So I suggest just taking him to the vet just to make sure he doesn't have anything. They can do fecal testing to check for worms. If he turns out okay, then the change in diet probably did it.

Good luck!
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