I don't know enough to really suggest anything specific about the Flagyl, I'm sorry. My puppy was on Flagyl though, and he was fine with it - my vet prescribed it at the beginning of Nikko's stomach parasite mess along with the other meds, and I trust my vet (she specializes in small dogs, which makes me feel good). But if it's a parasite like giardia or coccidia, the Flagyl won't fix the problem from what I understand. And it's true - giardia is REALLY hard to detect. First, it's really really small and hard to see. Second, it simply won't show up in every poop! It's a horrible parasite...
So I suppose it's possible your pup has this, but it certainly could be other things too - including coccidia. From what I can tell, giardia looks like just diarrhea while coccidia looks like diarrhea with mucous in it usually. I don't know... your pup may have a parasite, he may have something else going on. Definitely get him and/or his (fresh!) poop to the vet again, and get a second opinion if you want to as well.
Also, probiotics and pumpkin are fine I guess, but you HAVE to figure out what is causing all this diarrhea and FIX it, not just mask the symptoms. My vet said a tiny bit of active yogurt (like Dannon Activa) is OK, but to lay off the pumpkin until the root cause of the runny stools has been eliminated.
Good luck, and let us know what happens...
Lauren & Nikko |