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Originally Posted by ThorsMom09  WOW...THANK YOU. It is comforting knowing someone else has "been there". I am sooo glad your Gus is so much better now and I hope that Thor too can also join him in "all better world"  I DO know that he was impacted at 6 weeks pretty badly and that when he started getting bigger stool, that was when the yelping started so inflammation may be our cause also, just in a different spot.
I will definitely bring this up to the vet when I talk to him again.
I DID GET A CALL FROM THE "ASSISTANT SPECIALIST" TODAY! He said that they think he has scar tissue in there somewhere, making it hard for him to pass poo through. He said to think of a straw half plugged with a peanut or something. They said that IF THE YELPING returns they want him to have a test done where they will fast him for half a day and then pump air into him and xray his stomach and colon. If they see something then they can simply do this at the same time that he is neutered. They don't see why we need to do it now because the yelping has stopped but if it returns the test will be needed.
He also said that the problem may be better because the Nutri-Cal has some oils in it that may be lubricating everything and the Nutri-Cal has a natural stool softener effect. So yea, Thor may have had TWO issues. Both solved by Nutri-Cal.
Steph, what food do you have Gus on? We want to do right by Thor so with you having the same issues with Gus I am sure the food you serve is the best for this situation.
We came home from taking my kids to their dad's house and came home to like 6 piles of formed, but soft stool...ALL ON THE PAPER! Yay Thor. |
Yes, scar tissue is what Gus has where is inflammation was (according to our vet) and he said is doesn't create the needed mucus and mobility to move the stool along....Ok, we have our crew on Lifes Abundance dry food. Here is the website if you would like to check it our
Welcome to Trilogy We have had great result with this..I fumbled for sometime with the dry verses wet food with his problem..but Yorkies can have issues with their teeth, so I opted for dry and he has done fine. They do offer a canned wet food now I believe and they autoship which is great for us. I hope Thor is on his way to getting well. It just makes you sick to watch these little guys hurt like that...Pumpkin is also a good softner if you ever need it. If he is doing this well on nutracal though, you may have found his fix!
Keep us updated on his little butt problem...I have 3 adult children and for the longest they would bring freinds over and introduce the dogs and would seriously grab the visitors hand and say, now Gus is special, he has butt problems....it would give a little chuckle..ONLY after he got well, there was definately nothing funny about it when it was going on...