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Originally Posted by theporkieyorkie  If your pup is having bloody stool, there is a chance that she has internal bleeding.
BTW....Pepto Bismol can cause dark stool...not bloody, but it will look black. I thought my pup had internal bleeding until I realized it was black pepto poop.
With the exception of the bloody stool, your pup's issues sound similar to my boys. He will eat his dog food and be fine for a while and then something unknown will upset his stomach. It gurgles loudly and I can tell he's not feeling good because he won't eat his breakfast and he's clingy. Usually by dinner, he will eat though...and these bouts are usually accompanied by loose stool...and sometimes this will go on for a few days to a week.
In our case...I think there are few contributing factors. My pup has had sludge in his gall bladder and mild pancreatitis....but I am also starting to think that he has IBS as well. Eating people food or too much of anything can bring it on as can a change of food if it's done to fast...stress or anxiety is also a major trigger...and sometimes, I have no idea what causes it. His tummy aches will come out of nowhere.
A few days ago was thanksgiving...did anyone feed your pup??? Did she have any table food?? Did a lot of people come over to your house?? Was she left alone when she's used to having her family around her constantly or was she boarded?? Did she ride in the car anywhere when she's not used to riding?? Did anything happen outside of her normal routine??
All the above could trigger an upset....if she ate something she's not supposed to or got stressed out or anxious...it could have brought it on.
Luckily, my boys episodes have been fewer and farther between because we no longer change foods and I am very careful with what I feed him. I also try to keep his stress level low. I've got a new med to treat IBS, but I haven't tried it yet because he hasn't had a bad enough flair up for me to use it. |
Thank u so much for your response! Nothing really changed in her environment to trigger her condition to worsen. She's been having these episodes off and on for a couple of yrs and her vets ran out of ideas blaming it on food allergies. That's why I tried different kinds and now have her on grain free dry food, which worked for a while but doesn't seem to anymore. Vets took blood tests and stool samples, did x rays, etc and cannot really find the cause so they think maybe it's the allergies or even stress like u suggested but nothing changed in her daily life. I'm so clueless as to what else I can do to help her and make her feel better. She doesn't eat anything but her own food, no table food at all, no treats either. She didn't seem to have eaten anything unusual or swollowed anything. This isn't her 1st episode and like u described-it just comes and goes.
What is this IBS condition in yorkees? How an it be controlled? Thanks a bunch!!!!