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chickensmith · 10-06-2014, 11:52 AM

Hi!! I'm sorry your little boy is having tummy troubles! It's very stressful! I just have a few questions/suggestions you could take to your vet....or if you prefer maybe a new vet? I will share with you My case with Winnie. Apologies in advance cuz it may be long ;-) I brought her home At 10 weeks old. She is 18 1/2 weeks now. The breeder had her weaned on blue buffalo and I kept her on that when I brought her home. Right after I picked her up she had liquid diarrhea....and it continued. She was seen the very next morning for her new puppy check and the vet felt it could be from stress of the trip and gave me fortiflora (probiotic powder) to put on her food. That straightened out the diarrhea but she continued to have soft poo and went anywhere from 4-7 times a day. I talked to her vet about it and she said to leave her on the BB for a little longer and see if her tummy straightened out...if not it could be too much protein for her. So we waited....and it didn't improve. We tried transitioning to wellness....and with just a few kibbles mixed in each day for three days it made her breath smell awful and gave her diarrhea again. So we went back to BB alone and the diarrhea went away almost immediately and within a couples days her breath was fine......then.....she ate a mushroom. Not a poisonous one but it still caused quite an uproar. Wound up in the vets office with her crying in pain and drooling. It was very scary....needless to say once they got rid of the gas she came home slept for a day when she wasn't eating...she was on i/d for a week and loved it! Her vet believed that she had an underlying intestinal upset/infection from the amount of protein in the BB. She came home with these instructions: hills i/d 2 spoons three to four times a day for a week, probiotic powder on her food even day, metronidazole (antibiotic) for 5 days. And a slow slow slow transition (five kibbles of new food mixed into i/d for 3 days, then 8 kibbles and less i/d and so on over a weeks time) into a new food with lower protein. We settled on hills ideal balance small puppy mainly because there is slightly less protein and no corn. Since shes been on the i/d and now only her hills and probiotic powder every day she has had the most normal poops I have seen from her since she came home. So my opinions are: #1 speak to your vet about an antibiotic. There may still be some live bacteria causing issues...and who knows...maybe the dead bacteria is still causing issues. #2 try a probiotic...I have seen a lot of members here that give it to their yorkies also. And #3 I would try to find a food other than royal canin. There is corn in it....and maybe that is upsetting the tummy also. Again...sorry for the long story...but I hope it helps! I know how upsetting it is when our little fur butts are having issues!!

10-06-2014, 11:52 AM	#3
chickensmith YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Eden, NC USA Posts: 550	Hi!! I'm sorry your little boy is having tummy troubles! It's very stressful! I just have a few questions/suggestions you could take to your vet....or if you prefer maybe a new vet? I will share with you My case with Winnie. Apologies in advance cuz it may be long ;-) I brought her home At 10 weeks old. She is 18 1/2 weeks now. The breeder had her weaned on blue buffalo and I kept her on that when I brought her home. Right after I picked her up she had liquid diarrhea....and it continued. She was seen the very next morning for her new puppy check and the vet felt it could be from stress of the trip and gave me fortiflora (probiotic powder) to put on her food. That straightened out the diarrhea but she continued to have soft poo and went anywhere from 4-7 times a day. I talked to her vet about it and she said to leave her on the BB for a little longer and see if her tummy straightened out...if not it could be too much protein for her. So we waited....and it didn't improve. We tried transitioning to wellness....and with just a few kibbles mixed in each day for three days it made her breath smell awful and gave her diarrhea again. So we went back to BB alone and the diarrhea went away almost immediately and within a couples days her breath was fine......then.....she ate a mushroom. Not a poisonous one but it still caused quite an uproar. Wound up in the vets office with her crying in pain and drooling. It was very scary....needless to say once they got rid of the gas she came home slept for a day when she wasn't eating...she was on i/d for a week and loved it! Her vet believed that she had an underlying intestinal upset/infection from the amount of protein in the BB. She came home with these instructions: hills i/d 2 spoons three to four times a day for a week, probiotic powder on her food even day, metronidazole (antibiotic) for 5 days. And a slow slow slow transition (five kibbles of new food mixed into i/d for 3 days, then 8 kibbles and less i/d and so on over a weeks time) into a new food with lower protein. We settled on hills ideal balance small puppy mainly because there is slightly less protein and no corn. Since shes been on the i/d and now only her hills and probiotic powder every day she has had the most normal poops I have seen from her since she came home. So my opinions are: #1 speak to your vet about an antibiotic. There may still be some live bacteria causing issues...and who knows...maybe the dead bacteria is still causing issues. #2 try a probiotic...I have seen a lot of members here that give it to their yorkies also. And #3 I would try to find a food other than royal canin. There is corn in it....and maybe that is upsetting the tummy also. Again...sorry for the long story...but I hope it helps! I know how upsetting it is when our little fur butts are having issues!!