[sarahkw]

Hi all! You were so helpful when my pup had his teeth removed last year that I decided to come back with more questions!

We have a vet appointment in the morning, but my little guy (Knox, 8 years old) has been off his food for a few days. It's been gradual. It started over the weekend with him not finishing his evening bowl, finishing it off in the morning, then picking at his morning food. I didn't worry - we got into yellow jackets on Labor Day.

Which I feel is where this started.

We were on our usual lake stroll and he dove in. The lake was dirty - recent rain, geese poop, etc. I pulled him right out (he was on a leash) but in the process realized he'd jumped in to get away from bees. I got stung once, no idea how many times he got stung. He didn't have a reaction to the stings, but had a little bit of a limp. ER vet checked him out, gave him the all clear, just rest a couple of days and pain meds if needed. He only had 3 doses in the last week.

The "off" on food started over the weekend. I thought maybe it was a bad batch of food as Monday and Tuesday he ate a scrambled egg like he'd never seen food before. I put some boiled chicken on it his food last night and he ate most of it, then finished what he didn't this morning. Hasn't touched the refill. Today, he ate a bit of his egg, but walked away from most of it.

He hasn't had diarrhea, but his last poop was stringy and the one before it had a lot of yellow jelly/mucus in an otherwise solid poo - although it was honestly the length of him.

Energy wise, he's FINE. He's playing, tormenting maintenance men, barking at delivery guys... He's just not eating.

I think it could be giardiasis. I did find a bump that popped Saturday morning with a tiny bit of puss and blood. The vet wasn't concerned over the phone, said it was likely from the bees. It's healing well.

I'll know for sure tomorrow, but any thoughts?