Diarrhoea

[blykmyk44]

maybe she has coccidia... kinda sounds like it.. its good that she is drinking her water and staying hydrated. let us know what they found.

[Laura]

Originally Posted by FireFish

Did you find out what caused it?

She thought probably stress or 'indiscriminant feeding' - too much junk food or treats. I had to be out of town for two days, it may have made her nervous; but, I am sure my family made up for it by dishing out the treats.

[Laura]

Ruby's mom - Have you heard anything from your vet?

when I first got my puppies, the began having loose stools - I changed them to bottled water and gave them immodium AD.

Have you changed food recently?

[TLC]

TJ and Roxy are still having mushy poop. Roxy's is at least 'log like' but it is mushy inside. TJ's looks like a big glob of soft ice cream and it sometimes has very watery mucus. I did change their food from Eukanuba to Innova (...cold turkey, I know I shouldn't have done that but the Eukanuba was make them sooooooo itchy). And they are such little buggers, they eat anything and chew on the corners of the walls/moulding. I have to watch them constantly. So, I think it is the combo of the change of food and the wall (paint, wood and sheetrock) in their system. Oh yeah, also TJ drank a little of the soapy water from his bath the other day and he also slipped his tongue in the conditioner cap, so maybe all that is not agreeing with him. I am still feeding them boiled chicken and rice and leaving the Innova puppy dry out while I am at work. I also give them 4cc of pedialite before I leave in the AM and this morning I gave TJ 3cc of Immodium b/c he had that mushy diarrhea at 5am. Does this all make sense?

[Marie]

Originally Posted by TLC

TJ and Roxy are still having mushy poop. Roxy's is at least 'log like' but it is mushy inside. TJ's looks like a big glob of soft ice cream and it sometimes has very watery mucus. I did change their food from Eukanuba to Innova (...cold turkey, I know I shouldn't have done that but the Eukanuba was make them sooooooo itchy). And they are such little buggers, they eat anything and chew on the corners of the walls/moulding. I have to watch them constantly. So, I think it is the combo of the change of food and the wall (paint, wood and sheetrock) in their system. Oh yeah, also TJ drank a little of the soapy water from his bath the other day and he also slipped his tongue in the conditioner cap, so maybe all that is not agreeing with him. I am still feeding them boiled chicken and rice and leaving the Innova puppy dry out while I am at work. I also give them 4cc of pedialite before I leave in the AM and this morning I gave TJ 3cc of Immodium b/c he had that mushy diarrhea at 5am. Does this all make sense?

Nicole,
Maybe not switching the food gradually was too much for their little tummies. I think giving them the boil chicken and rice is a good idea. You said that TJ's poop has mucus, if this continue in a couple of days I will take a poop sample to the vet to be safe. Good luck and please keep us posted.

[TLC]

Marie, Thanks for your advice.
If it doesn't get better by Friday, then I will bring in a sample to the Vet.
If it is still ok with you I will e-mail you pics over the weekend (I want to take new ones) of Roxy & TJ for you to help me resize and post them...thanks!

[Marie]

Sure you can email me the pics and I will resize them for you. Pm me anytime.