Help! Constipated puppy...I think
 

My Beauty has poop hanging out of her bottom.:eek: I thought that it was just maybe some stuck to her hair but once I cleaned her up I realized that it is actually hanging out of her bottom.:confused: She is only 8 weeks old and is whimpering and I think that it is bothering her alot. She has been scooting her bottom across floor. Can someone please tell me what to do. do I need to take her to the vet or is there something I can do at home to help her get it out.

Thanks

Tameika and Beauty:aimeeyork

You can give her pumpkin. It helps constipation. Sometimes if you wipe their bottom with a warm rag it will help the rest to come out. Good Luck !

Ok thanks. I just looked at her again. Her rectum is really red and it seems to be hanging out a little. What about eating. She loves to eat. Should I stop her from eating the Chicken Soup for a couple days and try a soft dog food on her. I just feel so helpless right now because she is so tiny.

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Tameika and Beauty

Ok it came out with the warm rag, but it looks kinda red down there. Is that normal after an episode like this one. I gave her a bath and cleaned her up down there really good. She seems to be doing better now. I will just watch her and see what happens when its time to poop again!

Thanks a bunch

Tameika and Beauty

You could try a tiny bit of vaseline on her sore butt.

Glad to hear she is doing better. Try giving her a little bit of pumpkin for a couple days to soften it up.

poopy
 

you need to check her stools for worms espically if she's so young and has an itchy butt on the ground ! poor lil doggie! most puppies get worms from thir mommys before born and should be wormed at 3 weeks i believe! but i would take the baby to the vet asap ! worms can be serious in small puppys/dogs!

My yorkie had the same thing happen to her around 8-9 weeks too! She is now 2-1/2 years old, but I remember this since I was pretty worried too. I put her in the bathtub and with a warm rag cleaned her off - she was fine after that.

Lola has had the same thing happen to her on a couple of occasions. We always helped her out. Gross I know. Anyway last time she had it we were on our way to the vet so I mentioned it to him. He recommended that she eat Lax'aire. We bought it at the vet for about 10 bucks and she eats a little of it everyday. It is awesome because it does not cause her to have loose stools, but it makes it easier for her to poop. Since she has so much protein in her diet, this stuff works great. Ask your vet about it. Hope I helped a little.:)

Thanks everyone for your replies. I really appreciate them. YT is awesome! Well Beauty hasn't pooped anymore today, so I really won't know if she is better until she does. She has been playing and she hasn't scooted across the floor since. I don't know, maybe she was eating too much and not drinking enough because she is greedy. I asked the breeder and she said that she would drink when she's ready. I got her on Friday and Monday was the first time that she actually went to her water bowl without me helping her to drink. I just love her to pieces and she seems to be doing ok, I am just waiting for her to go potty again.

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tameika and Beauty

you need to check her stools for worms espically if she's so young and has an itchy butt on the ground ! poor lil doggie! most puppies get worms from thir mommys before born and should be wormed at 3 weeks i believe! but i would take the baby to the vet asap ! worms can be serious in small puppys/dogs![/QUOTE]

I think that the scooting was because she had poop attached to her bottom. My step dad breeds Pit bulls and he said that it was her way of getting it detached from her rectum. For those who are wandering, I live nowhere near him so Beauty is not in danger of being attacked by Pits:D But to be honest, I have owned a cocker spaniel, weimaraner (sp), and pits and my most loyal was the pit. Her name was Belle and she was the best dog ever. :animal36

Tameika and Beauty:aimeeyork

nutrical?
 

You could also try to give her some Nutrical and see if that helps, I read that it helps them poop as well as providing nutrients. Coincidentally, this happened to my yorkie girl today. I heard her whining and come to find out there was a poop stuck that she couldn’t get out. She is a little hungry piggy but she hardly drinks water. Then to top it off, she loves to splash in her water bowl and splash all the water out, so I keep refilling her water bowl every couple of hours. But I guess it finally caught up with her. I’m going to try giving her Nutrical to see if it helps.

When that happened to Rosi @ 8 weeks i ended up taking Rosi to the EVet, she had it soo bad she was slobbering, they gave her an enema, her poor butt was bloody and they had to hydrate her. They told me to give her a little vaseline in her mouth and put Prep.H on her butt. Poor thing was pretty sore. Hope your baby feels better soon @

Are you sure we don't have the same puppy. You have just described my Beauty! How much Nutrical do I give her she is 1.6lbs. That was my next question.

Tameika and Beauty

Well, when my yorkie was smaller I used to give her two small dabs twice a day. I gave it to her since she was 8 weeks up to around when she was 15 weeks or so. And she never had a problem going until now, she's almost 5 months now.

You might want to take her on to the vet. When I got Kizzy I took her to the vet. she was fine. she next time I took her she didnt have worms but she had coccidial (however you spell it). I think it is like worm eggs or something, anyway. he gave her a syringe of some pink meds. worming meds i think and gave me 4 to give her at home the next 4 days. in 2 weeks we went back and he had to give her another 5 day round. The last 3 times I took her it came back negative but he always still gives her about a half dose at his office as a preventative, just to make sure there isnt any germs or whatever it is that causes worms. She dont have to go back now for a year. But, when she had this, she would drag her behind, even outside in rocks and whine and I cleaned her bottom good with warm water and cloth and just a touch of shampoo and rinsed it good and put some neosporin on it because she was gaulded red but by next day it was only pink. vet said that was a good thing to use for it. I knew it was as I had used it before on another puppy i had, even for hot spots. I believe in neosporin for a lot of things. It is a great antibiotic ointment for anything like this. I used it on my kids when they were babies, I've used it on myself, I use to have to put it in my daughters eye for styes. Of course her peditrician told me to use it at night when she was going to bed and usually within a couple days the sty was gone. It is one good medicine (external of course) for lots of things. But I would take the puppy on to the vet just to make sure if its something more than just constipation they can catch it early and it might stop her from getting actual worms. prevention is the best medicine.

Beauty is BETTER;)
 

Thanks for your response, but I called the vet this morning before Beauty had a bowel movement and he said if she did the scooting any today to bring her in. Luckily she hasn't and she has been going potty just fine. I think that what was wrong with her is the fact that she won't drink water and she eats alot. He told me not to feed her as much and to make sure she drinks some water everyday. I just got her Friday and Monday was the first time that she drank any water without me helping her out. So I really think that ging without water just caught up with her. She is acting normal and I examined her poop today to be certain I didn't see any worms.

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Tameika and Beauty:aimeeyork

When we were on vacation and our grand-daughter was taking care of our yorkies, she discovered Dinky, who was about 8 weeks old at the time, was just laying there, non-responsive. I figured that he may be dehydrated and talked her though getting liquid into him. When she called me back, Dinky had a butt full of poop. I told her how to use a warm wash rag and gently get as much off as she could, and even used the sink sprayer to loosen it up. She finally got all the poop off and sure enough, he pooped all over her. She took him home with her that night to make sure he got plenty of liquids. She called us the next day, frantic, because his butt was very red and she thought he was going to die. A small swab of Vaseline took care of that.

Our litter of girls who are 10 weeks old lost their mother when they were 8 days old and I had to hand feed them At about 3 1/2 weeks they were getting diarrhea. My vet had me put them on soft puppy food. That problem solved for a short time until one of them became constipated. He recommended adding less than a 1/4 of a teaspoon Kayro syrup to their food. Worked like a charm.

I am happy to hear that. glad she is doing ok. But i'm still glad you called the vet. Kizzy doesnt drink water much either until she stays outside a little while and she's just started drinking much water at all. But its hotter now and I dont leave her out over about 30 minutes at a time and she is in the shade. I put water in a bowl outside for her in a plastic bowl but she just pours it over and plays with the bowl. lol......... she has ceramic bowls in the house as her regular bowls. I use to worry about her not drinking water too. gl on your baby and thanks for letting us know she is ok.

Pictures!!!!
 

I recently figured out how to upload pics here so here are pics of my Beautiful baby girl!!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy

Tameika and Beauty:aimeeyork
The one in the middle isn't a really good shot, but she is still beautiful on that one too:D

Oh she's super cute!!!!!!:) :) :) :) :)

I hadn't thought about that. How do you go about getting liquid into a pup that just isn't drinking for one reason or another?

syringe :rolleyes: , or wipe some nutrical on the roof of their mouth

I bought a baby medicine dropper with a cap on the end. Works great and holds more than a syringe.

Nutrical
 

I should know this ....but what is Nutrical and where do you buy it? Thanks so much!

It's a paste like supplement to keep their sugar level up in case the dog doesn't eat, drink, etc.. you should be able to get it at the vet or online. I'm not sure if it's sold at pet stores but you can ask.

If you use Nutri-Cal or similar things, always follow it up with a little protein. Give her a few pieces of kibble or whatever she eats. You will probably have to hand feed her and play games to entice her to eat.

Little pups are more prone to having a little poop left behind that can cause problems the next time they try to poop. They require more attention to their little rear ends.

I agree with the suggestion above that if this ever happens again, soak her back end in a warm tub to loosen the stool. For constipation, soak all the way up to the chest.

Exercise helps this problem too.

To encourage water drinking, you may have to experiment with different kinds of bowls. I found that my boys prefer little glass custard bowls over stainless steel, and Max despises plastic, except water bottles. :rolleyes: We keep the water fresh and praise them every time we see them take a drink. (my dad's comment: "I have to praise the water going in AND coming out?" :D)

I hope your darling girl doesn't have any more problems.