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04-25-2009, 06:50 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Delaware
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| Diarrhea & Vomit for a month Here's the story ... Since I got him in Sept. he has been a very picky eater. I tried a variety of dog foods as well as people foods. I was successful in getting him to eat boiled chicken twice a day & having Ziwi Peak hard food available at all times. He slowly gained weight from 1.1lbs to 3.5lbs over the fall & winter. Throughout the fall & winter, his exercise was playing indoors with toys & he used potty pads for the bathroom. He always slept well & was a very energetic playful puppy. As spring came, we started to take him for walks & he liked going to the bathroom outside. He LOVES being outside & walking, sniffing stuff, & even running for short spurts. He always had normal consistency bowel movements each morning. Then we went away on spring break. He stayed with my parents & was very well taken care of. They didn't give him any irregular foods. His bm was normal while we were away. When we returned, everything went bad. He began having diarrhea. The other aspects of his life (eating, sleeping, activity level, liveliness) remained normal. Originally we assumed it was stress/transition from our return. When we went on for a week, we called the vet. He said to withhold a meal when he had diarrhea to "let his stomach settle". We did this, but it persisted. One night he had diarrhea 5 times & vomited. We took him to the vet the next morning. He took a stool sample, did blood work, gave him a shot of penicillin, & gave him a 10 day antibiotic. The stool sample came back parasite free & the blood work was all normal. He said to feed him yogurt & boiled white fish & have his hard food available. I did this & for the 10 days he was on the antibiotic his bm slowly transitioned back to normal. He finished his meds last Saturday & since then he has slowly gone back to diarrhea. Throughout all these transitions all other life aspects have still remained normal. I called the vet yesterday & he said everytime he has a soft bm to withhold a meal. He just had a sensitive GI tract & as long as his behavior was normal, not to worry too much. |
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04-25-2009, 07:11 AM | #2 |
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| I have no experience in regards to this however I would say find a new Vet, there has to be another answer other than withold meals. If the antibiotic cleared up the problem than it is obviously masking something else. Are there any large Vet hospitals near you with specialist? I hope your pup feels better soon. |
04-26-2009, 05:57 AM | #3 |
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| I can speak from experience, I have gone through the same thing with Sophie Kate for the last two weeks. It started on Easter day and we spent some time at the Emergency Vet. What they determined is she had Giardia provided an anti-biotic and something to settle her tummy. I followed up the next day with Sophie Kates regular Vet, they looked at the test results agreed with the Emergency Vet and scheduled a follow up stool sample and visit in two weeks. Well I was back at the Vet on Friday morning after another night of the same thing. This time the Vet did an X Ray of Sophie Kate and said it appears my little princess may have ate something, they kept her for the day and guess what she passed a piece of plastic (like she chewed up the top of a water bottle). We are on a diet of Brown Rice and Chicken for the weekend along with taking various meds. The good news is we have hard stools now. I guess I would ask did you dog perhaps eat something and cannot pass it? Has the Vet taken an X Ray? Those are the two things I thought of after reading your post. Good Luck, I know how it is to have a sick baby - not fun and very stressful.
__________________ Cheryl,Mom to SophieKate |
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