Constipation of blockage-Please Help
 

so this may be long.....I received Miracle's allergy results back on Saturday and it says she is allergic to Potato, dairy, kangaroo, beef, etc. and a few other things, the food I was feed her was Natural balance duck and potato. I talked with one of the Vet Techs as Miracle vet was not in and asked them if the number's made a difference, they told me NOT to feed her anything that has a number, which meant Turkey, Venison and a few other items. No barley, no potato of any kind.

Anyway, I found Wellness Turkey, Vension (raw) so I asked if it would be ok to mix this along with her current food as not to upset her tummy. I was told by the girl at the store, yes.

She ate that Saturday night and Sunday morning, gobbled it down. Would not eat Sunday night. She was being quite and lazy Sunday night but I just thought she was tired. I was gone all day Sunday until around 5:30. She was under the care of my boyfriend and son in law. Monday she did not wake me up to go the bathroom and would not eat. Her tummy is hard, very hard. I took her in and the vet said she has a sore tummy and she was a little dehydrated. He gave her some nausea med and a shot to add to water to her. She ate a little last night but only if I put human turkey in it and was walking around a bit.

She woke me up this morning to go but she has not pooped since Sunday morning. I am starting to really worry. She is drinking water and she will eat if I put turkey in her food. I gave her 1 TBSP of pumpkin this morning but still nothing. She has slept most of the day but is not being active.

I am at work buy my daughter is home with her. She has no fever, is not vomiting.

I am taking her back to the vet tonight.

Any advice????? Please!!!!

So I took Miracle back to the Vet and it seems as though her anal glands were swollen and infected. I feed her premium dog food so I'm not sure why. When they probed her to do an x-ray all kinds of poop came out.

She also has a slight fever so they sent her home with an antibiotic as everything else seems good.

Her stomach was no longer hard and she was her normal self. We came home and she was starving jumping up and down to eat. I feed her Wellness Turkey, that's it just turkey along with Natural balance duck and potato (which I am weaning her off since she is allergic to potato) and her stomach feels hard again.

Is there anyway the turkey is causing a problem for her? I know it's not the natural balance as she has been eating that for almost two months and has never had a problem.

Try giving her canned pumpkin. I'm sure she will adjust to the new food eventually but meanwhile pumpkin might help her to poop.

If the pumpkin does not work you can give her Metamucil. Also green beans have the most fiber. Give about 1/8 tsp Metamucil per meal till she is pooping well. You want the Metamucil ( Clear & Natural )

Some dogs can't tolerate turkey. Trying feeding her just venison and see if her tummy issues clear up.

Blood cannot determine allergy only elimination diet can determine a food allergy. Blood can only determine environmental allergies.

I think you are right, I fed her the turkey last night and her tummy was instantly bloated. She pooped this morning but it was hard. I talk to the vet and he said give her 24 hours that is how long it takes to process through her body.

boy, I wish they could talk to us and tell us how they feel.

Then why do they even offer it? it works on us, I wonder why not on them?

She is pooping now that the vet probed her bottom last night. It was hard this morning, I gave her more pumpkin in her food this morning but NO turkey.

You guys are great. Thank you for all the advice. Please if you have anymore let me know.

I gave her a TBSP of pumpkin yesterday and it did nothing until the vet probed her I did give her more today and NO turkey. I don't even want to try to have her get used to it, her tummy gets so hard and when you pick her up she whines. It's just no worth the time it would take for her to get used to the food.

OH MY Goodness!!! I just read on the internet bloat is the second most deadliest thing to dogs after cancer!! NOW I AM WORRIED SICK!!

I don't want anything happening to my baby!! She is home alone today as we ALL have to work, I am going home at lunch to check on her and will give her some mylanta-gas. She is 8 lbs. how much should I give her?

I can't just wait this out without doing NOTHING!!!!

When I went to the vet with the puppies they told me if the puppies get conspated(sorry I am worlds worst speller) to give them a little kayro dark syrup. Don't know if that would work for adult dogs or not but thought I would throw it out there. Hope she gets better soon!

thank you, at this point, I believe it is gas that she needs to release as opposed to having to poop.

Bloat occurs in big dogs. If it happens in little dogs, that would be very rare.

Better than Mylanta... a product made for human babies... key ingredient is simethicone... ask your vet for dosage.

YOU JUST MADE ME FEEL SO MUCH BETTER!!! I am waiting to hear back from my vet as to what to give her to help relieve the gas.

How long should it take for the turkey to work through her system and the pumpkin to help relieve her? How much pumpkin and how often?

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My Sammie had the same problem when I tried to change his food. I put him in a sink of warm water and massaged his anal area and a very hard poop came out eventually. After that a little loose poop came out and he was fine.

Ok, I will try that tonight. I believe she is starting to poop (I have another dog so sometimes it's hard to tell) but her stomach is still VERY hard. How long did it take for his stomach to be soft again.

It seems as thought everytime she eats it gets hard again. I'm so confused and not sure what to do.

He was fine that same day. All the poop came out when I put him in the warm water. I hope she gets well soon. I was a nervous wreck, I'm sure you are too but she'll be fine I'm sure.

Hello, I'm new here and have a yorkie at home. She is my baby. In response to this thread I read an article and also my vet told me to never feed my dog turkey. It can do something to the liver or something. I will dig the article up and send the link if you like. I make my own dog food so not sure what wellness turkey is. Also for a constipated dog you gave give it a warm bath. The water on the rectum stimulates it to move and by the end of the bath your dog will be moving fast. I have used this twice and it works great.

OH MY!!! Yes, please pass along the article. I hope I didn't do anything wrong to Miracle. I am going to try the bath tonight.

Thank you

Have you called your vet and let him know what is going on?

I looked at symptoms for liver disease, she still will play and walk, she is eating, not as much as usual but this is probably due to her belly being swollen. They did an x-ray and ultrasound and did not see anything wrong with her liver. She is not vomiting nor is she is jaundice. When they did the x-ray they could see all the poop stuck in her, so I am really hoping it just needs to come out still and they did not miss anything. If she is not better by tomorrow I am taking her back in. I am currently giving her pumpkin and Myicol as reccommended by the vet.

Yes, I have been in contact with him everyday to give him an update on her. I would never go this long without letting them know. If she is not better by the time I get home I am taking her in tonight.

Why would Petco and Wellness make turkey if it is not good for them? I don't understand. :(

Some dogs can tolerate turkey, some can't. I can give Lady a little turkey breast on Thanksgiving with no problem, but my sister's Jack Russell got violently ill one Thanksgiving from turkey.

The turkey I am giving her is canned turkey made for dogs from Wellness, the thing is is that when I bought it at petco the girl told me I could give this to her as a meal, but when I read the can it say's for supplements and to be "added" to food or dry food. So I am not sure if that is what caused the problem or not. when I took her to the vet on Tuesday and they emptied her anal sacs and probed her she pooped and her tummy was back to normal. So I brought her home and fed her that turkey again and she instantly swelled up again. This is what really confuses me, how does that happen unless you are allergic to it and her allergy test, which I am now questioning says she is NOT allergic to turkey.

I am just confused I don't know what to do anymore. I hate guessing games, I just want her back to normal.

NOTE: Also, on Saturday and Sunday, I gave her raw vension. They told me that was fine also. I bought that at the Pet Bistro. I really never feed her human food with the exceptions of carrots and pumpkin. I did give her our turkey on Monday because that was all she would eat.

Sometimes the "elimination diet" can be the best way to diagnose food allergies. Stop feeding her turkey and see if her stomach issues go away.

This sounds very awful to deal with. I hope she gets better and is able to eat without bloating up soon.

Not to sound rude at all, but is your vet really doing anything to help her other than continually probing her to poop? I mean I don't know much about dogs and their digestive systems, but constantly probing and cleaning the anal sacs sounds like it's doing more harm than good. and why can't the vet figure out what's causing her to bloat up to begin with, shouldn't he be smart enough to know what to feed her and what's actually causing the bloat instead of letting you come in every day for manual poop probing?? maybe i'm not reading this right or something... but personally i'd see a new vet that could fix this problem and not just keep forcing her to poop over and over.

also i feed a home made diet that was formulated by my aunt's mom whose hobby is dog nutrition...maybe you could see a nutritionist and have them formulate a diet just for your dog without the allergens and that would be balanced and healthy. it might not always be the turkey, (probably is) but it could be something else in the kibble that's making her sick.

if you want my Raw recipe i'll gladly share it, but it looks like your dog is allergic to some of the ingredients so i don't think it will help..

good luck on all this..hope you find out what to feed and stop her bloating soon and hope she feels better real soon

Oh, she was only probed once and when they did that her anal sacs, that were filled cleaned out. But yes, I am wondering why they can't just tell me why all of sudden this is happening. She seemed to be doing better last night and this morning I gave her homemade chicken with pumpkin and some green beans and she swelled up AGAIN. I am waiting for them to call me back. I have been giving her the myicol every hour as suggested and as I said it seemed to be working but now this morning.

this is breaking my heart. I just want her to be back to normal like she was last week before all this started.

thank you