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05-23-2010, 07:55 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: new york
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| Bit of blood on stool On and off for several months, my dog Rico will have just a drop or less of red blood ON the outside of his stool at the beginning. The vet has done blood tests and several rectal exams and checked for parasites and has found nothing. Anyone ever experienced this??? |
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05-23-2010, 08:03 AM | #2 |
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| yes my maltese demi had this as well. I had 2 fecals and a fecal culture done. We could not figure out what was going on but it cleared up and no issues since and has been 6 months now. We chalked it up to colitis as they can get blood in stool from that. Dh was gone to visit family a week and that triggered it and then second time it was after groomer came so think it was stress related. sometimes giardia is hard to detect so ims said to do fecal once every week for 3 weeks to see if it shows up. here are some pics on link below i know gross but i took to vet so have it so you can compare it. DEMI POOP pictures by dwerten - Photobucket |
05-23-2010, 08:13 AM | #3 |
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| Thanks....I noticed in the pic the stool looks less firm at the end, Rico has this too. Is that part of colitis too? |
05-23-2010, 08:23 AM | #4 | |
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colitis can also look like this http://s448.photobucket.com/albums/q...2009-10452.jpg Last edited by dwerten; 05-23-2010 at 08:24 AM. | |
05-23-2010, 08:29 AM | #5 |
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| Rico' stool looks more like Demi's. The vet wants to put Rico on Science Diet W/D to firm up the stool, because the first half is firm and the rest is too soft. |
05-23-2010, 08:39 AM | #6 | |
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I personally would just do some probiotics mixed with a little pumpkin - it will firm it and clear it up - I use dds plus probiotics from the vitamin shoppe and i mix it with organic canned pumpkin from whole foods - firms stools up quickly and gets rid of any diarrhea issues | |
05-23-2010, 08:57 AM | #7 |
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| I feed the wellness small breed...dry. It has probiotics in it, should I add more? Which one do you use? |
05-23-2010, 09:04 AM | #8 | |
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i use this - 2 capsules 20-30 min before breakfast in a little pumpkin. Demi cleared up quick so do not give it to her but have been using for dee dee for a couple years as she has alot of allergy issues and keeps bad bacteria down in her body. If she gets a bout of diarrhea i double it up 2 in am and 2 in pm and clears immediately | |
05-23-2010, 09:07 AM | #9 |
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| K..thanks, I will give it a try. |
05-23-2010, 09:28 AM | #10 |
No Longer a Member | Did you feed Rico any people food, sometimes high fat or fat in people food will cause this in the stool. Fenmore grabbed a piece of spam that fell on the floor and inhaled it. The next day his poo was jellylike and had blood in it. The vet said was the spam that caused it, he gave him some albon and he was fine. |
05-23-2010, 09:33 AM | #11 |
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| Nothing ever fatty...just very little plain white meat chicken breast on top of his kibble. |
05-23-2010, 12:21 PM | #12 | |
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My demi is a picky eater and will not just eat her kibble she just lays there until we put something on it then she runs over and eats it - little stinker Last edited by dwerten; 05-23-2010 at 12:23 PM. | |
05-23-2010, 12:39 PM | #13 |
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| Rico is the same way!!! I have to put something tasty on his kibble or he will just look at me as if to say, "do you really expect me to eat THAT"...it's so funny and frustrating at the same time! |
05-23-2010, 12:43 PM | #14 |
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| yep she will lay in the room forever too and will not touch it drives me nuts. I feed all three of mine different diets as my yorks have health issues. My yorks are piggies but her she will just lay there not touching her food for an hour so the only way she will eat is if we put a little something on it. I just put a couple sprinkles of cod and she goes nuts - crazy girl i tell ya - here she is the princess |
05-23-2010, 12:57 PM | #15 |
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| I know what you mean, he drives me crazy!! One day, I said I'm not going to put anything extra on his food. I offered him his kibble several times during the day, of course he wouldn't touch it!!! Finally, it was 10pm and I couldn't stand it anymore, so I put some chicken on top and he gobbled it all!!! |
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