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08-30-2017, 08:45 AM | #1 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: SW USA
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| GI upset My dog had some soft poops twice and regurgitated twice in the same time frame on Monday. Took to vet Monday and checked out generally and for Pancreatitis. All found ok. He was given a pain killer and Cerenia. And for one day he was fed small meals of rice and Prescription Hills ID Low Fat plus well boiled white rice. For one day after vet visit and GI events he was fine. Then early this morning, wednesday, he did lots of poops that were well formed but two of them were softer, but not runny. Is it usual for a dog to have big poops after day of eating and no poops? Thank you. I have a call into the vat and await a call back. |
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08-30-2017, 11:00 AM | #2 |
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| GI upset update Vet just called and said a lot of poop is not a bad thing, all other things being ok. Probably I was feeding more often than usual and his gut motility was increasing. He has eaten at five this am and so far no poops or regurgitation. Also he has never had runny or bloody poop. So I guess just a GI upset. I wonder if any of you have had issues with dogs licking or eating grass that has been treated with fertilizers etc? We live in a community where they do treat grass. I thought my dog could not consume enough chemicals to harm him. Any comments on this are very welcome, as it is hard to stop him sniffing and sometimes eating grass. I am very careful to stop him eating outside stuff and of course in the home. He does not eat people food only his Prescription low fat ID food. |
08-30-2017, 02:14 PM | #3 |
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| My girl has had pancreatitis twice and now all she can eat is prescription ID. She has had no further events and it has been about 2 years.
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08-30-2017, 02:34 PM | #4 |
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| Pancreatitis Thank you. My dog had a mild P case a few years ago and has been on Hills Prescription ID Low Fat kibble and sometimes canned ever since, and been fine. When he had this last upset I thought it was P and he had the full test and was found not to have P. So I could not imagine why he had this event. I have been so careful to feed the prescribed diet with no treats etc and have kept him well. Then I saw the community gardeners spreading granules of fertilizer and wonder if grass care chemicals could have got into his system via mouth or paws. He does sometimes sniff or lick grass until I am able to stop him. I wondered if anyone else had this thought or perhaps experience of unexplained fairly minor GI issues? |
08-30-2017, 03:04 PM | #5 |
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| Bump Please let me know if anyone has had thoughts on the grass contamination idea? |
08-30-2017, 03:09 PM | #6 |
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| Grass toxins? Please read my GI upset thread and if anyone has comments on the possible toxicity of grass fertilizers etc for small pets? I am really concerned as a few dogs in my area who frequent the same parks and grass seem to have GI upsets with no explanation. |
08-30-2017, 03:47 PM | #7 |
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| Never let your dog walk let alone eat, lick grass that has been fertilized, or chemically treated. If they walk in treated grass and lick their feet they are ingesting the chemical which is highly toxic even in small amounts.
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08-30-2017, 04:51 PM | #8 |
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| Grass Thank you. I always take my dog on a short leash and try and stop him licking grass etc., but the communities I walk him in do not tell me when they are adding toxins to the grass. I always also try and wash his feet after a walk. He never goes out the door alone. The vet seemed surprised that my dog could get enough grass toxin to make him sick, and I must say I though that the minor exposure my dog got would not be harmful. But after this event, I could not see what else could have made him sick. He often will only poop if I take him onto grass, otherwise I keep to a relatively clean concrete path. I only thought the grass toxins may be an issue when I saw a gardener spreading fertilizer granules, and also heard of another dog that had recently got sick for a day after walking in the park. I wondered if others had similar experiences and thank you for your helpful input. It seems our small furbabes are very sensitive to small amounts of toxic chemicals. I sure will be much more careful from now on. Again, thank you for your input. I also thought I might not be alone in having the grass issue and it might help others to raise the point. Last edited by dottiesyrky; 08-30-2017 at 04:52 PM. |
08-31-2017, 02:18 AM | #9 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Gosh, it could be from anything after going for a walk, ya know? As in - some kind of GI bug, parts of a decaying baby bird or something, parts of a decaying bird egg (dogs love these!), organic (and safe) flower bed food...so who really knows for sure...? As long as she is not violently ill, you kind of are forced to ride these things out. If I were super, super worried - then I'd be giving a lot of water and activated charcoal to absorb anything nasty (just know that if you do give this, it can turn the stools black). Is she eating and drinking and everything...? Energy level okay?
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08-31-2017, 04:06 AM | #10 |
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| Worried about my boy Hello. Thanks for your comforting reply. I awaken at three am this am to find another gift of formed but softish poop on the bathroom pad. In spite of taking him for a walk at 8 pm after his last meal last night, when he only peed. Yes it could be many things that caused this illness, but I am so worried about him as he does not normally do poops in the night and is very healthy. He is on one Cerenia a day and Pepcid at night and morning. He has never had real diarrhea and after the first day, Monday, has not thrown up. I have been feeding him only Hills ID Low Fat canned plus a little boiled rice in small meals and he is hungry! The vets don't seem concerned, but I am! He is more sleepy but comes to life when anything happens here that stirs him! But I am finding it so hard to be up at three and worried all the time about what ails him. I was glad he checked out ok at the vet exam and that he did not have Pancreatitis. So don't know if to ride it out or get him into the vet again, especially with a holiday weekend nearly upon us. How I hate seeing a sick pet and can't seem to make him better. Thanks again for your understanding and compassion. |
08-31-2017, 04:59 AM | #11 |
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| I just want to offer you my sympathy for what you and your baby are going through. I completely understand how nerve-racking these things can be from personal experience. Not the exact same problem though. Hope things turn around for the better and soon!
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08-31-2017, 05:08 AM | #12 |
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| GI Thank you so much for your kind words from one who understands. He seems to be behaving normally this morning after eating his breakfast at 5 am! I am the one suffering now and not hungry! Hope your baby is better now and I pray mine is! But I don't like it if the new normal poop time is 3 am!! Then I wake up, ugh! |
08-31-2017, 05:36 AM | #13 |
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| My pup had a recent ( and only) pancreatitis flare and I find myself watching her like a hawk and interpreting everything as a possible catastrophe. I'm getting better with that, but our babies are so precious to us we automatically dote! So I understand all your concerns! You are a great Yorkie mom!
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08-31-2017, 05:42 AM | #14 |
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| Gi Thank you too for your kindness. One dose of the big P and we Yorkie moms go Gaga. But when it was not P I don't know what to think or worry about! |
08-31-2017, 05:48 AM | #15 |
YT Addict Join Date: May 2017 Location: Wenatchee, WA USA
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| I'm glad your pup checked out okay and didn't have pancreatitis. Pups do get upset tummies and bowels occasionally and it is of concern. The one time our pup did the vet told us no food or water for several hours, begin with teaspoons of water and if that's kept down add boiled chicken and rice for a day before reintroducing kibble. Our only problem was that our pup loved the boiled chicken a little too much and became a mooch for a couple of days. We were never able to pinpoint the cause but it was likely something she ate. We watch her even more closely now when outside. It can take the bowels a couple of days to normalize as the water balance was out of whack and their food changed. Hope it all levels out for you and your pup. |
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