Are we terrible parents? Max in garage -explosive diarrhea
He is on a bland diet today, and seems to feel ok, except for the tummy issues. We think he ate a lot of freshly mowed grass yesterday, as there were lots of signs in the clean up. ( ok-- gag, gag, gag) He still seems to be pretty loose , and with that, we made the decision to leave him in the garage tonight.  He has fresh bedding, it is nice and warm, and he seems snuggled in, but I can hardly stand it. Put the poor guy out when he is sick... Are we horrible?? I sure feel like it. |
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| I am always afraid there is too much for them to get into in the garage. Just a thought about the grass, some theories hold they eat the grass because they have an upset stomach to begin with. |
kerry wrote: I am always afraid there is too much for them to get into in the garage. Just a thought about the grass, some theories hold they eat the grass because they have an upset stomach to begin with. Nothing but cars in there... everything is stored in the barn. I thought about the grass and stomach thing too... |
| Have you tried adding a probiotic to what food you are giving him? That may help. |
ChSheepdogs wrote: Have you tried adding a probiotic to what food you are giving him? That may help. I put yogart with his food tonight. On a side note, he is in here with me in the den now. I could not sleep knowing he was out "there". I am going to sleep on the couch, so I catch it in time-- if there is a problem. If you know what I mean  |
| When they have an explosion, do not feed them for 24 hours. I know you are a good mommy, but you've got the let the stomach and intestines settle. They can have clear broth every few hours, but absolutely no solid food. Young puppies will have to have some food, small amounts every 5 hours, but older pups and of course adults can go 24 hours without food, tho being such good actors they will convince you they are starving. Then after 24 hours start with 5 feedings a day.....tiny amounts not quite totally equally their normal feeding. Ideally you should use a special food for digestive tract problems, but who keeps that on hand?....unless diarrhea is common. If, however, the cause is colitis (as per vet diag, then a higher fiber diet would be needed) Anyway, an easy to digest carbohydrate diet is best for returning to normal eating.....we use brown rice. Yeah, yeah, brown rice and turkey stew.....cook the rice with the ground turkey. Absolutely no table scrapes,snack, bones or chews until all is well again. Remember, you must keep them hydrated, hence the broth only those first 24 hours. Also if the dires continues for more than 48 hours and the pup is "down" time to get to the vet. |
| ^^^^ my vet says no fluids for the first 24 hrs too (but our issue is usually coming out the other end if you catch my drift  ) |
| Just made an appointment with the vet. Max isn't getting any better, and now seems lethargic. Fingers crossed this is just a bug of some sort. Stay tuned. |
| I hope he is okay. |
| Things like this generally take more than a few days to start to show any great improvement. But if he was eating grass, he also could have picked up a bacterial infection which is contributing to the problem & hard to get rid of without a vet visit. Let us know what the vet says. |
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