Thai... throwing up and black stool (long)

[Boxer Babies]

Thank you to all for your thoughts.

Thai had me up again last night, first at 3am (gee it was a majic bright night) and then at 5am. He ate a heap of grass again and then pooed.

I came home for lunch today to check him and he pooed the yuk again, so I called the vet and had a good chat. The vet explained every scenario to me which was great. I just didnt know whether I should rush him in or wait.

Anyway the vet told me to see how he is tonight and if he shows signs of dehydration ( which he hasnt) to bring him straight in. Vet said it is a little too soon to see major affect from the antibiotics, at that stage he had only had 2 doses. They still dont know whether its a parisite or bacterial. But they assured me it is not a recurrance of the Pancreatitis.

My poor baby hasnt eaten for around 38 hours now, he must be starving. Its horrible feeding the other one and not him.

Ive bought some natural yoghurt and plan of giving him a small amount shortly. I know many on here use this as a remedy for tummy upsets and I figure surely it cant hurt. Im going to read up some more first though.

Thai seems quite happy and was bouncing around after work wanting to play so thats encouraging.

Thanks again to everyone, I hope he gets this sorted and can have a happy life from now on.

 

[magsp]

Just a thought...

You might to look up hemorrhagic gastroenteritis. It is characterized by bright red poo that looks alot like strawberry jam (gross, I know). It doesn't sound like that's what's wrong with your guy since he has a good energy level, but just thought I'd mention it since it can be life-threatening. One of my dogs had it and had to be taken in to the vet and admitted for IV antibiotics. She did just fine.

Hopefully it's just another incidence of the pancreatitis. I have another dog that has pancreatitis and he gets flare ups from time to time...some more severe than others. He has never had bright red poo, but does have the following symptoms: freqent bowel movements -- mostly diarrhea with an extremely foul smell; hunched back (from abdominal discomfort); frequent vomiting of bile/white foamy stuff. When it gets really bad, he can't stop going #2. He has had to go to the vet twice for this and once got an injection of subcutaneous fluids on his back. It made him a hunchback for a couple of days and we felt so sorry for him, but it did the trick -- re-hydrated him and helped him stop going potty all over the place.

Good luck with Thai. Hope he's feeling better soon.

 

[Boxer Babies]

Hi all,

thought Id update on Thai.

Well we seems to be on the mend (touch wood). No more yukky poos. He did one yesterday which was rather sloppy but it was poo (sorry for the grossness).

i am finally able to feed him again (he was fasted for 48 hours). He is only having boiled chicken at this stage. Im not game to give him more rice as this seemed to aggravate it more, even though he has eaten rice all his life.

i gave them both a half a teaspoon of yoghurt last two days, they LOVE IT!!!!

Im starting to think it may be the California Natural. The first bag I bought was the Chiecken meal and Rice, it had chicken first ingredient. but this second bag is that, but reduced calorie. It has exactly the same ingredients but rice is the top ingredient, so maybe it has too much rice for him. Just a thought. Porblem is Ive got another bag full. Maybe I can add boiled chicken to it to balance it more... any thoughts?

The odd thing though is that now Blayz seems to be off her food and went out to eat some grass just now so.... i have been giving her a tiny bit of CN mixed in with her normal food.

Anyway we seem to be making progress and he is jumping around being his normal self.

If anyone has thoughts on the California Natural Id love to hear.

 

[Britbox]

Hi Leanne,..
Glad to hear that Thai seems a bit better, and is on the mend..Fingers crossed that Blayz is not going down the same route too...What I always do with Millie when she has the runs, is give her boiled rice and chicken, but I put in some cornflour too, as this seems to firm things up...It always works for Mills, so maybe it's worth a try.

It's a sad state of affairs in our house, when the main subject of conversation is the consistency of Millie's poo :eek:...She always comes in like her tails on fire when shes 'been'..So I send the old man out to find the evidence, and always ask him what its like..'Is it a nice one'?...He tells me I'm nuts, it's poo, how can that be nice?...Yukky being so interested in what comes out of the other end, but I worry so much over the smallest thing with her.

I hope you manage to have a nice weekend, and both those babies remain well..I bet Thai can't wait to have a nice three course meal

 

[ELubas]

Glad Thai is a little better. Saw your comment about the reduced calorie CA Natural. I had my boy on that for awhile and it did not agree with him. It has rice, like you say, and also more grain that the regular food. I put him back on the regular and just gave him less. My guy also did the grass eating thing and then would throw up awful looking stuff so no more grass grazing-I keep him on lead if I have to even in the yard. Hope your baby continues to improve!