Molly, 13 yr, shih tzu - lhasa aspo - Molly has passed

Sending hugs and prayers that Little Molly feels better soon, and welcome to the 50's!!!

Sharlene:
Hope you have a wonderful birthday, and that Molly is soon feeling better. Don't worry about the fifties, they are a breeze, compared to the 60's. Blessings
Patti

Heck I'll crash the party too:p:p:p Sounds like a great time.

I hope you had a blast and Molly feels better soon. Must be the time of year for bad poos. Whenever I give Koko his heartwrom medicine he does not feel good for a few days then his poos are off for a week or so. Nothing bad, just off and his usually are not.

Happy Birthday

Good morning,

So question for those of you who have dealt with colitis. Molly has had the runs except for 2 morning poops on Monday and Tuesday, the rest has all been runny or not firmed. So, rather than just do a switch diet, I changed her treats back to what they should be (we had run out and I had given her a natural local made treat, with cinnamon in it) she had a walk at 9:45pm last night, then she had poop and pee accident in the house last night. Hubby found and cleaned up and said it was at least semi firm. I took her out for a walk around 9am, and she acts like she feels fine, but she had a bit of dirrhea and I noticed at the end, two drops of blood dripped afterwards.
I am wondering if the colitis would have caused enough irritation to bowel/rectum to have caused that. Hubby said there was no blood in the poop this morning, which was at the stairs, she obviously tried to make it down to the door and didn't, nor did she appear to have had time to wake us up. Poor thing. :(
For breakfast I just gave her a bit of the canned SO food and her liver supplement, as I didn't want to overdo her digestive system.

Like I said she doesn't act like she feels bad, having a good walk this morning (she doesn't go far, just a short jaunt) but she did express interest in everything around her, barked at someone on a morning run, and bounced in the front door and headed for kitchen. I'm thinking maybe this is an irritation from the diarrhea.

Hugs, Sharlene and Molly Muffin

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHARLENE!:):p:D Leave it to Molly to have these bouts right it's your birthday! Kids will do it to you every time.;)

Regarding the colitis, anything can set up it off, particularly if she's had it before. The colon becomes hyper sensitive and even something as small as changing a treat can set off a round of colitis.:o At least she seems to be feeling well through it all. Maybe she just wanted to leave your hubby a present this morning.:eek: They are so thoughtful that way.;):D

Happy Birthday, Sharlene!

When Trink was at her worst, the Baytril and SEB worked best for her. Stress sets hers off as do changes in her diet at times - but not always. She does seem to have an allergy to turkey because the least little bit of that and she flares pretty badly. She hasn't had to have anything other than the SEB for some time now, tho. Anytime I see a tail or a shine on her poop, she gets a little dose and she's fine. At her worst, I would withhold food for a while, giving dark Karo syrup in the SEB to help keep her blood sugars up.

I hope this is just a reaction to being boarded and away from her mom, and that she will settle down very soon.

I am more worried about the drops of blood. As I think I can get the colitis bout (which is what I hope it is, as that is better than a bacterial infection) under control. Can the diarrhea cause some blood to show up? It wasn't in the accident in the house, but that was definitely blood drops at the end of the diarrhea outside later.

Of course I worry more as next saturday she will be in the kennel at the vets over night as we'll have too many people in the house for the party and she wouldn't be comfortable with that at all. It's a bad choice either way. :(

I am going to see if I can find some slipper elm bark powder while I am out shopping today. If so I will make some tea for her.

I think I might also order some fortiflora to have here at the house for these things too.

Thanks for the suggtions.

hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

The presence of blood is one of the signs of Colitis, according to Doc. That was when I panicked with Trink a few years ago - she had had diarrhea then suddenly was shooting pure, bright red blood instead of feces. :eek::eek::eek: The odor was distinctive as well - the blood gives it almost a decomp smell that is unmistakeable to me even when I cannot see the blood with my naked eye.

I think I would have the vet check her out to be sure this isn't something else just to be sure, but blood is part and parcel of Colitis to my understanding.

Okay, that is what I was thinking too Leslie. The vet isn't open till Tuesday due to the long weekend. Of course. Holidays seem to when thing pop up for some reason. I'm going to keep an eye on it. Hubby was definite there was none in the accident over night. I'm going to try to find some SEB today. Cross fingers I'll be able to.

Thanks so much!
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Thread hijack:D.....

Leslie - How much does Trinket weigh and how much SEB do you give her? Also how often? Do you use the long brew method to make the tea? Do you syringe it in with the Karo syrup, or does she lap it up? I am trying to figure out the dosage for Rosie. She weighs 5.3 pounds. Thanks!

Sorry Birthday girl!;):D