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Sharlene:
That is awful for poor Molly. This seems to be such a problem with all these Cush pups. I wish we could find something that really worked on it. I know it is troublesome to see the mucous and blood. That would worry me too. Hope whatever is causing this stops. Blessings
Patti
We're back to very, very soft, with some form, (not solid liquid at least, but not good) and a couple drops of blood at the end each time. Usually one, and then follow almost immediately with liquid. I'm calling the vet first thing in the morning. I'm suppose to be at the office tomorrow, but not sure how I'm going to deal with that yet.
She is starving though. Molly is never a big eater, and since I've just been giving her a little bit at a time, she ends up going back to the bowl to try to lick it clean. She does at least, Love the rice. I haven't introduced any chicken to it yet. I'll cut up some chicken breast in about an hour to add to it, not much though, and then we'll probably have to go out for her to poop about an hour later.
Thanks for checking in everyone. Yes, it is worrisome as I don't like the idea of her getting dehydrated from all this diarrhea so trying to make sure she drinks plenty of water too. (another thing that she doesn't do real well is drink enough)
hugs,
Sharlene and Moly Muffin
Sharlene: So sorry Molly has soft poops. It is such a worry when they have bad poops. I think most of the time it is something they eat or they have picked up something and need an antibiotic. I am sure the vet will figure it out tomorrow. I will be thinking about you and sweet Molly. Love, Joanne
Hi Sharlene
I have the day off as Dad had minor surgery yesterday and I am looking after him as my sister has taken Mum on a trip for a few days to shaky Wellington!! He is fine, but Flynn and I had a sleepover with him last night :)
Sorry to hear Molly still has an upset tummy, apart form the squits she does not sound to sick so that is good. From my dealings with tummy troubles our vet has said if it does not last too long then nothing to worry about but if blood appears then they should have something like metronidazole to settle it down. So pleased to hear you are seeing your vet tomorrow. It seems to have started when you were at the wedding so wonder if she picked something up when she was boarding, either a bug or stress colitis with her fretting while you were away.
I would do exactly what you are doing with the simple plain meals, smaller and more frequently mixing a bit of water into the food to make sure she is getting enough to drink. Not sure if I remember if you are adding a probiotic, but think you had fortiflora? Take a sample when you go tomorrow. Without her being sick with nausea/vomiting and not displaying pain I would not think it would be pancreatitis but you never know with these tough little dogs do you!
Hope all goes well tomorrow and I will be keeping an eye to see what progress little Molly Muffin is making :) xxx
How's wee Molly today?
Oh...I feel your pain. This type of thing has been Trixie's m/o for years. We have had many a bout of soft poops and/or diarrhea with blood. Thankfully only once was it more than droplets and mixed with mucous. It's scary but my vet says can be very common but should be checked out. It's certainly a good sign that Molly seems to not be stressed or feeling poorly.
Metronidazole will help immediately, at least it does with Trixie. You may also want to send in a stool sample if it continues. As I've mentioned probably too many times is Trixie had a clostridium overgrowth and this organism emits a toxin in the colon that causes colitis symptoms in dogs. Here's a link with a short overview.
http://bridlewoodvc.blogspot.com/201...olitis-in.html
It's getting to be more common. Of course Molly may just have a basic gastro upset...just mentioning because the colitis symptoms are prevalent with this when the dog otherwise is doing fine.
I hope Molly will get over this right away...I know how you feel when you see that blood...diarrhea is bad enough but those red droplets really get the worries going. Sending positive thoughts your way!
Barbara
I don't know what to make of this girl. After a weekend of nonstop runny poops, about 3 times a day, sometimes 4, she had a soft one this morning. Then I came home from work early to make sure she could go outside, which she did, but she did nothing, no poop, no pee. Then I took her for a walk just now and she peed, but no poops at all.
She is on chicken and rice, pretty much exclusively for the next couple days, with a probiotic, Florafora.
The vet said to do this for 2 more days and then if her poops haven't formed up more solid, to bring her in for with a stool sample.
Maybe it is just that the chicken and rice are better for her tummy and the florifora helps too. We'll see how it goes.
The vet felt that because it was after the stay over, that she had some stress colitis, and that might have actually triggered a full out colitis attack which will calm down with this regimen. If it doesn't we'll start looking for bacterias.
The girls on last weekend, were new, couldn't handle molly at all and that might have been enough to get molly stressed out. I have verified that she can stay over this sat night and that the two on duty are old friends of molly's, so she'll be fine. My vet said that Molly has people she is partial to and everyone else she doesn't want near her. (that sounds about right for Molly) but it stresses her if "her" people aren't the ones there. She won't let others near to put her harness on to take her out even and it seems that there was even a call to the vet that they couldn't do anything with molly last weekend. She didn't want to come out of her area, she didn't want them to put her harness on, she wouldn't let them clean, just was a real handful. That's not good. :(
If this doesn't clear up, I'll mention clostridium Barbara, thanks.
Thanks for checking in on us.
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
No doubt that dogs can work themselves into a stress situation that manifests in gastro upset...I'm sure it happens all the time. I hope that's all Molly's is about. :p As far as not doing any poops I find that's a good thing. The system is recovering and no poops are better than bad poops anytime!! :D
Sounds like the overnight stay for the party will be a lot less stresssful for the little girl with her "friends" there to look after her instead of all the non friends that she doesn't like. Dogs are funny...they certainly have their preferences for just about everything and especially for people!! Good for Molly for being a discerning judge of who she wants around her!! I'm sure she has her reasons!! :D
I hope the vet visit ends up not being needed!!
Barbara
Sharlene,
I hope Molly's tummy has continued to settle with the bland diet. Unfortunately I am acquainted with the dastardly clostridium also. The bacterial overgrowth that Barbara mentioned happens easily in stress related colitis. That used to happen to my angel Dakota almost every time she was kenneled. :( Metronidazole works really well as it controls the bacteria and also decreases the inflammation in the bowel. Jasper has experienced this type of colitis a few times also. :( :(
Here's hoping Molly is on the mend and won't need a vet visit!
Hugs,
Tina and Jasper
Poop update !!