Diarhea caused by sudden food change?

Okay I have an interesting one for you all....Last night and this morning Toby had a normal stool followed by a softer one. Although this morning the softer one was less than yesterday's. I had been mixing his dry food with some yogurt and thought perhaps that made his stool too soft :cool: :confused2:

He's behaving 100% normal, am I just being paranoid? I can't help it since he went through so much two weeks ago.
 
Megansmom said:
Okay I have an interesting one for you all....Last night and this morning Toby had a normal stool followed by a softer one. Although this morning the softer one was less than yesterday's. I had been mixing his dry food with some yogurt and thought perhaps that made his stool too soft :cool: :confused2:

He's behaving 100% normal, am I just being paranoid? I can't help it since he went through so much two weeks ago.
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Every time Bailey had on and off again soft stool, she had parasites. If it continues and you are sure it's not from food, bring a stool sample to the vet to make sure he doesn't have parasites.

Jaynie, if Lottie soft stool continues, you might want to get some metrondozle from the vet. It usually clears up soft stool fast. I've never given my dog immodium, bit I've given a little pepto bismol with no issues.
 
take4roll10 said:
Every time Bailey had on and off again soft stool, she had parasites. If it continues and you are sure it's not from food, bring a stool sample to the vet to make sure he doesn't have parasites.

Jaynie, if Lottie soft stool continues, you might want to get some metrondozle from the vet. It usually clears up soft stool fast. I've never given my dog immodium, bit I've given a little pepto bismol with no issues.
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Yeah if he still has normal to softer stool at lunch time we'll bring in a sample just to make sure! We also have some metronodozle left from his last bout of diarrheah.
 
I thought Bela was getting better, but I was sadly mistaken. She vomited again this morning, and her stool is still very runny. She did get a few people food scraps yesterday (thanks, mom & dad....NOT!) while I wasn't looking.

This morning, I went out and got 4 jars of human baby food (chicken & broth) and Pedialyte. She's getting a tablespoon of baby food and an oral syringe of Pedialyte every two hours. Not much to Miss Bela's liking, except the attention is making her fiesty and the prospect of eating something reaaallly good every couple of hours has her spoilt.

I called the vet first thing this morning and was told that it was undoubtedly the change in food in combination with "forbidden" tidbits over Christmas. No fever, and really no behavior changes (she's just as perky and fiesty as usual).

The advice was to stick to the baby food diet for 24 hours, keep giving her pedialyte (which she inexplicably loves), then start on a little more solid foods carefully. And don't buy Wellness dog food again. (My vet is more of the green beans, pumpkin, and raw meat person.)
 
So sorry Bela is going through all this! I'm sure you mentioned it already, but she has been seen by your Vet since all this happened right!? All the obvious things ruled out, parasites other GI infections?
 
My poor Danny was fed ham by too many relatives. Now he is on boiled chicken and rice. Hope that is all caused by food changes for yours and gets better soon. Next year I am hanging a sign around his neck " do not feed":eek2:
 
Megansmom said:
So sorry Bela is going through all this! I'm sure you mentioned it already, but she has been seen by your Vet since all this happened right!? All the obvious things ruled out, parasites other GI infections?
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She's been "seen" socially by my vet about 48 hours before this started. (We all attended a doggie Christmas party at the home of a mutual friend.) He knows I have been a vet tech (mucho years ago) and keep a fairly decent medicine cabinet for my pooches. Had me take her temp and describe her stool and vomit, and pronounced her fine except for an upset digestive system.

His office isn't open again until after the new year (very small practice - no kennel on premises, by appointment only) and he's about two hours away at his farm. But being a friend, he doesn't mind my calling him up there and asking if I need to bring her in to the vet ER.

I've nursed SEVERAL dogs through this same type of problem, and Bela is perkier than most of them, so I'm convinced this will resolve in a few days, as long as I keep her hydrated and watch her food.

So what kind of food does anyone suggest I start her back on? She's on baby food chicken and broth right now, but should be switched later today to something more substantial. I've got the awful food that started this (Wellness, which I will probably never use again) and a small bag of IAMS small breed formula. I also have some plain baked turkey leftovers that I could easily chop up for her. So what do I give her?
 
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