How Do You Treat Loose Bowels?

I have been giving her some of her regular food with rice for a few days now but I still have the same result; its just not getting any better :(

Thanks for the great tip about baby wipes Ann, I hadn't thought of that. I've just been wetting paper towels and its getting to be very inconvenient. I'll definitely go pick some up tonight.

I'm thinking that she probably does have a less common parasite, I know they can get them from picking up or eating animal poop and she'd been around fowl and horses shortly before this all began.
 
Poor Sadie

I'm sure you are extremely frustrated by now. :sadsmile: I know I would be. I hope Sadie gets better real soon. I will say a prayer to Saint Francis for her. He's the patron saint of animals. May he intercede on Sadies behalf for her to be well.:yes: Keep the Faith Sadie's Mom.
Sheltie hugs to Sadie and God Bless you!
 
Thanks, I appreciate the prayer.

My husband was home with Sadie today. He was very frustrated that he had to bath her after she went out to do her business (poor boy, I've done it every other time :smile2: ). I called the vet immediately and told them she's getting worse again so I'll be bringing in another stool sample in the morning.

Lets keep our fingers crossed that they find something this time!

The support from everyone really means alot! Thank you!
 
This is so difficult -- I know because we went through it with Bits a while back. We used baby wipes, too, because we found the stomach acid in the stool was causing her hind end to become red and swollen.

I'm sending requests for helpful intervention from St. Francis as well.
 
Just a thought...if your vet finds that Sadie doesn't have a parasite and they can't find anything definitive from her stool sample, ask them about testing for IBS, IBD or colitis. That was the diagnosis Pixie got after her long bout of coccidia. We've been able to keep it under control with careful feeding and occasional medication. I'm not sure how the vets diagnose it other than with an endoscopy but it might be worth asking about. Here's a bit of internet information on it...
http://www.geocities.com/ibdogsintl/ibdvsibs.html

Good luck tomorrow ~ we'll be waiting for the update!
 
I brought the stool sample in this morning, they sent it away to be analyzed this time so hopefully I'll get some results tomorrow.

In the mean time, Sadie had her first normal stool in almost two weeks! Of course this happens after I've sent the sample in. I'm trying to to jump to conclusions though, I might go back to mush by tomorrow morning.

I'll post the results when I get them.
 
We Care

Don't you just love it that people the world over are waiting breathlessly to hear how your Sheltie's poop turns out? :lol:
 
Lol

Chris said:
Don't you just love it that people the world over are waiting breathlessly to hear how your Sheltie's poop turns out? :lol:
Click to expand...

It is pretty funny, when you put it that way. :lol:

I still haven't heard from the vet but she had another normal stool this morning. I hope this keeps up!
 
Update...Still Frustrated

Sadie's second stool sample came back negative. I was really hoping for a posative and some meds for her.

She's since gotten worse again, her stools are alternating between looking normal and being complete water.

To make matters worse, she chewed a tiny piece off of the end of one of my amarylis leaves, left over from Christmas. I'm sure that hasn't helped matters, since I believe their mildly poisonous. The plant is now gone and Sadie continues to have daily butt baths. Poor girl! Poor me!:sadsmile:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top