calicoquette
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You must be so worried! What a scary thing to happen. I certainly hope that all is well!
Miko ate an Advil gel cap
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His meds are finished... UPDATE
Well, last night he took his last misoprostol and this morning he took his last losec. Over the last couple of days I've been adding small amounts of the IAMS Low Residue into his chicken and rice and things have been going well. The diarrhea that the meds were causing is gone... he's down to 1 or 2 BM's a day and they're closer to normal than they are to diarrhea. There also doesn't seem to be any signs of an ulcer. There is no digested blood in his stool... so (fingers crossed) it looks like we may be out of the woods here.
Now, we'll stick with the chicken & rice and low-residue food for a good long while and let his tummy get back on track and hopefully his issues will be behind him.
Well, last night he took his last misoprostol and this morning he took his last losec. Over the last couple of days I've been adding small amounts of the IAMS Low Residue into his chicken and rice and things have been going well. The diarrhea that the meds were causing is gone... he's down to 1 or 2 BM's a day and they're closer to normal than they are to diarrhea. There also doesn't seem to be any signs of an ulcer. There is no digested blood in his stool... so (fingers crossed) it looks like we may be out of the woods here.
Now, we'll stick with the chicken & rice and low-residue food for a good long while and let his tummy get back on track and hopefully his issues will be behind him.
OntarioSheltie
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That's great! Keeping my fingers crossed that he keeps showing improvement.
Word to the wise, a 'long while' may be around a year. That's how long it took Sadie to get past her digestive issues.
Word to the wise, a 'long while' may be around a year. That's how long it took Sadie to get past her digestive issues.
Good to know!!! I was thinking more like 3 months.... but I'll prepare myself for longer. Can you please remind me what you did for Sadie's issues? What finally worked for her?
OntarioSheltie
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Can you please remind me what you did for Sadie's issues? What finally worked for her?
Sadie was put on a hypoallergenic vet food. It was the only thing that worked for her.
It took months for her to stop having occasional episodes of severe diarrhea (approx. every 3 weeks), then probably 4-6 months later I tried introducing another high quality food into her diet and she got diarrhea. A couple months after that I tried giving her some oil for her dry skin/coat and that gave her diarrhea. She couldn't have anything but vet food and carrots for at least a year, before things cleared up for good.
take4roll10
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Thats wonderful news! I hope Miko continues to improve.
this is very good news.. may Miko continue to improve.
Mally's Mom
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Yes, this is very good news. Sounds like Miko is on the road to recovery!
Calliesmom
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good to hear that Miko is doing better 
Uuuuh... I may have spoken too soon 
... about an hour after I posted the update, Miko had a BM that was VERY dark... almost black (with a very strange green-ish tinge). I can't really say that it looked like coffee grounds... but the extremely dark colour does concern me. Upper GI bleeding (ie. an ulcer) will cause very dark stools.
It's such a bummer... we're finally seeing solid poops for once in over a month... and now he might have an ulcer. He's only pooping once a day right now (I guess there's not much waste from chicken & rice and low-residue food)... so I'm going to wait to evaluate one more stool and then take him to our regular vet if need be.
I hope not!!!!!
... about an hour after I posted the update, Miko had a BM that was VERY dark... almost black (with a very strange green-ish tinge). I can't really say that it looked like coffee grounds... but the extremely dark colour does concern me. Upper GI bleeding (ie. an ulcer) will cause very dark stools. It's such a bummer... we're finally seeing solid poops for once in over a month... and now he might have an ulcer. He's only pooping once a day right now (I guess there's not much waste from chicken & rice and low-residue food)... so I'm going to wait to evaluate one more stool and then take him to our regular vet if need be.
I hope not!!!!!