i have previously posted issues with diahorrea for our Labrador puppy Chester, he is now nine months old and has had diahorrea on and off since we got him. Changed his food to grain free and this seemed to help short term then its started again been vets a few times and he was given nutrabio paste, pancur for worms and again seemed to work but then few days after meds are finished loose again. Finally had a fecal sample done at an animal laboratory and he has come back positive for campylobacter took the report to the vets and they have given him nutrabio paste again but have said they needed to double check on giving him the antibiotics as he is so young antibiotics so young can cause cartilage problems, the antibiotics the laboratory suggested were enrofloxacin, ciprofloxacin or erythromycin. My vet is saying she feels erythromycin may be ok but they will call me in a few days! Meanwhile I’m still having bouts of diahorrea, does anyone have any suggestions for any remedies to help with bacteria infections.
I would check with the vet about rebuilding the good gut bacteria. Having a few bouts with antibiotics might have decreased the guts good bacteria which I understand leaves the body less likely to fight off smaller infect ions. We gave Zeke yogurt with live cultures to get stool back to normal. There are pro biotics just for dogs that you can sprinkle on their food. And we added a few spoons of canned pumpkin a couple times a day to help firm up stool. Zeke ended up sensitive to fish. Found out at 2. No other history of fish allergy in the line. Always wondered if there was a connection to his antibiotics when he was under a year old. Struggled with yeast and soft stools for over a year. Good luck.
Oh right I’ve been advised canned pumpkin but I’m sure powder would be the same. Where do you buy the pumpkin powder?
That’s the link from where I get it from. https://www.rawpawspetfood.com/search_results_a/252.html?Search=Organic+pumpkin+powder&Submit=Submit Amazon has it as well.
My pup had erythromycin for campylobactor at 9 weeks old. She is now as happy, healthy 11 month old. My vet was reluctant to give it, but my breeders vet treated her and she recovered in a week. I have found though that she can not process kibble very well, a few bits for training is ok, but a full meal and she has loose stools. Raw food has been the answer for us.
@Karen Luxon , up to 49% of healthy dogs carry campylobacter in their faeces: https://www.petmd.com/dog/conditions/digestive/c_multi_campylobacteriosis So just because this has been found on a faecal doesn't mean it is the cause of the problems... A dog with a healthy immune system will not be affected by it, so it's about 1) figuring out if it is in fact caused by something else (food intolerance) and 2) building up his gut immunity so he can be one of the 49% of dogs that carry it and are not affected by it.... I would suggest a good dog probiotic - Dr Mercola makes one for dogs that was formulated by Dr Becker and I'd suggest that (search on US Amazon if you're in the US https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mercola-He...pons&keywords=dr+mercola+dog+probiotics&psc=1 Pumpkin is good because, besides being a source of fibre and bulking out stool, it's also a prebiotic. Slippery Elm is also excellent as a prebiotic and it coats the lining of the intestine to help with irritation - search on Amazon for slippery elm powder for dogs. And then, raw food - as Debs suggests - this contains a lot of GOOD bacteria, which will help greatly - research shows that dogs fed a raw food diet have a more diverse microbiome than dogs fed kibble: https://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12917-017-0981-z And dogs fed kibble have an elevated amount of metabolic stress and systemic inflammation: https://healthypets.mercola.com/sit.../kibble-fed-dogs-metabolic-stress-levels.aspx Green tripe, if you can get it, is excellent - high in good bacteria as it's a naturally fermented food from the gut of an animal. (If you live in the UK, Nutriment make a product called Just Tripe - which is what it sounds like!)
