Quick question..... Dex has been really windy over the last week and really loose stools started last night.....this morning was okish but Chris has just walked him now and said he's really loose and it's yellowish.......oh no,nothing else please. my question is shall I starve him tonight and see how he is in the morning.....I know I should but it's going to kill me as much as him...... He's pacing the floor now looking for his dinner,do I just suck it up and starve him?sorry to just dive in but it's time critical as it's dinner time !!!! X
Re: Upset tum...... Hi Angela , poor you and Dexter , if it were me , I would try a small meal of boiled cooled rice and a little chicken or even scrambles eggs with a bit of rice , both these are easily digestable and just see how he does with it ? Fingers crossed for you xxx
Re: Upset tum...... I agree with Kate Angela and you know how much experience I've had with dodgy bowels! : I think I've mentioned it before but the method of treating diarrhea in dogs differs depending on the vet. Old school vets would say starve to let the gut rest but the new theory is to feed to help get rid of whatever is causing the problem and to help restore the gut. So I do a bit of both. First day I would give about a third of his normal ration. The next day if he doesn't go or has improved two thirds, third day normal. Hope Dex is feeling better Jen
Re: Upset tum...... Look at him!..... http://www.flickr.com/photos/97066992@N03/11151790014/ He truly tortures me.... Just made him a scrambled egg and rice but I only have brown rice hope that's not too grainy on his tum... Oh Jen,I've not had the extremes you've had but I've had a bad time getting him right before...I really hope we aren't going down your path......thanks for dropping me a line x I've just had a smashing week with him,he's been brilliant,feel a bit low now
Re: Upset tum...... His face was hilairious when he saw what was in his bowl......he ate it a bit slower than his kibble though! Fingers crossed...I'm so silly,I know there's others on here with much more serious ailments to worry about ,good health to everybody and your lovely pooches x
Re: Upset tum...... Can't blame you for being worried - you've had enough to cope with lately. Hope the scrambled eggs settle his tum. Poor Dex.
Re: Upset tum...... Thanks Julie xsorry Kate my reply didn't post back to you ,thanks for replying to me xxxx
Re: Upset tum...... Hope he's better soon, Angela! Those pathetic eyes are hard to resist, I know....
Re: Upset tum...... Poor thing Lilly's poop varies depending on how much she has been given in household "scraps", how much grass she eats, how much she scavenges on walks, so its sometimes difficult to know what is normal. Has he had access to anything different? I do hope he is more himself very soon.
Re: Upset tum...... Jacqui the only thing he has apart from his kibble and steamed chicken is...roast chicken( but I've stopped that since the wind ???) dates that he picks up sometimes in the park ( he'll walk past 5 date palms and their windfall but then dive on the windfall of the 6 th) but we've been really careful this last week,I can't say he hasn't had a couple though....and disgusting as this sounds he's always rooting round where the cats go in the park....he will NOT recall from a spot where they've gone ....i have to march up to him and get him on the lead AND even more disgusting he brought a dead,rotting mouse,compete with worms to me on Friday morning......the loose bowels has started since then but the wind was there previously.....I have to say he's been a lot less offensive smelling this eve since the rice and egg......I'll see how he is tomorrow x
Re: Upset tum...... Poor Dexter, I really hope his tum settles soon. He has been through so much recently as have you Angela. Harley sends Dexter a sloppy lick
Re: Upset tum...... Mrs Pops sends condolences to Mr Pops, and wants him to know that she has an upset tummy too...
Re: Upset tum...... Ah Poppy,hope you are a bit better today...Dexter is back to normal in the number 2 department....I've kept him on the chicken and rice though for his meal this morning as we truly noticed an improvement in his windy problem last night....hope it's just a blip and I don't have to change his food....
Re: Upset tum...... [quote author=drjs@5 link=topic=3504.msg38747#msg38747 date=1385934098] Oh dear, poor Poppy too? xx [/quote] Yes, she's had 'the runs' for a couple of days. On rice and chicken now. We've just been for a trip down the garden - that's why I'm up and on the forum at such an ungodly hour!
Re: Upset tum...... I was just coming back on to ask you what you were feeding her to settle her down Karen and I did think you were up early does she seem any better? X
