Many friends who have dogs may often encounter dog diarrhea diarrhea, dog diarrhea is a common disease, resulting in diarrhea for a number of reasons, such as germs caused by a cold stomach, eat spoiled food caused by poisoning, eat too much, etc., may cause diarrhea. Therefore, before finding the cause of the disease, do not just feed your dog medication to avoid more serious consequences. Here are a few common situations that cause diarrhea in dogs. Dog diarrhea because of indigestion this is the most common cause of diarrhea, because the dog is a hunger intolerant animals, eat too much will cause gastrointestinal dysfunction, causing indigestion, mostly seen in puppies under half a year old, mainly due to the owner of unscientific feeding caused by feeding too much at once, resulting in increased gastrointestinal burden, resulting in indigestion caused by diarrhea or soft stool. Dog diarrhea because of cold due to sudden changes in the weather, the temperature difference between day and night, may also lead to dog diarrhea. Dogs catch cold and people, it will cause diarrhea, to this, to the dog’s den proper warmth, keep dry. In addition, the dog ate cold food, resulting in the gastrointestinal tract peristaltic disorders occurring diarrhea. Dogs diarrhea because of food poisoning When dogs eat potato sprouts, poisonous mushrooms, round onions, chocolate, grapes and other foods, easily caused by food poisoning. The symptoms of poisoning vary from food to food. For example, consumption of round onion poisoning can lead to symptoms such as red urine, diarrhea, vomiting and enlarged spleen in dogs. Symptoms of chocolate consumption poisoning include diarrhea, vomiting, drooling, frequent urination, excessive hyperactivity, convulsions, and coma, which can be fatal to dogs. Dogs diarrhea because of drug poisoning dogs can cause diarrhea if they absorb choline drugs, digitalis drugs, antibiotics, etc. So not all the drugs that humans eat can be given to the dog, to the dog medication to be combined with the actual situation of the dog consult your vet, reasonable medication. Dogs diarrhea because of viral enteritis common viral enteritis are canine distemper, canine microvirus, coronavirus, small deoxyribonucleic acid virus. Canine distemper: symptoms initially have fever, loss of appetite, depression, etc., vomiting and diarrhea will occur after the digestive organs are attacked, and sneezing and runny nose will occur after the respiratory organs are attacked. Dogs diarrhea because of the virus canine micro-virus is divided into enteritis type and myocarditis type, common in just weaned to 90 days old puppies onset more. Enteritis type disease early dog performance for fever, body temperature can even reach 40 degrees or more, there are frequent vomiting, violent diarrhea, acute after heavy, discharge fishy smell dark red blood stool. The myocarditis type is mostly seen in puppies of 40 days of age, usually manifesting as respiratory distress, heart failure, and in some cases, mild diarrhea, which can lead to the death of the puppy within a short period of time. Dog diarrhea because of coronavirus symptoms include depression, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. Diarrhea symptoms often progress from loose stools to watery stools and even blood in the stool. Small deoxyribonucleic acid virus: This virus causes severe enteritis when parasitized in the intestine and is common in puppies 10-12 weeks old. Symptoms include violent vomiting, diarrhea, and in severe cases, blood in the stool with a foul odor, causing dehydration and shock in dogs. The treatment of dog diarrhea dog diarrhea is a common disease, although you can not completely avoid the occurrence of diarrhea, but can reduce the dog diarrhea through the dog’s scientific diet and vaccination. For dogs that already have diarrhea, observe the dog more often and seek medical attention as soon as possible if the diarrhea is severe. Self-healing method – 24-hour fasting method In the 24 hours of the dog diarrhea symptoms, take the fasting method, but need to supplement a certain amount of water to prevent the dog dehydration; 24 hours later, you can feed some light food (such as easily digestible rice soup-type liquid food). After 24 hours of fasting a small amount of food, slowly and gradually return to normal consumption can be. Drug treatment – to investigate the cause, the symptomatic use of drugs minor vomiting or diarrhea, you can add probiotics in the dog food together with feeding, gastrointestinal flora, generally can be quickly cured; moderate vomiting or diarrhea, you can eat probiotic conditioning plus enteritis, or abdominal can be a small amount of feeding. If there is blood in the stool, it may be gastroenteritis, intestinal scratch or coccidia, first eat probiotics to observe and regulate, it is better to go to the hospital first for coccidia test, if it is caused by coccidia blood in the stool, you should immediately eat coccidia special deworming medicine, such as happy brown sugar, D800, etc. Parasites in the intestinal tract can also cause vomiting and even diarrhea in dogs. Uncle Cat suggests that all pooper scoopers should regularly deworm their dogs, generally once a month for puppies and once every two to three months for adult dogs. Seek immediate medical attention and do germ testing The above treatment plan is only for dogs with indigestion or diarrhea that is not serious. For dogs with prolonged, viral, or severe diarrhea, such as watery stools or blood in the stool, immediate medical attention should be sought. If you find that your dog has diarrhea with depression, loss of appetite, violent vomiting, and elevated or lowered body temperature, consider parasites or viruses, etc., you should also seek prompt medical attention to avoid delay. A sample of your dog’s feces can be taken and brought to the vet for laboratory tests to prescribe the right medicine. If your dog has not been previously vaccinated against viruses, you should also pay attention to your dog’s diarrhea.
