Catching a cold, gastrointestinal discomfort, or eating bad food can all cause diarrhea in dogs, and these are relatively common. But if your dog has blood in the stool, what are the causes of blood in dog stool? What should be taken in response? Here we will talk about several common causes and countermeasures for blood in dog stools. Cause analysis 1. indigestion Common in puppies (less than three months), the gut is still relatively fragile, due to feeding dry hard dog food or chicken bones lead to indigestion and scratch the intestines, thus appearing blood in the stool. Response: Fasting for 1-2 days to observe, add probiotics in the water to promote digestion, generally can be self-healing. However, if it does not improve for many days, it is recommended to send to the hospital for medical attention. In addition, it is not recommended to feed your dog chicken and duck bones, these bones are broken bones, very easy to scratch the intestines. 2. food poisoning When the dog ate toxic food, there will be blood in the stool, accompanied by vomiting froth. Response: promptly sent to the hospital for medical attention. 3. Swallowed foreign objects Dogs naturally like to sniff around and lick, sometimes swallow some sharp hard objects, such hard objects can not be digested, and may cut the stomach and intestines, resulting in blood in the stool. Response: fasting for 1-2 days to observe and feed probiotics, if not discharged from the body, it is recommended to seek medical attention in a timely manner, generally to take measures to stop bleeding, and need to take X-rays to determine the size and location of foreign bodies, gastrointestinal damage, some larger foreign bodies may also need to be removed through surgery. 4. Acute enteritis As with people, gastrointestinal fire, overeating can lead to acute enteritis in dogs, which is also one of the causes of blood in the dog’s stool, and may generally be accompanied by fever, depression. The response: fasting, taking gentamicin, probiotics to regulate the gastrointestinal can be restored, but if the situation does not improve, there is a fever and bad spirit, it is recommended to send to the hospital for medical attention, generally will take measures to stop bleeding, anti-inflammatory, in addition, the symptoms of acute enteritis and small, pancreatitis and other similar, and therefore also need to confirm the diagnosis through testing, so as not to cause misdiagnosis and delay treatment. 5. fine, coronary, pancreatitis, distemper This type of disease with a high fatal rate, the early stage will cause the dog violent vomiting, diarrhea, followed by blood, and accompanied by fever, depression symptoms. Response: This type of disease can seriously lead to the death of the dog, so be sure to send to the hospital for medical attention, by the doctor professional diagnosis and treatment, the right medicine. 6. parasites Dogs regularly or uninterruptedly appear blood in the stool or feces with blood, it may be a parasite problem. The general symptoms are jelly-like blood in the stool, or white worms in the stool, and the dog is losing weight. Common parasites that cause blood in the stool include roundworms, hookworms, trichuris, whipworms, etc. Response: Take internal deworming medication, such as Bayer Big Love, in addition to regular doses to play a preventive role. 7. Pseudo-blood in stool When the dog’s stool is blood red, it is not necessarily blood in the stool, it may be the recent consumption of tomatoes or watermelon and other food, which leads to similar blood in the stool or blood in the stool. The reason for this is that the dog is not a good candidate for the job. Dogs do not have blood in their stools for no reason, there must be a reason for it. When your dog has blood in the stool, you should take appropriate measures to deal with it in a timely manner. In daily life to take good care of the dog to prevent the blood in the stool. Note 1. regularly help dogs deworming, puppies should be examined once a month, adult dogs every three months deworming. 2. usually strengthen the dog’s nutrition, enhance its resistance, do not let the dog catch a cold. 3. Usually should pay more attention to the dog’s hygiene, and living environment, dog care can not be less. 4. Reduce the exposure of dogs to fine bacteria environment, timely vaccination of dogs. 5. Puppies do not contact too many dogs, do not touch other animals’ feces, do a good job of disinfection.
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