What should I do if my dog has diarrhea again? Diarrhea, or diarrhea, is a common symptom that refers to a dog’s bowel movements that are significantly more frequent than the usual normal frequency, with thin, watery feces or containing undigested food, pus and blood, mucus, etc.
It can also be interpreted as the rapid passage of digestive material through the intestines, resulting in one or more of the following conditions; increased frequency of intestinal peristalsis, thin feces or increased fecal volume.
Cause Analysis
There are many causes of diarrhea in dogs and finding the right cause and countermeasure is the only way to be a calm owner. The usual causes of diarrhea include.
1. Inappropriate diet, causing diarrhea
This is the most common cause of diarrhea, especially for puppies within half a year of age.
1. Suddenly changing the dog’s food
The change of food usually takes 7-10 days, and the new food needs to gradually replace the old one. (Dog food bags will have the corresponding tips on how to change the food, to browse carefully, yo)
2. let the dog eat too much at once
Refer to the dog food bag tips feeding amount. Do not give as much as your dog wants, especially for puppies, you feel they are not full at all.
3. eat too much cold food or indigestible food
Especially to the delicate intestines of baby dogs fed: milk and meat (this is a big no-no! Very easy diarrhea)
Countermeasures.
Home environment and food can ensure the premise of hygiene, puppies have also been immunized, for dietary problems, we should.
1. stop the indigestible food
And reduce the amount of diet, and switch to a natural dog food to protect the stomach. 2.
2. fast for a day if the diarrhea is severe
Remember to provide your dog with enough clean drinking water. 3.
3. Proper diarrhea control and care
You can give your dog some physical antidiarrheal medicine (montelukast), and probiotics to promote digestion (lactase raw, fructooligosaccharides and other prebiotics).
2. The change of season did not keep warm, resulting in diarrhea
The change of seasons, dogs are prone to diarrhea because of the cold.
Response method.
First confirm that the dog has been immunized, and the spirit and appetite are normal: 1.
1. thicken the kennel windproof treatment, reduce the cold when outside. 2;
2. put a hot water bag for the dog to warm his little tummy. 3;
3. take some anti-diarrhea medicine and pay attention to rest.
3. Infectious disease, resulting in diarrhea
If your dog has severe diarrhea and is depressed and has an elevated body temperature! The dog’s symptoms in this case are very similar to infectious enteritis (distemper), which is the worst case and must be taken seriously.
Response.
Don’t hesitate to stop medicating yourself and get your dog to the hospital! Because, virulent infectious diseases can worsen within a day or two, do not miss the best opportunity to treat.
4. Deworming is not timely, resulting in diarrhea
Dogs pulling out black thin stool is upper gastrointestinal bleeding; dogs pulling out red thin stool is lower gastrointestinal bleeding; dogs pulling out thin stool with small particles and threads. All of these indicate that the dog is infected with parasites.
Response.
Take a stool sample and go to the vet for laboratory tests, then determine what kind of worming medication to give your dog, and never take medication indiscriminately.
Prevention
How to prevent dog diarrhea? Methods are as follows.
1. Regular daily rationing, adult dogs eat 2 meals, so that dogs develop regular eating habits.
2. Choose mild, hypoallergenic, easy-to-digest dog food products.
3. Keep your dog’s living environment clean, and clean it when you return from an outing, and disinfect it regularly.
4. When it’s cold, give your dog a thick kennel, and pay attention to keeping your dog warm when it’s cold.
5. Every 3 months, carry out internal worming.
6. Be sure to do the standard immunization for the dog! This is very, very important.
Note
1. dog vomiting period, maintain a light diet for two to three days. Do not resume normal diet until vomiting does not occur again.
2. Puppies do not eat too much at each meal, do not let it eat the stomach up and hard, so it is easy to diarrhea.
3. Do not give the dog to eat rotten feed and food to prevent infection of bacillary dysentery toxic enteritis.
4. When walking the dog, prohibit the dog from picking up food.
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