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moolinia

At a lost with my puppy's 1.5 week straight diarrhea...

Health

Anybody have any clue what might be the problem? My 7 month old Samoyed puppy started getting diarrhea last Monday December 13th and was put on a Hills Prescription bland diet for three days and metronidazole. Fecal was negative and we assumed it was just a stomach flu ... It worked for a bit and after she was done with both the food and meds, her poop came back massively runny. December 21st she was put back on metronidazole for five days and a trial period for her diet and is now taking Hills Prescription for a couple weeks and see if it's a dietary problem. It's been 24 hours and metronidazole is not working AT ALL and she's still having diarrhea. I would think it would work immediately since it did last time but she's still having the runs. She's eating her new food too. I'm really not sure what to do honestly and if I should just wait it out more. It's the holiday season and my vet will be closed. My boyfriend will be taking care of her for three days while I am at my parents and honestly, I feel like I need to change my plans and stay with her to monitor her.

She's acting completely normal, super excited, hyper, playful, HUGE appetite, drinks water normally. She's literally a normal dog with massive watery explosive poops.

Prescription food is dry chicken kibble and wet turkey.

Her normal kibble she use to eat was Purina pro puppy plan chicken and rice. Idk if it just comes down to being allergic to something...

Update December 23: her poop is runny with a mixture of VERY slightly firm stools... It's like melted ice cream but some are still on the frozen side... Lol sorry that's the best way I can explain it.

Posted Dec 23, 2021, 4:40 AM UTC · edited · locked

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Cyrpent2024•

If the meds don’t work, talk to your vet about moving away from chicken. It’s the most common allergen and most prescription foods will have a different flavor. My dog just had gastrointestinal symptoms for his allergy and removing chicken fixed everything within a few days.

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mooliniaOPNew Owner :NewOwner: 6 month Samoyed •

I might do this, thank you!

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chernaboggles•

If you're in the USA, there's a good chance your vet is open tomorrow, so definitely worth a call. If your vet is closed, they probably have an emergency number on their out of office message or website. You might also be able to use a telemedicine option, some vet offices are networked up with veterinary telemed services now.

Since your dog has an ongoing case and isn't in critical condition, they may not need to physically see her in the office to help you out, just adding or changing the medicine could at least help control the symptoms through the weekend and make things easier on your boyfriend. A lot of meds for dogs can be picked up at human pharmacies like CVS.

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mooliniaOPNew Owner :NewOwner: 6 month Samoyed •

Thank you I'm going to consider your advice and call them today!

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VassagoX•

I fell this because I went through the same thing with my pup at about the same age. Everything negative. Liquid diarrhea that the meds and bland diet didn't fix. It turned out to be E-Coli my pup most likely picked up at the dog park. My vet located it under a microscope. E-Coli resists metronidazole, which is why it didn't work. A change in antibiotic and he was solid again with 24 hours after the first dose.

I hope you find the solution. It's so stressful.

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mooliniaOPNew Owner :NewOwner: 6 month Samoyed •

Oh shoot, that's something I'm going to look at if she does not get better. Thanks so much for sharing this! I hope she didn't catch anything... Ugh!

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mooliniaOPNew Owner :NewOwner: 6 month Samoyed •

This was very good for you to share, I'm definitely going to give it a couple days or just after Christmas and see how she looks. I hope it's nothing bad but just a dietary thing.

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CursethewindMOD:ModPaw: Mika NTD (Shiba Inu) Sebastian NTD (Dobie•

Definitely contact the vet. Do not focus on Reddit advice and go to the vet.

I'm locking this per rule 6.

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