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I have been having a lot of issues with my sweet boy Harvey....ever since I got him he has had terrible problems with his stool. We took him to the vet when we first got him and she said that he had Giardia. So we got him so antibiotics for that he sorta got better. When took him back for a check up and she wanted to do one more round of anti biotics. He was doing alright but still had blood in his stool and it was runny. We took him back a third time and she wanted to do a stronger antibiotic for a third time so we did and nothing progressed until after he finished the anti biotic. So after the anti biotic he started to have more solid stool but there still was blood. When we took him back again his stool sample showed no sign of Giardia or any other type of parasite. So she suggested changing the food he was on so we did. Not much improvement. He since started growing older with him getting better for a few months and then it fairing up again.
I have made sure that he hasn't eaten anything that would make this happen. At one point he with through a really bad stage were his poop was just water brown. He lost a lot of fluid and he lost some weight. He then got better and started having solid stool again BUT THE he started to cry when he used the bathroom and whine like it hurt. I have cried and cried because I don't want him in pain like that! Besides when he goes to the bathroom he is very happy and likes to play and has A LOT of energy and a great personality.....
I took him back to the vet (a different one this time). Still nothing in the stool sample. The vet was puzzled as to what was even going on with him. She didn't really have an answer except for another anti biotic which made him worse everytime I ever used a anti biotic but I spent $60 and got it anyways. I also started home cooking for him. Just ground turkey and smashed yams. Something bland to try and help him. The anti biotic made the pain go down but runny stool even WORSE. I backed it up with giving him some yogurt to give him some good bacteria in his system. That helped a little but still there is blood in his stool!
Once he got off the anti biotic and was just on the cooked ground turkey and yam diet he was doing much better. I got him a digestive enzyme and a probiotic to add which helped a lot! But still blood in his stool. Just last week it flared up yet again and he is whining and now he can't even make it to the bell to tell me he had to go outside.
I don't know what to do for him anymore! Someone suggested maybe opening him up and looking at what's going on inside?! Please please please can anyone help me?
Sincerely,
A very concerned parent...
I have been having a lot of issues with my sweet boy Harvey....ever since I got him he has had terrible problems with his stool. We took him to the vet when we first got him and she said that he had Giardia. So we got him so antibiotics for that he sorta got better. When took him back for a check up and she wanted to do one more round of anti biotics. He was doing alright but still had blood in his stool and it was runny. We took him back a third time and she wanted to do a stronger antibiotic for a third time so we did and nothing progressed until after he finished the anti biotic. So after the anti biotic he started to have more solid stool but there still was blood. When we took him back again his stool sample showed no sign of Giardia or any other type of parasite. So she suggested changing the food he was on so we did. Not much improvement. He since started growing older with him getting better for a few months and then it fairing up again.
I have made sure that he hasn't eaten anything that would make this happen. At one point he with through a really bad stage were his poop was just water brown. He lost a lot of fluid and he lost some weight. He then got better and started having solid stool again BUT THE he started to cry when he used the bathroom and whine like it hurt. I have cried and cried because I don't want him in pain like that! Besides when he goes to the bathroom he is very happy and likes to play and has A LOT of energy and a great personality.....
I took him back to the vet (a different one this time). Still nothing in the stool sample. The vet was puzzled as to what was even going on with him. She didn't really have an answer except for another anti biotic which made him worse everytime I ever used a anti biotic but I spent $60 and got it anyways. I also started home cooking for him. Just ground turkey and smashed yams. Something bland to try and help him. The anti biotic made the pain go down but runny stool even WORSE. I backed it up with giving him some yogurt to give him some good bacteria in his system. That helped a little but still there is blood in his stool!
Once he got off the anti biotic and was just on the cooked ground turkey and yam diet he was doing much better. I got him a digestive enzyme and a probiotic to add which helped a lot! But still blood in his stool. Just last week it flared up yet again and he is whining and now he can't even make it to the bell to tell me he had to go outside.
I don't know what to do for him anymore! Someone suggested maybe opening him up and looking at what's going on inside?! Please please please can anyone help me?
Sincerely,
A very concerned parent...
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