(DANE MOMMA, hopefully you see this!)
This is my first real experience with SEVERE mud butt. Everyone here has gotten a loose stool or even diarrhea from something a time or two, but its never been something thats gone on for more than a day and this severe.
Friday night we were loading up our truck for a weekend of dock dogs and these 3 were running around the yard, crazy and excited to go. Remi was his usual self. I took note that him and Nallah pooped before we left. His poop looked fine. We got in the truck and I noticed he was awfully quiet....he's usually up watching out the windows, trying to crawl up front, whiney (he gets excited in the car) and there was none of that. He was curled up in the back seat. I called his name to get up and he was pretty mopey looking and just wanted someone to hold him. Jim had him sit on his lap in the front seat the rest of the way to our friends house and he just slept. I thought maybe he over did it in the sun running around before we left.
We got to our friends and I brought them all down to the edge of the lawn to go potty in the tall grass and he squatted right away with a lot of farting and liquid diarrhea.
It was quite a bit, and it surprised me. He seemed to perk up a bit after that and seemed fine the rest of the night, no accidents and no asking to go out. Again, I attributed it to too much running around in the heat.
Saturday morning I took him out and again, lots of farting and liquid. This went on all day. I had already fed him his breakfast (ground beef & some beef heart) before I had taken him outside so it was too late to fast him. We were at a dock dogs event and you could tell he just wasn't into it. He's normally very excited and amped up. I'd say he probably pooped there about 6 times throughout the day and it was all the same color liquid and very very smelly & gassy.
Last night I was starting to think ok...he's had diarrhea for 24 hours now.....we need to start figuring out what to do here. He drank plenty of water during the day yesterday so that was good. No vomiting. I called our vet for advice, and they suggested a bland diet for 3-4 days of rice & boiled beef or chicken. (Of course...they know he's on raw). And no exercise or being out in the sun, get some rest. If he still had diarrhea by Monday they wanted a sample brought in for testing. She seemed to think stress related colitis or something. Possibly from the heat?
He hasn't eaten anything out of the normal this week or the days leading up to it. He had a turkey neck for dinner Thursday night and beef heart Friday morning. A chicken back friday night before we left home. He's done just fine with all of those things in the past, only thing is he may of gotten a little too much beef heart friday morning with his normal ground beef. ???? Thats a big maybe.
I am a little hesitant to give him a lot of raw for some reason right now, and I kind of want some advice as to what I should do. He ate a chicken drumstick with the skin removed last night just so he had SOMETHING in his belly since he competed all day. I didn't want to fast him last night. This morning he had a few licks of pumpkin and yogurt but wasn't interested in that. I know if I gave him raw he'd eat it no problem.
Should I fast him until tonight and give him bone in chicken???
Anyone got any ideas as to what might be going on??? The heat has never bothered him before, but I do realize that sometimes they can get runny poop from exercising in the heat, its just never lasted this long with the girls before. He seems tired, he's sleeping now next to me. I'm sure this has taken a lot out of him. We were supposed to compete today but obviously I don't want him sitting in the sun and jumping if he's feeling like crap. My poor boy. I hate when they don't feel good, I wish they could tell us whats up.
TIA
This is my first real experience with SEVERE mud butt. Everyone here has gotten a loose stool or even diarrhea from something a time or two, but its never been something thats gone on for more than a day and this severe.
Friday night we were loading up our truck for a weekend of dock dogs and these 3 were running around the yard, crazy and excited to go. Remi was his usual self. I took note that him and Nallah pooped before we left. His poop looked fine. We got in the truck and I noticed he was awfully quiet....he's usually up watching out the windows, trying to crawl up front, whiney (he gets excited in the car) and there was none of that. He was curled up in the back seat. I called his name to get up and he was pretty mopey looking and just wanted someone to hold him. Jim had him sit on his lap in the front seat the rest of the way to our friends house and he just slept. I thought maybe he over did it in the sun running around before we left.
We got to our friends and I brought them all down to the edge of the lawn to go potty in the tall grass and he squatted right away with a lot of farting and liquid diarrhea.
It was quite a bit, and it surprised me. He seemed to perk up a bit after that and seemed fine the rest of the night, no accidents and no asking to go out. Again, I attributed it to too much running around in the heat. Saturday morning I took him out and again, lots of farting and liquid. This went on all day. I had already fed him his breakfast (ground beef & some beef heart) before I had taken him outside so it was too late to fast him. We were at a dock dogs event and you could tell he just wasn't into it. He's normally very excited and amped up. I'd say he probably pooped there about 6 times throughout the day and it was all the same color liquid and very very smelly & gassy.
Last night I was starting to think ok...he's had diarrhea for 24 hours now.....we need to start figuring out what to do here. He drank plenty of water during the day yesterday so that was good. No vomiting. I called our vet for advice, and they suggested a bland diet for 3-4 days of rice & boiled beef or chicken. (Of course...they know he's on raw). And no exercise or being out in the sun, get some rest. If he still had diarrhea by Monday they wanted a sample brought in for testing. She seemed to think stress related colitis or something. Possibly from the heat?
He hasn't eaten anything out of the normal this week or the days leading up to it. He had a turkey neck for dinner Thursday night and beef heart Friday morning. A chicken back friday night before we left home. He's done just fine with all of those things in the past, only thing is he may of gotten a little too much beef heart friday morning with his normal ground beef. ???? Thats a big maybe.
I am a little hesitant to give him a lot of raw for some reason right now, and I kind of want some advice as to what I should do. He ate a chicken drumstick with the skin removed last night just so he had SOMETHING in his belly since he competed all day. I didn't want to fast him last night. This morning he had a few licks of pumpkin and yogurt but wasn't interested in that. I know if I gave him raw he'd eat it no problem.
Should I fast him until tonight and give him bone in chicken???
Anyone got any ideas as to what might be going on??? The heat has never bothered him before, but I do realize that sometimes they can get runny poop from exercising in the heat, its just never lasted this long with the girls before. He seems tired, he's sleeping now next to me. I'm sure this has taken a lot out of him. We were supposed to compete today but obviously I don't want him sitting in the sun and jumping if he's feeling like crap.
My poor boy. I hate when they don't feel good, I wish they could tell us whats up. TIA
