Help blood in poo

Fire_Fox

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ClutterNutter_2

When my westie was a puppy she used to poo blood a lot... almost every one was mostly blood. We rang the breeder who told us it was because we were feeding her too much, so stupidly we left it until a week later then when we went to the vet for the checkup we mentioned it and the vet had never heard of them getting it from eating too much? I can't remember what she said the reason for it was though. I think the breeder must have been a bit dodgy because she also told us to feed her chicken with evey meal. I thought a lot of chicken was bad for dogs?

Another time her poo was red and we worried until we realised she'd had one of those chews... know the ones that are different colours? So we don't give her them anymore!

pruney

Hi
I got my puppy Bella last Wednesday and since Saturday, she's had a bit of blood and mucus in her poo every day (but not every poo). Anyway, she's eating, drinking, pooing, weeing and playing fine so I rang the vet on Monday and because it was bright blood, it should clear up in a couple of days but if not, or if it goes to dark blood, bring her in. Anyway, I thought it'd cleared up yesterday as it was all normal but it's back again today so am taking her down later. From reading on the net, I'm expecting it to be either colitis (not sure of spelling) or because she's on dried food and it might be rough on her tummy (that can be a problem so I've read although I didn't have it with my other two who have been on dried food since 8 weeks old and they're now 6!). I'll post back how I get on.

SnowyOwl_2

Fire_Fox wrote: »

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Soooo true: I said to someone on another board that you need to have no shame as a pet owner as conversations about poo become commonplace.

OMG so true! My vet and I have had numerous conversations about poo including length, diamater, texture (one of my cats has an awful constipation problem - now under control with meds I internerd in from USA) and anal spincter tone. Also a conversation about the merits of neutering including mammary cancer avoidance and healthier testicles. Not forgetting the one about my poor old girl's rear end problem and how it wasn't her bum but the other "exit" where the problem was..

I was brought up on a farm and though mastitis was something only dairy cows got until I was about 30 years old....

pruney

Hello
Got back from the vets with my Bella, she has colitis. They gave her an injection in the scruff of her neck (an antibiotic) and one in her leg muscle (can't remember what that was for but the poor lamb cried and bit me trying to get away and then tried to bite the vet - it really hurt her although the vet warned me it would). Because she's still so small (only weighs 2.3kg) she's been put on 2 different syrups for 5 days rather than tablets and I've got to put her on chicken and rice to settle her stomach down. If she isn't better after the 5 days I've got to take her back.

beaujolais-nouveau

pruney wrote: »

Got back from the vets with my Bella, she has colitis.

Some dogs develop gluten intolerance (oats, wheat, corn). It can come on quite quickly. When it happened to my dog, his poos went yellow and mucousy and a few had blood in them. As soon as I stopped mixing porridge oats in his food, his poos went back to normal.

Hope this helps.