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Desiree | 1 month ago
By Dog Has Bloody Diarrhea. He Was Bit By A Tick A Little Over A Week …

By dog has bloody diarrhea. He was bit by a tick a little over a week ago and I’m concerned. He also will not eat or drink anything.

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  1. Laura

    Hi Desiree – this is now emergent. Not eating or drinking means something is very wrong. Please get him to the vet TODAY.

  2. Krista Magnifico

    Hello,

    I think that you should seek help from a veterinarian to help understand what’s going on with your pup.

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Jana | 8 years ago
Curious If It Is Known What Amount (percentage) Of Digested Blood Needed For Stool To…

Curious if it is known what amount (percentage) of digested blood needed for stool to clearly look black and tarry.

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  1. Krista Magnifico

    Hello,
    An internal medicine specialist might be able to provide a more specific answer, but, I would presume this is dependent on multiple factors like: age, species, overall health, inciting cause to the problem causing the clinical sign, temperature of the individual, gi transit time, diet, etc. etc. There are too many things that cause and influence this clinical sign. Also, dark tarry stools can occur without blood being present or the cause. I have seen it occur with toxin ingestion, drinking really nasty pond water, etc.

  2. Jana Post author

    From what I gather, unfortunately it takes quite a lot of blood to make stool black and tarry; way more than for fresh blood to be apparent. It’s not always an emergency but I’d consider it one.

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Pawbly | 9 years ago
Hi, My Kitten Is Roughly 7 Months Old And I Am Training Her To Use The…

Hi,
My kitten is roughly 7 months old and I am training her to use the toilet – When cleaning out the litter, I noticed blood in her stool. She is an indoor kitten and from the rescue home. Can you please give me any advice?
Thanks Z

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  1. Zena Eastburn

    Thank you for getting back to me. I have only had her around a month and she came from the RSPCA – she has been spayed and wormed and is up to date with all health needs / injections. I haven’t noticed any other issues in her litter tray. I did take her on an outing to my parents house and let her wander (I want to get her used to moving around in case I go away and need others to look after her) She does drink alot of water and urinates a lot – but this hasn’t changed since I got her. a bowlful every two days, she eats well – mainly dry food with a treat of wet food maybe once a week.

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Pawbly | 9 years ago
My 7 Pound Dog Injested A Heaping Tablespoon Of Cold Pressed Coconut Oil Over A…

My 7 pound dog injested a heaping tablespoon of cold pressed coconut oil over a month ago and still has loose stools with some watery blood drops. Help

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  1. Dawn Ferara, DVM

    You need to take him to a vet your dog may have pancreatitis or an inflamed gastrointestinal tract which needs to be treated.

  2. La'Dawn Helton

    There may be another underlying condition that really needs to be treated. When was the last time your dog was wormed? It may have absolutely nothing to do with the coconut oil…. or it may. Has she continued to stay on the same diet or have any changes been made? 

  3. Melinda Wiley

    You should see a vet, he may be dehydrated as more than a few days of diarreah can cause dehydration and there may be an underlying health issue and not the coconut oil.

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Pawbly | 9 years ago
My 9 Month Old Puppy Has Been Given Pyrantel Liquid Wormer Multiple Times, But The…

My 9 month old puppy has been given pyrantel liquid wormer multiple times, but the worms are still there. I made the mistake of letting her pick up a dead squirrel, so I think that’s where she got the worms. I used this wormer. https://www.southernstates.com/catalog/p-1443-happy-jack-liqui-vict-2x-wormer-2oz.aspx
I first noticed the worms because I saw dried yellow rice shaped things under her tail, and she had soft runny bloody stool with golden worms. After I gave the medicine, those worms went away and her poop is hard again, but the worms are now small and white. What kind of worms are small and white, and are not affected by pyrantel? Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous

    sounds like you’re treating the wrong kinds of worms.  have you taken your puppy to the vet to get the correct wormer?

  2. Annie Yang-Shaffer

    Yeah, I figure as much. 🙁 It’s been very frustrating. And no, I haven’t.

  3. Anonymous

    that should be your next stop. that should be your first stop, really – can’t treat correctly without knowing which worms you’re treating, and whether there are others you don’t know about, you know?

  4. PK Dennis

    AND never buy over-the-counter wormers at a grocery store! Many of the ones for sale are not effective, and some can kill your pup! Always go to a vet to be sure you get your pup the help it needs while keeping it safe.

  5. debra yuhasz

    You seem to be describing tapeworm. This comes from your pup ingesting a flea. The best place to get meds for tapeworm at the proper dosage for your dog is to get it from the vet. Pyrantel works well for everything EXCEPT, you guessed it, tapeworm. She will have to be wormed twice a week to 10 days apart to ensure the worms are gone. Also, your puppy can re-infect as long as he has fleas to accidently swallow.

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Pawbly | 9 years ago
My Small Dog Just Had A Small Drop Of Brownish Red Blood Come Out Of…

My small dog just had a small drop of brownish red blood come out of her rectum, and so I took her out to potty and she had a softer stool than usual, but still solidly formed. My boyfriend gave her a small piece of pizza this morning, and after she had a gooey stool but, obviously things were more firm this evening. I’m taking her to the vet tomorrow to get one of her shots updated, but do I need to find an emergency vet now, even if she’s acting completely normal?

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Pawbly | 9 years ago

Update: My Cat Was Drooling Clear Liquid Then It Turned To Brown And Then Bleeding…

Update: My cat was drooling clear liquid then it turned to brown and then bleeding in approximately a week. Then she was rescued and taken to the Vet. She got treatment and was better with no vomiting, bleeding etc. but she was not eating. For day she passed loose stools. She was cured but then she ran away for a day. She was again rescued and fed milk and glucose water. her ears were warm at this time. She had three seizures followed by this.

She was taken tothe hospital and given an injection (Lori umm am not sure) after which she slept for like a day and then she was a little relaxed…she again had a seizure which was less severe after 27 hours…then treated… no injection for seizure this time no fever……… she became restless and wanted to be out of the basket…we released her…she started biting…had more seizures in the next 12 hours…at this point she wanted to eat and ate a little bit idk because of anger or hunger

we calmed her down and sent her to the hospital. all this happened over a period of 13 14 days…please tell me what this was…doctor tried to draw blood but it would not come out…no test could be done…is it RABIES?

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Pawbly | 9 years ago
My Male Dog Penetrated My Other Male Dog. They Were Tied For About 15 Minutes…

My male dog penetrated my other male dog. They were tied for about 15 minutes. This was yesterday. Now my Yorkie Poodle is moving around very slowly, has diarreah and wont eat. I chekced his stool and NO blood.

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Jana | 11 years ago
Question For Dr. Krista; Sorry, Complicated Question(?)

First, To Review For Benefit Of Others Reading This…

Question for Dr. Krista; sorry, complicated question(?)

First, to review for benefit of others reading this question:

Patient: Cookie
Rottweiler, spayed female, 2 years old

Presented with lethargy, anorexia, vomiting and diarrhea (threw up only twice and one time diarrhea, then taken to vet, given antiemetics and antibiotics; diagnosed with pancreatitis; getting better since – this was Monday)

During exam foreign material found in stool (grain and corn; we think she got into the horse feed) painful cranial abdomen, low and large bowel diarrhea, enlarged submandibular nodes – this part worries me because these were temporarily enlarged not long ago; resolved quickly, though)

As I’m reviewing the blood results, there are things I could understand as being consistent with digestive distress/pancreatitis but some which are concerning me, namely the globulin and lymphocyte levels, even though they are not extremely low but low nonetheless.

Beside the cPL which is clear in its meaning, the free T4 is low – I assume this is what is meant by not testing for hypothyroidism in ill animals, because the thyroid hormones would be low with any disease process? Is that correct?

I would figure that the ALT/unhappy liver enzymes would also be consistent with such insult to the body, is that correct? And I imagine same would apply to bilirubin in a situation of digestive upset?

The values that concern me are the globulin and the lymphocytes, particularly together with the "easily aggravated" sub mandibular lymph nodes in the mix, particularly as it seems that lymphopenia would be present with both CPV and lymphoma … ? I’d assume that a) Cookie was recently vaccinated for CPV and is improving too rapidly to think CPV? Lymphoma has been on my afraid mind since the first time they were found enlarged.

It also says, though, that lymphopenia could be a result of underactive glands (the source doesn’t say which ones) so would that perhaps have to do with the lowered thyroid function during the digestive distress?

Didn’t find much on low globulins, other than immunodeficiency types of situations, which doesn’t seem to apply. What is the "life-span" of a globulin, and if short, would the low globulins have to do with the unhappy liver?

Can you, please confirm about the free T4 and talk to me about the globulin and more importantly the lymphocytes?

Blood results attached.

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  1. Christina Chambreau

    I will let Dr. Krista address your specific blood questions. Were you interested in the holistic approaches to evaluating blood work?  Also, not being able to tolerate an occasional eating splurge is considered an early warning sign that a dog is not completely healthy, so there would be many things to do at this point. 

    I wonder if Cookie has had prior digestive issues?