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My senior Golden Retriever is not eating and has some blood in her stool. Her bowel movements are extremely small. She vomits on occassion. I have tried prescribed appetite stimulants, but they did not work. Her blood tests came back with a slightly elevated BUN and Creatine levels. I am wondering if she has some sort of intestinal issue. She does not exercise much and has to have her anal glands suppressed.

Submitted: 140 days and 12 hours ago.
Category: Dog
Value: $15
Status: CLOSED

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Hi XXXXXXXXXXX~

 

Dogs may have a little bleeding or discharge from the rectum for a couple reasons: damage done to the rectum while defecating, certain types of cancer, impacted/infected anal glands, parasite infection and polyps are just a few.

 

If there is only a small amount of drainage around the area, I would just keep an eye on it for now. Sometimes dogs will try to pass a large amount of fecal material and can cause small tears in their rectum. These generally will heal on their own without any sort of medical intervention. Feeding the dog some canned pumpkin (make sure that it's only real canned pumpkin, not the pie filling) can help make the stool a little easier to pass, thereby helping to not tear things any further.

 

Parasites such as worms and protozoan infections such as coccidia and giardia can produce blood in the stool and blood from the rectum after bowel movements. You can read about these here:
http://www.thepetcenter.com/exa/worms.html
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1622&articleid=727

 

A problem with the anal glands can also cause a bit of bleeding. You can find more information on those here: http://www.dr-dan.com/analsac.htm .

 

You can read about rectal polyps here:
http://www.petcancer.co.uk/cgi-bin/articles/020.htm

 

Whatever the cause, bloody rectal discharge is never normal and I think it's a VERY good idea to give your vet a call when they open and have them take another peek at her. You might want to suggest that they do an x-ray of her abdomen (to rule out things like cancer which would explain both the bloody discharge and the increased chemistry levels)

 

I hope this helps!

 

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