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my whippet has had extremely loose stools for the past few days. Should I be worried?

Submitted: 19 days and 23 hours ago.
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Hi there XXXXXXXXXX,

Thank you for your question regarding your Whippet girl and her loose stool over the last little while. It is definitely a little worrying she has had this problem for a few days and for this reason I do think it would be wise to have a Vet check as well as taking a fresh fecal sample from her with you.

The most likely cause for these symptoms in this girl would be an infectious gastroenteritis and if there is fresh blood in her feces this indicates a large bowel (colon) diarrhea, which can commonly be caused by salmonella or campylobacter. Definitely be sure to take a sample from her in an icecream container or something similar to your Vet tomorrow morning, so that they can send it to the lab for a fecal culture so that we know what is going on here. Diarrhea like this can also occur with intestinal worms (so be sure to have your girl wormed if she is overdue for this). A culture would also help rule out giardia which is also a common cause of such a diarrhea and needs quite a long treatment of metronidazole. Hopefully this is just a bit of colitis that settles down quickly. In the mean time, be sure to offer plenty of fresh water and even think about making her some cooked, boneless, skinless chicken breast and rice.

 

Please keep in touch and let me know how you get on. I hope this has been of help to you and please feel free to reply if you need more info.

 

Thank you for your question and please now click ACCEPT.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Dr M D Edwards

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