Re: Here we go again...*warning graphic pics of stool, not for those with a weak stom
Well of course Stella was acting 100% better yesterday, I fed her a normal raw meal last night and today her poop was fine, no straining, no blood, no mucous, and solid.
I didnt realize how difficult it would be to get a urine sample, so I didnt get that in there today, but here is the plan the vet and I have.
first, he is doing a routine fecal as well as testing for Girdia and something else (i forget right now). I am supposed to call them in about an hour for the results.
*side note* he is not dismissing this as a concern, but since she appears to be in great physical health and she is absorbing the nutrients in the food he is not concerned about there being something very serious going on.
He says he sees girdia a lot, so he wants to rule that out before we go to the next step.
He said the next step, if her fecal is totally normal, will be blood work and urine.
Then he had a few things he said he would want to do next if the blood work was fine.
He did ask as to why I feed her different proteins because I told him everything I fed her in the 10 days prior to the diarrhea. which was about 40% chicken 60% red meat (mainly beef, with occasional rabbit and lamb). I feed her some grass fed beef and some beef that you find at the grocery store. all her organs she gets are from organic, grass fed lamb and beef. The lamb and rabbit are Stella and Chewys brand. I also supplement with salmon oil and yogurt. I dont give the oil when I fed the grass fed beef because it apparently has higher amounts of omegas. He was wondering if switching the proteins like that could be causing an issue, but I was under the impression that the variety was supposed to prevent issues like allergies and whatnot??....
He was not concerned about the heart worm medication i skipped and openly said he doesnt give it to his dogs religiously.
I did just get her a really great probiotic blend and diatomaceous earth which I will be starting tomorrow.
I told him I gave her some raw goats milk and he suggested that I avoid dairy. I would like others thoughts on this because Ive heard there are many benefits to it, but I am not opposed to not giving it to her, oh and I gave her goats milk after the diarrhea so it couldnt have caused the episode we had on Monday.
@ Dsmith91193 - The last time she had diarrhea I actually did something similar to what you suggested. Instead of kibble though I gave her rice and boiled chicken for 3 days. Then I gave her raw chicken for three days (which she did fine on), I then added in some beef (again, she did fine), then I tried a meal of pork and her stool the next morning was softer and had some mucous, so I decided to cut pork out of her diet.
edit: I asked about the discharge after she pees and he says that some after peeing is normal. And i have been checking her area frequently and it only will have a little bit if she had just peed.
