Bloody, mucus, YELLOW stool

[tony_hk]

Dear all

My dog had been having diarrhea from last Mon to last Friday after my friends' visit on last last Sun. They treated my dog like the animals in a zoo, kept throwing of treats (e.g. 10 biscuits at one time) to him. I tried stopping them but they resumed when i did not see. They said my dog was too thin:mad: . He then vomitted and gave soft and liquid stool for five days. Situation improved on Sat and Sun. So I did not send him to vet. But since yesterday, he vomitted and gave liquid stool again!!! Some of them even bloody!!!! Once, the poo was yellow (I mean YELLOW! Like the sauce on a hot dog!!!) Most of them contain mucus in the stool and the amount was big! His anal hole was bleeding (only one drop of blood actually) after poo. The lucky thing is that he is still interested in food and willing to play although not as active as used to be.

The vet near my home close at 6pm. I cannot send him to vet until this Sat. What should I do? I tried deworm him. This situation seems better today, stool was still soft, but not bloody or mucus. But he looked having pain while eliminating (tried several time before success).

If it was due to worm, why my dog need to be dewormed so frequently? Last time was a month ago when he had similar problem... (ref. the package said the routine is 3-month interval for adult dog)...

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[tony_hk]

Just done some researches and found the following deworm medicine brand:

- Drontal
- Droncit
- Lopatol

Which of them are reliable?

Tks

[showpug]

Just done some researches and found the following deworm medicine brand:

- Drontal
- Droncit
- Lopatol

Which of them are reliable?

Tks

Drontal and Droncit are reliable drugs, but only available by prescription here. Both are dispensed in vet clinics.

[bubbatd]

I'm sure your vet will tell you . A week is a long time .

[Spiritus]

Lopital is good too, but I wouldn't be worried about worms, I would be worried about coccidia, campylobactor, or giardia, or even a combination of them. He does need to see a vet quickly. Dehydration can set in quickly and then hosptitalization may be required.

[snorzzz]

I would not give him a wormer, unless you know for sure that he has worms. He might not even have worms.

I would call the vets office back, and ask them what you should be doing for him until you can get in on Sat. Make sure he gets plenty of fluids.

[Miakoda]

Unless you know for certain that your dog has intestinal worms, it wouldn't do a lick of good to give him a dewormer & in fact could even further upset the GI tract.

Your dog needs a fecal check now, not 2 weeks from now.

[tony_hk]

I dunno why and how, the situation improved since yesterday. Now the stool is quite firm. No more strange thing/color in it. Tks all

BTW, when should I feed the dewormer?? Any sign for me to know he has worm??

[Sush]

Most times, upon inspection, you will actually see worms in the stool.

[snorzzz]

I dunno why and how, the situation improved since yesterday. Now the stool is quite firm. No more strange thing/color in it. Tks all

BTW, when should I feed the dewormer?? Any sign for me to know he has worm??


I would never give a wormer, not ever. Unless I actually saw worms! When my Belle was a puppy, right after we got her, one morning we woke up to worms on the bed! She slept with us. So when we saw the worms, that was when she got a wormer. And that was the only time ever she had worms. Never again has she ever had worms. Not in 13 years, has she ever had worms again.

I think if your dog is an inside dog, and you feed him a good diet, and you take good care of him, I don't think he would have worms. You can have him checked for worms at the vet's office, maybe once a year.

But if he is an outside dog, then that might be a different thing altogether. But your little one looks like an inside dog to me. :)

[tony_hk]

I would never give a wormer, not ever. Unless I actually saw worms! When my Belle was a puppy, right after we got her, one morning we woke up to worms on the bed! She slept with us. So when we saw the worms, that was when she got a wormer. And that was the only time ever she had worms. Never again has she ever had worms. Not in 13 years, has she ever had worms again.

I think if your dog is an inside dog, and you feed him a good diet, and you take good care of him, I don't think he would have worms. You can have him checked for worms at the vet's office, maybe once a year.

But if he is an outside dog, then that might be a different thing altogether. But your little one looks like an inside dog to me. :)

How is a worm look like in the stool? a worm or an egg? How large will it be? SHould I need to press the stool to flat to discover the worm?

The situation is very different here. Here ALL the vets I or my friends consulted recommended deworming every 3 months at least and our dogs are all inside dogs.

Can anyone explain the negative consequence of routine deworm? Just because too much chemical?

[yellowdog5]

If you deworm your dog too often, he will never develop an immunity to intestinal parasites. If he has worms, they are easy to see if you observe the stool regularly. I disagree with worming him if he doesn't have worms.

[Miakoda]

Not all worms are visible to the naked eye. In fact, tapeworms & roundworms tend to be the only ones people see. And no one can see the egss that are shed through the fecal matter.

However, this dog needs to have a fecal done. It takes very little time to go to your vet, have them get a fecal sample with a fecal loop, then have them check it out under a microscope.

Edit: I also want to add that deworming monthly at the same time you give heartworm prevention is a good idea. I've never said otherwise.

But I don't like it when people just self diagnose their pet without having a clue as to what is causing the problem as too much of a good thing quickly becomes a bad thing.