Diarrhea from dogs? Not necessarily canine distemper or small?

Whether it is raising a dog or raising a cat, the most feared thing is that the dog vomits or has diarrhea. For us, any one is a symptom of a disease, especially for dogs under 3 months of age, which can be said to make us anxious. In our impression, diarrhea is either canine distemper or small, and it is all under the command of the God of Death. It would be strange if you are not afraid!

Other causes of diarrhea in dogs:

1. Diet

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· Change diet

· Excessive intake

· Incorrect eating of spoiled food/trash

· Food allergies/poisoning

2. Pathology

· Inflammatory bowel disease

· Kidney/hemorrhagic gastroenteritis

· Thyroid disease

· Lactose intolerance

3. Bacteria/parasiosis/virus

· Ascaris/hookworm/whipworm/coccidia/giardia, etc.

·Parvovirus/canine distemper/coronavirus, etc.

·Salmonella/Escherichia coli/cendobacter, etc.

4. Others

· Drug reaction

·Anxiety/stress

·Indulgence of foreign bodies

·Environmental changes

When parents need to sound a red alarm!

· Continuous diarrhea for more than 24 hours

· Loss of appetite/refusal to eat

· Lethargy, depression

· Significant pain

· Vomiting

· Bloody stool/black stool

· Dehydration (pulling the fur on the neck, bounces back slowly)

· Fever

Once the above complications occur, parents must pay close attention and need to send the dog to the hospital for further examination; in addition, parents need to take their dog's excrement to the hospital for testing, after all, "hidden mystery."

Parents can make basic judgments based on their naked eyes. If red has a fishy smell, it means that the dog's gastrointestinal tract may be bleeding; green means that the dog consumes too much grass/plant fiber to help digestion, but it may also mean that there are parasites or other problems in the body; yellow, it usually means that the dog has problems with the dog's liver, gallbladder or pancreas; black means that the dog's stomach or small intestine is bleeding; and white means that there are a large number of worms in the dog's body.

Basic treatment methods for family:

· Ensure rest time, do not exercise excessively

· Fasting for 12 hours, and ensuring the clean and sufficient water source

· Feeding easy-to-digest, low-fat (soft dog food, canned pumpkin, peeled potato paste)

· Chicken breast (boneless, skinless, no seasoning) + rice, meals for hours (or replaced by cooked low-fat beef), and after two days, the dog can gradually return to normal diet without any other reactions

· Add probiotics to the food Note: Regarding the recommended medication methods online, parents are required to take them under the supervision of a doctor. The causes and degrees of diarrhea of ​​each dog are different, and they must be taken as appropriate. After basic home care, the dog's symptoms did not relieve and there was continuous/intermittent diarrhea. Please rush to the hospital and describe the dog's symptoms and abnormal behaviors in detail to the doctor; help the doctor understand the dog's physical condition to avoid repeated treatment.

How to avoid dogs suffering from diarrhea:

· Pay attention to the shelf life of the food/Close the lid of the trash can

Do not feed the dog raw food

· Do not let the dog stay on the lawn for a long time (especially the corners of the lawn)

· When changing the diet, gradually replace it (on the first day, mix 1/4 of the new grain into the old grain, eat 2-3 days; mix 2/4 of the new grain, eat 2-3 days, and proceed in turn)

· and prevent the dog from eating sewage and garbage on the ground

· Regularly deworming the dog

· Do not buy too small toys to avoid accidentally eating

· Do not eat chicken bones and other cooked bones for dogs (that are relatively crisp and afraid of damaging the intestines)

Parents should play with their dogs as much as possible, maintain a good attitude, and do not beat and scold dogs too much, as it can easily cause mental stress. Don’t think that only people will suffer from depression.