Take her to emergency clinic or wait until the morning? WARNING - POO Related

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

I have gone through four days of runny diarrhea (Sophie, not me). It's been messy and frustrating, but through it all she maintained her normal hyper personality so I didn't worry too much. Saturday morning I woke up to discover my apartment turned into an outhouse over night. I brought a sample in Saturday afternoon and the results were negative. I figured she got into something yucky. 

 

Sunday night I thought she was all good and gave her a meal of rice, boiled chicken, pumpkin, yogurt. I woke up Monday morning to find her covered in her own stinky diarrhea. Apart from having an awful mess to clean the diarrhea didn't stop for a while. Then it settled down and we took a long nap. thinking she'd be ok I stepped out for an hour and came back to diarrhea on my new love seat (thank goodness I had bought a cover for it). I put her in the tub while I peeled off the cover and while she was in there it was a constant stream. I got her all cleaned up and took her out and sure enough there was more to come.

 

I brought her to the vet clinic because I was too impatient to wait for a call back. The vet didn't see her but we had already had a note on file to give her panacur again around this time because of all the past issues she has had. I had refused it when they called a few weeks ago, she has been doing so well and figured she wouldn't need it (boy was I wrong!). They gave me the panacur, 5 days worth. I gave it to her last night with some yogurt, rice and a tiny bit of ground beef.

Back outside at 2am for another round, and again first thing in the morning. By this point each time she goes there is a tiny bit of fresh blood. Trying not to panick I chalk it up to a lot of irritation and figure my biggest concern is still dehydration. I made an appt at the vet for tomorrow at 8:30am, put her in her crate with a big bowl of water and head off to work. Come home at lunch, take her out and she has her bum tucked under as if she's 'holding it' and pulls me to the first patch of grass and lets loose. again after work with a little more bloodin it. I call the vet back. They already have on other emergency to deal with tonight so can't see her. They suggest if she's lethargic I need to take her to the 24 hr emergency clinic. She is definitely not as hyper as normal, but does perk up once in a while.  Her bum is really irritated, swollen and pink and she keeps licking it. I keep having to whipe her or put her in the tub for a full washing. Ever time she poops she drags her butt.

 

I'm really worried, but have been known to over react in the past. Should I wait till the morning or go to the emergency clinic at the cost of $155 for the visit, not including treatment?

 

What on earth could be causing this. For the past couple of months she's been thriving since she's been on orijen. She has not eaten anything weird and had a negative fecal. I'd do another fecal but there is nothing to collect. It is all liquid.

 

I have just given her rice and pumpkin and I put a bit of ground beef in the bottom of her water dish hoping she'd slurp some water up trying to get to it. It seemed to work, although more water ended up on the floor. I'm going to take her for a walk and see how she's feeling...I'm so so so worried.

[Denise & Hunter!!!]

Have you ever tried canned pumpkin?  It always seems to be the only thing that works when Hunter has diarrhea - and she gets it pretty easy.

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

oh yes. I think the pumpking and the yogurt have only exaggerated the problem. She's on nothing but rice and ground beef now. That with the meds surly will fix things, fingers crossed.

[Diane and Alma]

Hopefully the worst is over and Sophie is on the mend.  Alma has a sensitive stomach and had diarrhea quite often.  Pumpkin had the opposite result for her of what I have read here.  She was also on Orijin adult but now is on Fromm's.  I am very careful about the treats she gets.  Also, baked chicken breasts and Japanese rice are what I fed her to get her back on track. 

[Camilla and Darwin]

Hoping Sophie feels better quickly!

[Leslie and Halas]

I hope she's feeling better today!

[Nina]

I had something very similar happen with my dog.  She had been on Orijen for 2.5 years.  The vet said that she couldn't digest it.  He gave me heavy duty acidophilus and told me to change her food to taste of the wild.  She got better.  I had made 2 prior visits to the emergency hospital for bloody poops (total liquid/really scared me).  The drugs they gave only worked short term.  The food change w/the acidophilus did work.  Good luck.

[Bryce P]

So sorry you & Sophi have to go through this. $155 just to put your foot in the door, WOW. At the emergency vet in Murrrieta it was only $50-$60 for a visit. I say you should stay up with her and get to the vet right at 8:30. But if you have the $ for the emergency vet and you think it is that serious.