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No Poop Three Days After Spay Surgery
My 11 month old foster doodle Molly was spayed last Thursday. I have not been responsible for a newly spayed dog for almost 20 years and don't remember what is normal and what is cause for concern. She has not had a bowel movement since the morning of the surgery three days ago.
At that time she had been experiencing a bout of severe diarrhea from the stress of losing her home combined with a radical change in diet...I switched her immediately from Walmart crap kibble (which I could not have in my home) to Jack's Orijen.
Post-op, the vet told me to feed her half kibble and half plain boiled rice to treat the diarrhea. He also gave me metronidazole for it. The post-op instructions said that during the first 24 hours post-op, it was normal for the dog to not have a BM.
Well, it has been 72 hours, and no poop. I discontinued the rice and the meds after the first 36 hours, as they are obviously not needed. Molly has not been eating much since she got here, even before the surgery, which is normal for a displaced dog. But since the surgery she is eating even less. She also has to have her activity level restricted, and this can certainly slow down normal bowel function. She was somewhat gassy last night. She is taking water and peeing, and she seems to feel all right; she wants to run & play with Jack. but I am very worried about the pooping and of course it's the weekend, so I can't contact the vet.
Can anyone tell me if they experienced this with their dogs after spay surgery? Is it normal for a dog to go this long post-op without a BM? Do we need to go to the emergency vet?
At that time she had been experiencing a bout of severe diarrhea from the stress of losing her home combined with a radical change in diet...I switched her immediately from Walmart crap kibble (which I could not have in my home) to Jack's Orijen.
Post-op, the vet told me to feed her half kibble and half plain boiled rice to treat the diarrhea. He also gave me metronidazole for it. The post-op instructions said that during the first 24 hours post-op, it was normal for the dog to not have a BM.
Well, it has been 72 hours, and no poop. I discontinued the rice and the meds after the first 36 hours, as they are obviously not needed. Molly has not been eating much since she got here, even before the surgery, which is normal for a displaced dog. But since the surgery she is eating even less. She also has to have her activity level restricted, and this can certainly slow down normal bowel function. She was somewhat gassy last night. She is taking water and peeing, and she seems to feel all right; she wants to run & play with Jack. but I am very worried about the pooping and of course it's the weekend, so I can't contact the vet.
Can anyone tell me if they experienced this with their dogs after spay surgery? Is it normal for a dog to go this long post-op without a BM? Do we need to go to the emergency vet?
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Permalink Reply by F, Calla & Luca on
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This is to prepare us for old age--ugh.
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Permalink Reply by Tammy & Gracie on
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I have not had this experience with a dog/ But when I had a hysterectomy many years ago, once the gas started the intestines began to work again in a day or so,
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Permalink Reply by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on
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Thank you, that gives me hope!
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I have no experience with dogs being spayed but in people any abdominal surgery usually results in paralytic ileus, where bowel activity is absent. That is the result of the surgery. In the "olden days" post surgical patients stayed in the hospital several days and went through a progression from clear fluids to full fluids to soft diet to eventually a regular diet depending on how the bowel was responding. First comes the gas, which can be painful, and the loud bowel sounds and eventually the bowel movement. This can take several days and they used to make sure a bowel movement occurred before they let patients go home! At any rate, I'd give Molly lots of fluids, soft foods and time. Walking her will be helpful. If she's on any narcotic-like meds they do inhibit the bowel as well and she probably no longer needs them. Her progression sounds OK to me and I'd just watch her as long as she seems OK.
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Thank you so much, this is so helpful! She's on Rimadyl, would that have a bowel inhibiting effect as well?
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It's a NSAID, don't think so.
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Permalink Reply by Joanne ~ Spud* on
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Rimadyl has bowel inhibiting effects but also many anesthesias used to contain Tryptophan which also inhibits the bowel. You know--sleepy bowel syndrome I suppose. The surgeon I worked for told me they just pour it freely into the abdominal cavity??
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WTD? Something fishy here.
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Well he was an arse............. so he could have been BS me. I am very easily BS'd
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They really don't put anything freely into the abd. cavity much if they can help it. Air for laparoscopies and normal saline if they have to flush things out etc. He sounds like an .......
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Okay well Scratch that idea from the list. To this day I feared Turkey. LOL
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Turkey, if eaten in large quantities could make you sleepy.
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