Thursday, December 10, 2009

Pumpkin Logs

I am sitting at my computer taking care of some things and Boris is lying on the floor quitely next to me. OK, not all that quietly.... his stomach is gurgling something fierce. Every 10 seconds or so.... like pressure is building and something is gonna blow... and there is little I can do about it!

This story actually goes back 1 month, when Boris stopped producing nice solid logs (of poo) and began producing "pudding poo" (as several web references describe it). Anyway, after almost a week of this, I took him to the vet for an exam - little was done except to send me home with a bill, giardia medication, and some pricey canned dog food (with high fiber). OK, so this seemed to work(back to semi-solid logs), but I would be damned before I started "serving" him canned dog food. So I went back to the basic kibbles I was feeding him. ans Boris want back to pudding production.

Long story short - here we are, a full month later, and he is still producing pudding. This is after a couple of apparent recoveries and a second course of antibiotics.

I also tried some home remedies. One was to feed him canned pumpkin, which is very high in fiver. That did the trick, and he produced "pumpkin logs" = perfect logs of a perfect pumpkin color. Once I stopped the canned pumpkin, he went back to his pudding. It must be the food, but I dread the experimenting to find a food that works (ie, logs). I have also fed him white rice and yogurt, but still no resolution.

So here we are, a gurgling belly, just waiting to explode. UGH!

BTW - I gave him a tablet of Immodium AD (anti-diarrheal), which several web sites recommended to make things easier on the pup (even though it will not cure the problem).
We shall see...

1 comment:

  1. It sounds like when my boys are sick-haha-Dan

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