Guest crobinc840 Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 My friends dog had become very ill and died. We found out the neighbours had put poison out for mice and the dog ate the mice. Have you looked around outside to make sure it's not something they were given or found? Best of luck with your dogs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest chook Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Have heard from a few people - couple that work in a vets that there is a gastro bug going round, its knocking dogs for six. Might be worth you giving some natural yought to them daily just to help there guts get back up and running. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spring 5 Posted December 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Another update. Our boy is fine and doing well almost up to his normal amount of food (he's lost about 3kg of weight).Callie still not right. Nothing has shown up on the bloods so now waiting for results from stool tests. Callie has also lost the best part of 3kg. Here's hoping. Spring Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spring 5 Posted January 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Last post I hope for this. After a few very worrying weeks our girl is now almost back to her normal self She can be moody so we know she's okay ). She now just needs to put her weight back on. Vets seem to think it was just a very bad GI infection which took her a while to shift. Thanks again for all your words and advice. Spring Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sandymere 8,262 Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Glad to hear things are improving, keep a close eye for a few weeks as occasionally there can be a reoccurrence of bacterial gastro enteritis/colitis. I’d keep to a simple diet as poss for a while, just the complete. Natural yogurt may help but only if inserted via the rectum but dairy products are perhaps not the best idea at the mo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest chook Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Glad to hear things are improving, keep a close eye for a few weeks as occasionally there can be a reoccurrence of bacterial gastro enteritis/colitis. I’d keep to a simple diet as poss for a while, just the complete. Natural yogurt may help but only if inserted via the rectum but dairy products are perhaps not the best idea at the mo. It is medicaly advised - by doctors, to take natural yogurt whilst you are taking AB's or after you have been on AB's, antibiotics destroy all the probiotics in your GI tract, by taking Natural yogurt, it can replace whats been distroyed, there is verry little evadence of natural yoguht causeing problems in dogs, there are thousends of people including myself, who have fed it to there dogs at one time or another. http://www.probiotic.org/acidophilus.htm Decreases Antibiotic Side EffectsAntibiotics kill bacteria in the body, both the good and the bad. While antibiotics are a crucial therapy for many illnesses, they can cause the demise of “friendly†flora. They can also produce unpleasant side effects such as diarrhea. Ingestion of L. acidophilus can reduce the likelihood of these side effects. A study conducted among healthy volunteers taking 400 mg of erythromycin showed that those who ate yogurt containing Lactobacillus probiotics exhibited fewer instances of diarrhea than those who ingested pasteurized yogurt. ( Diarrhea is sometimes reported as a side effect among infants and young children who have been administered antibiotics for respiratory infections. L. acidophilus, when used as a prophylactic, decreases the likelihood of diarrhea among these young subjects. (9) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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