I bought 40 lbs of gizzards a few days ago and started feeding them immediately. Our new raw food eater got the runs. Not where he couldn't hold it, but all poops were completely runny. I thought it was because I had fed him his first one ounce of chicken liver. Maybe it was. He ate some gizzards for two days then went to other chicken parts. After three days his poop was almost normal again but with still a very noisy digestive system, but not gas. He has been on raw about 5 weeks and doing great.

Our Heinz 57 who has an iron stomach and weighs about 45 pounds figured out she loved the raw too when I dropped a thigh on the basement floor while packing them up. Over the course of two days she had her second bone in thigh and then the next day about 4 of the new gizzards. The next morning she was throwing up orangish liquid. And today. Tonight she threw up orange, then a few hours later completely clear, then the last time thick dark orange with gobs of gooey red in it. And a lot every time. Not a tiny bit, but a lot. She is sicker tonight than she was yesterday, and it seems pretty extreme for a case of not used to raw food or upset stomach.

Could the gizzards have been bad and still seem ok. Wondering if I should pitch the whole 40lbs. If they could be bad, bad with what?

"Normally" bad food will result in bloody, runny stool. A "new" food can create the squirts.
With it going on for more then a day or so I would highly suggest a vet visit.

Yes absolutely, but I am trying to figure out if I should pitch 40 lbs of newly packaged food.

Unfortunately I haven't seen her poop.

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Unfortunately I haven't seen her poop.

She's not gone? Possibly a blockage and DEFINITELY a trip to the vets is in order.
I wouldn't toss it until you get either a "yes it probably is bad" OR "I don't know" from the vet.

Oh no, I'm sorry! I mean I haven't SEEN her poop.

I'd collect a poop sample and a vomit sample and get her and them to the vet. She needs the vet asap, even if you are unable to collect the samples, IMO.

I'd hold off on what to do with the gizzards for now, while not feeding any more of it. (Keep it frozen and get this dog's diagnosis.)


That does not sound like vomitus containing food. Can you clarify about what that vomitus looks like? No food chunks?

Also, big question: "I bought 40 lbs of gizzards a few days ago and started feeding them immediately." In what amounts? Was this a new food fed in large amounts?

(How big is an ounce of liver. BTW? I start with what I would probably call less than a third of one chicken liver.)

(These questions don't mean to wait on the sick dog's vet visit. I'm with you that "it seems pretty extreme for a case of not used to raw food or upset stomach.")

The vomit is no food, just liquid. Except for the red goo in it last night.

No the raw fed dog had been eating gizzards. This was just a new batch. And the one who is sick only ate 4. First time.

One ounce was about one small liver. His poop has been fine yesterday and today. I mean like perfect fine today.

I found the sick dogs poop. She has a very small favorite place. All her poops, and some look very fresh, are perfect poops. Nothing out of the ordinary whatsoever.

It seems odd to me a dog would vomit like that with perfect poop.

That IS odd, but it also points away from food problems, IMO, and more heavily toward a vet visit, with the info that the poops are not affected.

It was pretty apparent that you saw fresh (recent) ones?

Yes, I saw her squatting there this morning but she is so fluffy butt hairy you can't tell anything and I was watching through the window. So I went out and inspected and no runny poops at all and what I thought looked this morning fresh.

Vet is going to know zero about raw feeding unfortunately.