Re: hello, I am new to this forum, raw feeding
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#288254 - 07/28/2010 12:37 PM |
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My gut says three or four small meals.
But she is smaller than I am used to, and it depends on your schedule and how often you can take her outside.
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Re: hello, I am new to this forum, raw feeding
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#288300 - 07/28/2010 03:27 PM |
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Well, at 3:30 this afternoon, after I fed another 1/4 C of rice, she had a loose biley stool. A slightly mucusy one. 1/8 C worth. I don't know exactly what that means. should I call the vet and have her tested for parsites?
Let me know. Thanks
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Re: hello, I am new to this forum, raw feeding
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#288304 - 07/28/2010 03:44 PM |
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How loose? Better than water or back to water?
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Re: hello, I am new to this forum, raw feeding
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#288305 - 07/28/2010 03:44 PM |
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Mucus is common with a gut in this kind of inflamed distress.
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Re: hello, I am new to this forum, raw feeding
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#288306 - 07/28/2010 03:45 PM |
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She had two, one that was biley and one that mucousy? Or one that was both?
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Re: hello, I am new to this forum, raw feeding
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She hasn't had any water for a few days, she had a thick log this morning, but this afternoon it looked like biley rice gruel with a little mucus and a few flecks of red blood. She has had that kind of stool before, the first week I got her.
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Re: hello, I am new to this forum, raw feeding
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#288308 - 07/28/2010 03:52 PM |
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I meant that she hasn't had WATERY stools, not that she hasn't had water, she has been drinking manily water the past few days.
I called the vet Jennifer reccommended and the gal thought I should bring her in to have the vet look at her.
She wondered why I was giving her only rice gruel and broth for the past few days. She also wondered if I had ever fed her regular kibble. I said that I had for the first 10 days of having her. i only raw fed her ys, tops and then gone on the fast diet.
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Re: hello, I am new to this forum, raw feeding
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#288309 - 07/28/2010 03:57 PM |
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I am thinking I will take her to the vet this afternoon. If she has a parasite, she can only get rid of it by the vet care.
I just want her to be completely well. I have been dealing with this for alot of days now.
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Re: hello, I am new to this forum, raw feeding
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#288310 - 07/28/2010 03:59 PM |
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Jennifer, Connie, are you out there?
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Re: hello, I am new to this forum, raw feeding
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#288313 - 07/28/2010 04:12 PM |
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I meant that she hasn't had WATERY stools, not that she hasn't had water, she has been drinking manily water the past few days.
I called the vet Jennifer reccommended and the gal thought I should bring her in to have the vet look at her.
She wondered why I was giving her only rice gruel and broth for the past few days. She also wondered if I had ever fed her regular kibble. I said that I had for the first 10 days of having her. i only raw fed her ys, tops and then gone on the fast diet.
Please don't concern yourself over what the receptionist thinks.
You will be able to explain to the vet that you started raw with way too much all at once and triggered a water-diarrhea explosion that you were calming with the rice-gruel.
"She hasn't had any water for a few days, she had a thick log this morning, but this afternoon it looked like biley rice gruel with a little mucus and a few flecks of red blood. She has had that kind of stool before, the first week I got her. "
Now this is totally up to you and NOT advice, but only what I would probably do: I would probably make an appointment for tomorrow and then see what happens with the tiny meals of overcooked rice tonight. If I am reading you right, and correct me if not, she has now gone from water stools to a log and some pudding. And the flecks of red were not accompanied by dark (blackish) blood like from inside, right? Just bright new blood in a tiny amount like one would have from rectal strain?
OTOH, yes, the most conservative thing is vet today. I'm just saying that I would most likely not be having a panic reaction over the pudding stool, but that I would like to have an appointment in place for a checkup for GP. I would also like the chance to collect a sample from each of the poops between now and the appointment.
But if I saw more water poop or more blood or any distress or lethargy or dehydration, I'd be at the vet's asap.
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