Astrobella Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 We've had an interesting morning at the vet.... Marley (who I've posted about before - had meningitis diagnosed about 7 weeks ago), has had diarrhoea for the last 4 days (almost coinciding with when he stopped taking the cortisone for meningitis). We'd been speaking to the vet and treated him with Panacur (a couple of weeks ago he had coccidia and this worked to treat that), but hasn't been successful....the diarrhoea continues! We went to the vet this morning and the did a couple of tests and they are pretty much stumped, there is something very weird in the sample, that is apparently absolutely enormous (much bigger than anything they ever see on a smear). They have no idea, but have given him some metrogyl to try and calm things down a little. His poop is runny, yellowy and very mucousy....They did ask us if we keep birds but we're not too sure where they were going with that... Anyone have any similar experiences??!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Sounds like they are exploring some kind of parasitic or bacterial infecton.. .quite possible. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms James Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Any bowel movements with mucus usually involves the large intestine and points to irritable bowel, but it can also be worms. Has your dog been wormed recently? Or been drinking from yucky water? Get your doctor to test for Giardia, that can often cause yellow runny poos. Hope your doggy gets better soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poodlefan Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Coccodia is another possiblity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrobella Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 He was wormed a couple of weeks ago (he had some diarrhoea a couple of weeks ago that WAS coccidia and was treated for it. He hasn't responded to the same treatment now and his test was negative for it) The feacal float was negative for everything. The stain was technically negative for parasites and bacteria....but there was this funny thing that had them stumped! By the sounds of it, it's something that none of the vets there have seen in poop before! They thought it almost looked like some absolutely gigantic kind of bacterial something, but the vet who's been working for 20 years still said he'd not seen anything like it before! So we are waiting to see if the meds help and hopefully he can eventually get back to being a happy, healthy puppy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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