Help please :(

Rio is 4 months and has diarrhea for around a week now he eats fine and drinks plenty! I haven't changed his food at all so not sure what's wrong also when should u change him too adult food

Thanks everyone
Becky

Aww poor rio, give your vet a ring or pop him the vets for a check up have you tried starving him for 24 hours? Or light meals? Chicken & boiled rice? (careful though some pooches are intolerant to chicken)
for rio.

If it's been going on for a week now I would definitely pop to the vet, hope he gets better soon xx

Darcy-may wrote:Aww poor rio, give your vet a ring or pop him the vets for a check up :)have you tried starving him for 24 hours? Or light meals? Chicken & boiled rice? (careful though some pooches are intolerant to chicken)
:(hug):for rio.

I wouldn't starve a pup for 24 hours - one meal, maybe but not a full day.

As it's a week, I'd take him to the vets - pups can lose condition so quickly! In future, if he gets the runs try giving him two boiled eggs for a meal and see if that helps.

Hi thanks for the help everyone just been to the vets his glands are swollen slightly so is flighting a infection nothing else is wrong! So gave us powder to put in his water to help also a big injection to absorb it so fingers crossed! Got to feed him rice or pasta with fish or chicken for a few days xxxx

Thanks for the update, Poor Rio, sure he'll be back to normal in no time  

Glad you know now,i would probably opt for the fish with that meal

What brand of food do you feed?

Hayley wrote:What brand of food do you feed?

Always worth asking but unlikely to be food related if the food has not been changed ( unless the recipe has changed )

Could he be picking anything up in the garden ??

I disagree, lexi was fed the same food for 8 years and suddenly went badly runny for no reason. I changed to wainwrights and she went normal poo again.

I feed him wagg cos that what he came with! And he does like to eat everything off floor do try to encourage not to do it x

wagg isnt good at all

Isn't it? Just what was given when a puppy what should I get instead???

No wagg isnt great at all,theres a great list on here and also james wellbeloved and wainwrights is always recommended by the users here aswell.

It's up to you at the end of the day i like my pup to get a good meat content and also listed as first on the list aswell as the other benefits you get with high quality grade dry food

Yes wagg is not good  I would find something better  

This is our recommended list, but as said above Wainrights and JWB are also good

http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/dry_food

When changing food just make sure you do it gradually over 1-2 weeks  

I buy big sacks of food how much is it roughly?

I'm not sure, you can compare ingredients and prices on this website, it's very useful  

http://www.whichdogfood.co.uk/

Glad to hear his check up went well, have a look at pets at home, they often have offers on wainwrights & James well beloved.

http://www.petsathome.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?freeText=DOG+–+NATURALFEED&storeId=10551&catalogId=10051&langId=-1

Caryll wrote:

Darcy-may wrote:Aww poor rio, give your vet a ring or pop him the vets for a check up :)have you tried starving him for 24 hours? Or light meals? Chicken & boiled rice? (careful though some pooches are intolerant to chicken)
:(hug):for rio.

I wouldn't starve a pup for 24 hours - one meal, maybe but not a full day.

As it's a week, I'd take him to the vets - pups can lose condition so quickly! In future, if he gets the runs try giving him two boiled eggs for a meal and see if that helps.

Thanks for clarifying this caryll, I'd hate to give advice the would worsen things

£39.99 for 15kg for wainwrights at PAH,im happy with that tho i pay an extra couple of quid on top of that for deliever

Glad he is better!
Nana had diarrhoea for a week and it was because of her dry food, she was on Royal Canin Vet Pediatric Junior and it gave her diarrhoea!

He has started passing abit of blood should I worry???

Can you give the vets a call?

Give your vet a call when you can,keep calm and give your pup some love

Good luck

Hi we feed Vets choice pupy and Tip  had been fine on it. No runny tums at all. We also feed pet mince and brown rice one a week. Hubby treats her with pet gravy on her food and we add an raw egg every second day to her dry kibble.
I would contact your vet if his stomach keeps running.

Beckyferg90 wrote:He has started passing a bit of blood should I worry???

Although I wouldn't worry too much, it wouldn't hurt to give your vet a ring in the morning.

Blood (bright red) in the poo is usually a sign of 'scouring' - ie the intestines have too much acid going through them, because of the runs, which strip the walls of their protective coating. Once the diarrhea is being treated the protective walls build up again & the blood will stop. If the pup is in the early stages of treatment for an upset tum then I wouldn't panic, but a phone call to the vet may set your mind at rest.

Hope Rio is doing much better today!