What could this be?

For about two weeks now, Zeus has been acting really strange when it comes to food. In the mornings, he used to scoff his food down, now he's not interested at all, he used to love eating bananas and carrots among other treats but he's not interested in them either. His poo has been really soft/water like and this morning he pooed something that looked like jelly. Could this be some sort of bacterial infection?



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Two weeks sound like a long time to be fussy over his food, is he drinking normally.. Best to give the vet a ring just to see if he thinks it's worth a visit.. good luck. Keep us posted.

Hi Pag, yes he's been drinking normally, his behaviour has been the same, he still wants to play etc, the only other odd thing about him is that he goes into his crate by himself even if we're in the living room (which he doesn't do much, he always wants to be around us)

I think a trip to the vet's is a must, if he's off his food and not behaving normally then something is not as it should be, I wouldn't wait any longer if it's been going on for two weeks already. best of luck x

What are you feeding? Sometimes dog just get a bit sick of their food. Lexi had the same food for years then one day it just turned against her as she got really sick. Changed the food and there was an immediate change. Maybe a bad batch or something.

Possibly getting sick of the food as Hayley says. This is def a regular thing with my Logan.

However, if you aren't feeling great about it, it may be worth popping into the vet.

I pop the vet if I was you just to be safe

jelly like poo is alot of the time colitis which you need to take him to the vets for

I have moved your post to Health Issues you will maybe get more views there.

Sounds like a visit to the vets may well be in order

ella wrote:jelly like poo is alot of the time colitis which you need to take him to the vets for

Great advice ella, as soon as I read this, I took him to the vets and he said the same thing, Zeus has got colitis.

He gave some prednisolone tablets, xeden flavoured tablets and pro-kolin paste to give him. He also told me to starve him until saturday morning to give his tummy a rest.

Hopefully this sorts it out! Thanks all

Hope he feels better soon x

Hayley wrote:Hope he feels better soon x

Thanks Hayley, for your advice too!

goldie87 wrote:

ella wrote:jelly like poo is alot of the time colitis which you need to take him to the vets for

Great advice ella, as soon as I read this, I took him to the vets and he said the same thing, Zeus has got colitis.

He gave some prednisolone tablets, xeden flavoured tablets and pro-kolin paste to give him. He also told me to starve him until saturday morning to give his tummy a rest.

Hopefully this sorts it out! Thanks all

well i'm glad you got it sorted big hugs to Zeus and i do hope he's better soon x

Glad to hear its sorted, fingers cross. Poor thing having to wait till saturday for food, but its for his own good.

Very pleased to hear you have it sorted ><

I know, its heartbreaking, he keeps looking at me with the look he gives when hes hungry and wants to eat. Then he'll sit in the kitchen knowing that's where his food is

Vet told me to feed him on 'chappies' on Saturday and Sunday as its meant to be really light food. I also done some research and I found that apparantly protein rich food can be a cause of Colitis, so maybe Zeus isn't handling Orijen well with its high meat content? Thinking about possibly moving to James Well Beloved as I've read a lot of good reviews on here