History:
Ever since Chloe was a puppy she had these "spells" of loose poop and vomiting. I used to joke and said that she got sick every three months. If it was serious enough (nine times out of ten it was) I'd take her into the vet. They'd give her some meds, had no idea what the cause was, and sent her home. She recovered each time.
As she got older, not only was she having these "spells", she also started to refuse to eat her food. Wasn't that big of a deal, she'd go a day without eating, and then scarf her food down the next day. I thought she was just being picky, as with a change of scenery and/or exercise befor eating, she'd eat her food. Although, come to think of it, every time she wasn't feeling good she would refuse to eat. Crap.
Along with refusing to eat, she started to poop. A lot. I'm talking five+ times a day. Once in the morning, once late morning, once in the afternoon, about three times on walks, and then once or twice in the evening. These poos varied in solidness, but generally started out solid and by the time evening came on were very loose.
Recent History:
Her "spells" have been getting more and more frequent. This past month she has gone days at a time without eating and when she does eat it is normally only about a cup of food (she should be eating two cups of food a day at least). Her pooping schedule was really getting on my nerves. So, I thought, okay, we'll switch her food to a single protien source and see if that helps. Just this past week I switched her from Chicken Soup to California Natural Lamb and Rice. Her pooping went down to about three times a day and it was much more firm and dark. Thought that would help.
Present:
She's still not eating, even when I mix in some tasty tidbits (Cheerios was what I tried yesterday, as she loves them). She's lost weight and is what I would consider Boxer or GSD puppy skinny. If at all possible, she seems even more disinterested in her new food than her old food. I know she has to be hungry, but if I show her her food bowl she does the classic turn of head and averting of eyes. She does NOT want it. Even out in her kennel or after a jog, she won't eat reliabley.
I still wasn't too worried...again, I thought it was her being picky. But this morning Chloe woke me up twice to go outside and each time she had massive dierreah. First time it was just loose...second time it was liquid. She didn't throw up along with it, like she did about a week and a half ago.
I am hoping to schedule an appointment for her for tomorrow for her vaccs, and I'm going to tell them about what's been happening with her.
Any thoughts or ideas on what could be wrong? Worms is the first thing that comes to mind, but I really don't know how she could have gotten them. She's been treated before, she's on heartworm meds, she doesn't get into anything she shouldn't, there aren't any worms in her poop, and her belly isn't distended. The last time she had worms was when our cat had worms and Chloe wasn't on any prevenative.
I want to say hopefully nothing is wrong, but if this is normal for her I'm going to go crazy. So let's just say hopefully nothing major is wrong and it will be inexpensive to treat. I was going to be doing good to just pay for her vaccs and filling up for gas in the same week that I need to buy more dogfood and things for the Guinea Pig (just out of highschool going into college budget). If I have to have her tested for anything, I'm going to be broke. And then if she is going to need treatment for something more serious than worms...I'm really going to be broke. But I suppose that is what living with your parents and working at the vet clinic itself is for.
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Originally Posted by Glacier
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