Kind of Urgent -- Diarrhea + Blood

[areias]

Just keep on eye on him. It is possibly colitis-he might have gotten stressed with the length of time you were gone, and in return got stress diarrhea (I worked at a boarding kennel-saw it all the time ) and blood would come with that too. However if after a day or two he's still having bad diarrhea, or especially has blood, or if he vomits blood, please call your vet. I would say if the only symptom was the diarrhea he should be okay.

You could give him electrolytes if you're concerned about him being dehydrated. Liquid form is usually works pretty well. Good luck!

[Jessika]

Thanks so much guys, you've made me feel a lot better about the situation.

He has not had it again since I left the second time. As I said I put him in the bathroom while I was gone and he was fine.

Oh and I don't know if some of you misunderstood but he didn't have bloody diarrhea, but rather, AFTER he would poo, blood would come out and just be on his bum and I'd rinse it off. While cleaning up the diarrhea from inside the house, I saw no blood inside.

I gave him some water and a little food (he ran off earlier while I was trying to rinse some poo off of his face and he broke out of his collar and ran off and I had to bribe him back with food and jealousy [he gets very jealous when I give Jamie attention and not him]) so I kind of broke that advice

Otherwise he's been fine, no more diarrhea. If he still has it tomorrow I will definitely call the vet.

thank you so much

[caseysmom]

Casey had this problem once from meds, she was vomitiing also. Its good he isn't vomiting. The vet had me give her ice cubes to lick, I would hold it in my hand and let her lick it so she didn't get dehydrated. I called in sick to work for 2 days with that, scared me to death. And actually I put her on a boiled chicken and rice diet for the duration of her illness and it helped her get better.

[lv4dogs]

I know you said he's been fine since but here's my advice anyways.

Since there was no blood in the feces I'd say it was the diarrhea that maybe split his rectum a little.
I'd give him as much water as he wants. If he's not drinking much you should offer him some getorade or pedalyte, if you don't have that then just dilute some chicken/beef broth or bullion cubes in his water to entice him to drink more.

I'd probably remove his food for a day, then slowly introduce it to him again. feeding slightly less than he usually gets for a day or 2. If you want you can feed 3-4 small meals instead of 2 big meals. After a couple days of him being back his normal self I'd begin his regualr feedings again.

Hope things are still ok with him.

[bckrazy]

Poor Charlie I hope he feels better SOON!

I'm just curious, is your bathroom dog-proofed? Could he have gotten into something that could make him sick ~ cleaners, soap, shampoo, garbage, etc? It's strange that he could become sick so suddenly, hopefully its just a fluke thing.

[Jessika]

Poor Charlie I hope he feels better SOON!

I'm just curious, is your bathroom dog-proofed? Could he have gotten into something that could make him sick ~ cleaners, soap, shampoo, garbage, etc? It's strange that he could become sick so suddenly, hopefully its just a fluke thing.

Actually we have no floor cabinets in the bathroom, the only thing on a dog's level (even if he hops up on the toilet seat) is the bathroom rug and possibly some toilet paper.

Though sometimes we'll drop soap in the shower and not notice or forget to pick it back up and he HAS eaten that before in the past, but it has NEVER upset hit stomach (and I know when he does it too, because he'll walk out of the bathroom and keep licking his lips and rub his face on the ground LOL). Otherwise, no, nothing that I can THINK of.

Thanks for all the advice and help though, everyone!!