Bad Diarrhea! (since yesterday)
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If it was Ipsid i would think u would have other issues lack of eating , low energy, bloating stomach I lost a Basenji to Ipsid a few yrs back He had diarrhea yes but also a lot of other symptoms. He went threw lots and lots of tests ect.But unfortanly they didn't find it in time Also they won't catch it in a xray u have to have an ultrascan them picking it up in that is ALOT better. To me it doesn't seem like Ipsid it seems like he just has a sensitive stomach to me but i'm not an expert but i had to do an enormous amount of research and such on Ipsid to bring that Vet to court.
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There are different degrees of ISPID as I understand it.. and yes usually there are other things going on.. but there are links to one of the premier Vets on ISPID on the BCOA health pages, sort of like the Dr. Gonto of Fanconi… and there is still IBD too.....
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I've said this before - if you have a Farm Store kind of place where they sell stuff for cows etc. You can find something called Tylan - it is a powder - they use it for pig scours - you can use a tiny pinch in some water. This is an OLD thing that folks used years ago with dogs - it's a sulfa based powder.
The bland diet that I use from the Whitney Vet book circa 1898 is 1 lb of cheap hamburg boiled with brown rice and whole or stewed tomatoes. The pectin around the seeds is a binding agent. Make sure that you turn it to mush cause if you can see the rice pellets - it will just pass through. Good luck.
PS - get some Pedialyte at the baby section of the grocery store and syringe if you have too to keep electrolytes up.
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I've said this before - if you have a Farm Store kind of place where they sell stuff for cows etc. You can find something called Tylan - it is a powder - they use it for pig scours - you can use a tiny pinch in some water. This is an OLD thing that folks used years ago with dogs - it's a sulfa based powder.
You can also get this through a regular vet–Max's oncologist prescribed it at times when he was going through chemo.
For pepto, I just use half a tablet--with all my dogs, as long as something has a tiny bit of canned food on it--they will scarf it up--no questions asked. Also--it does actually help some for digestive problems--as well as firm the stool and calm the tummy--but you really shouldn't use it long term and should get to the "bottom" so to speak of the problem. Pls note--it does change the color of the stool also--makes it darker--this scared the heck out of me the first time I used it on Max not realizing that was normal....
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Regarding IPSID and IBS … how do vets check for these conditions?
Back to the Ziggy story. Since I got him in August, he has had these recurring bouts of diarrhea, but he's never seemed sick. He has plenty of energy and eats, drinks, sleeps, and runs around like a 100% healthy dog. I've carefully watched to make sure that he drinks lots of water every day (he does). So it makes it even more troubling that he seems perfectly fine even during these periods of the runs.
Lori
The Z-Pack: Zen, Zoe, and Ziggy
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Regarding IPSID and IBS … how do vets check for these conditions?
For Max, he was referred to a specialist who did a GI series on him. He was give barium, and then they Xrayed him all day as it went through his system. I believe this ruled out other things and they ended up with a "tentative" diagnosis of mild IBD.
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For Max, he was referred to a specialist who did a GI series on him. He was give barium, and then they Xrayed him all day as it went through his system. I believe this ruled out other things and they ended up with a "tentative" diagnosis of mild IBD.
Also they can do thinks like a biopsy of the stomach lining and also they now do Endoscopic procedures which many times will show more then a barium xray… certainly did with me... when they could not find my ulcers... and they use the endoscopy procedure to do the biopsy also.
And not to say the he might not have an ulcer.... again, you need a referral to a specialist. IBD is not uncommon to Basenjis or many dogs for that matter.
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Sounds like you definately need a specialist of some sort.
Also, you may want to try Slippery Elm instead of Immodium or Pepto.
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/e/elmsli09.html
http://health.howstuffworks.com/slippery-elm-herbal-remedies.htm
http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.php?action=library&act=show&item=slipperyelm
**The last link is about using it in pets. And it should be available as a powder or in capsule form at your local health food/green grocery.
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Sounds like you definately need a specialist of some sort.
Also, you may want to try Slippery Elm instead of Immodium or Pepto.
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/e/elmsli09.html
http://health.howstuffworks.com/slippery-elm-herbal-remedies.htm
http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.php?action=library&act=show&item=slipperyelm
**The last link is about using it in pets. And it should be available as a powder or in capsule form at your local health food/green grocery.
Thanks for that link. Never heard of it used in pets before, but now I'll be keeping some on hand. Excellent!
