Help with my puppy Rumble
He will be 8 weeks this Friday. For the past week, he has had very runny stool and sometimes explosive watery stools. Breeder told me he started them on Nutro puppy so that's what I kept him on. He refused to eat it for the first couple days, but I wasn't sure if it was just him getting adjusted and having no appetite. I began to worry about him not eating and was recommended to try small portion of skinless, boneless chicken breast boiled with no seasoning. I gave him a tiny amount of that and he ate it like it was going out of style. I did a few meals that way and added a small amount of the nutro puppy kibble. Again he went back to only picking out small pieces of chicken. I made a vet appointment last Fri and she checked him out and thought maybe he just didn't like the kibble. She recommended adding in a small amount of nutro puppy wet food. So i did that and he seems to be eating that through the weekend, however his stools are still very soft, runny and very watery a few times. I'm not sure what else to do. Was going to make another vet appt due to the duration of his very runny stools. Should I try switching foods, like TOTW, and transition him away from the Nutro? Any advice or recommendations welcome. He has had first shots and wormed at 4 and 6 weeks. This is my first EBT, but have raised two APBT's. Neither of them had this issue. Thank you!
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2) remember that every change in food is going to bring about the runs for a couple of days, so try and make the changes small and gradual.
3) although Nutro manages to get 3.5 stars here and there, I still think it's crap... unless you are getting Nutro Ultra and Grain Free.
4) I'd first add 1/4 cup of boiled white rice.
5) keep putting in boiled chicken (1/4 cup) but use minced chicken and mix it in well so he can't pick it out
6) then gradually replace the Nutro with something GF and decent.
7) once the runs have stopped then we can talk about next steps.
8) make sure he has PLENTY of water to replace what he is losing meanwhile.
9) I don't know what the water's like in TX, it sucks here in FL, keep him on bottled or RO water if you can.
10 ) adding some Probiotics always helps. ....(Dr Mercola)
Sometimes it's not always picked up because it screens for intestinal parasite eggs. The parasites don't always shed eggs therefor giving you a false negative.
Have them look for coocidia or giardia. A different dewormer os needed for those.
Now reading back, I was posting about the deworming.. Though it may not be the cause of the puppy's GI upset, this is still good info to know.
For Robzilla: Good deworming should be done at least 3 times, 3 weeks apart each dose.
Common parasites are Hooks, whips, and round worms. Drontal Plus is typically used for those.
However that does not work for coccidia or giardia (which can also cause diarrhea!)
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Your monthly Heartgard chew also deworms for Hooks and Rounds, but not whips.
Sentinel and Interceptor deworm for Hooks, Rounds, AND whips.
To intially get rid of intestinal parasites, do the 3 rounds of dewormer. Then your heartgard,sentinel or interceptor will "clean them out" each month.
Hope that's not too confusing!! Feel free to ask questions.
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