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My MIL has taken on a rescue whippet, a breed that neither of us have any experience off. She has had her over 12 months now but she has been very difficult to find a feed that she likes and that doesn't upset her tummy. She is now on chicken, rice and chappie mixed in as the vet recommend but every few days she has severe diarrhea. Vet has seen her and she has had antibiotics but she still has diarrhea. Doesn't affect her, she is still full of life and loves going for a run and seems completely fine. My MIL is in her late 70's and can cope with the dog but is getting a little fed up of cleaning up every few mornings. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
 
my lurcher (whippet cross) has a sensitive digestion and can get diarrhea easily. I feed jwb turkey and rice kibble with a little bit of cooked chicken or tuna in water or jwb pouch or cooked coley...I have a supply of anti inflammatory tablets(not antibiotics) which my vet gave me(well sold me) and if she has a bad bout I give her them and change food to just chicken or fish and rice and it usually clears up within 24 hours. it is something that I have learned to manage and am very careful to make sure she doesn't pick up dead rabbit or similar while walking.. I also don't give her dog biscuits at all as they seem to upset her....hope this helps a bit, good luck...
 
My whippet is on raw food and never a problem with diarrhea. I give raw chicken necks which contain exactly the right amount of meat, to bone ratio and I add pet mince from my butchers. I use the pet mince to regulate the dryness of her poo. too wet and I reduce the mince, too dry and I add more mince. I have done quite a lot of work with whippet rescue and have found they all thrive on this diet. Antibiotics cause diarrhea so whilever she is on those I would expect a dodgy bottom. Get some Prokolin from the vet as that provides probiotics to ensure her gut flora is good and kaolin to soothe and prevent the diarrhea. I would probably miss out the chappie as mine doesnt do well on that.
 
Cinnamontoast I don't think so I will ask MIL. She has seen the vet at least twice in the last couple of months regarding this problem. Unfortunately my FIL can't resist giving her a little bit of anything he happens to be eating which I am sure isn't helping the situation. I will show my MIL the advice on here and she can decide what she wants to try.
 
Bosworth said:
My whippet is on raw food and never a problem with diarrhea. I give raw chicken necks which contain exactly the right amount of meat, to bone ratio and I add pet mince from my butchers. I use the pet mince to regulate the dryness of her poo. too wet and I reduce the mince, too dry and I add more mince. I have done quite a lot of work with whippet rescue and have found they all thrive on this diet. Antibiotics cause diarrhea so whilever she is on those I would expect a dodgy bottom. Get some Prokolin from the vet as that provides probiotics to ensure her gut flora is good and kaolin to soothe and prevent the diarrhea. I would probably miss out the chappie as mine doesnt do well on that.
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Antibiotics CAN cause diarrhea is is not true that they all will always cause it.
I would suggest a faecal sample is called for and if nothing shows up then an exclusion diet or allergy testing or maybe both will end up being needed.
If you are going for an exclusion diet then take the more common protein sources out such as chicken/pork /beef and wheat so something salmon and potatoe based or similar, if you get lucky a change of diet (long term) may solve the problem without expensive allergy testing but you have to stick with the diet for at least 6 weeks although with the runs you expect fairly quick resolution to the problem.
 
She was given antibiotics for the problem so it started before the antibiotics. She has been fine for a few weeks then Wednesday it started again and she has had it every day since then but as I say in herself she is completely normal, still full of life and no change of diet.
 
Crugeran Celt said:
She was given antibiotics for the problem so it started before the antibiotics. She has been fine for a few weeks then Wednesday it started again and she has had it every day since then but as I say in herself she is completely normal, still full of life and no change of diet.
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Giardia sheds in cycles so the symptoms can clear up with antibioticcs then come back again-other animals and humans can contract it and it is highly contagious the vets should be testing for it as a matter of importance
 
Bosworth said:
My whippet is on raw food and never a problem with diarrhea. I give raw chicken necks which contain exactly the right amount of meat, to bone ratio and I add pet mince from my butchers. I use the pet mince to regulate the dryness of her poo. too wet and I reduce the mince, too dry and I add more mince. I have done quite a lot of work with whippet rescue and have found they all thrive on this diet. Antibiotics cause diarrhea so whilever she is on those I would expect a dodgy bottom. Get some Prokolin from the vet as that provides probiotics to ensure her gut flora is good and kaolin to soothe and prevent the diarrhea. I would probably miss out the chappie as mine doesnt do well on that.
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This ^^^
my whippet x saluki is on raw, very rarely gets the squits, I give her natural yogurt now and again to help gut flora
 
twiggy2 said:
Antibiotics CAN cause diarrhea is is not true that they all will always cause it.
I would suggest a faecal sample is called for and if nothing shows up then an exclusion diet or allergy testing or maybe both will end up being needed.
If you are going for an exclusion diet then take the more common protein sources out such as chicken/pork /beef and wheat so something salmon and potatoe based or similar, if you get lucky a change of diet (long term) may solve the problem without expensive allergy testing but you have to stick with the diet for at least 6 weeks although with the runs you expect fairly quick resolution to the problem.
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removed as didn't read it properly! :)
 
Mine thankfully doesn't seem to have a sensitive tum so I would suggest following others advice but mine is happy on skinners. I know lots who were previously sensitive or fussy now thriving on raw.
 
I have had giardia and it is hideous. Wouldn't wish it on anyone. It was just severe diarhheoa (spell) basically, but imagine very severe. I got very dehydrated very quickly, which led to more feeling ill. I don't remember any other symptoms. The ABs made me so ill I really wanted to die. It was years ago in Australia, hopefully treatment is nicer now.
 
The treatment for a dog is just a worming programme - Panacur I think - they thought my lurcher might have it when he had chronic diarrhoea some years ago. Sadly that wasn't what the problem was, but the treatment wasn't too awful for him.

It was years ago now that I had them, but my whippets never had stomach problems in all the time I had them and I fed them Butchers tripe & biscuits - nowadays I would always recommend a raw diet to settle things down though :)
 
Lévrier;13079207 said:
The treatment for a dog is just a worming programme - Panacur I think - they thought my lurcher might have it when he had chronic diarrhoea some years ago. Sadly that wasn't what the problem was, but the treatment wasn't too awful for him.

It was years ago now that I had them, but my whippets never had stomach problems in all the time I had them and I fed them Butchers tripe & biscuits - nowadays I would always recommend a raw diet to settle things down though :)
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Panacur is not often effective anymore and metronidazole is the best medication for giardia, it can take multiple courses to clear it up.

We fostered these 2 kittens a while ago, they had giardia and it took almost 5 weeks of metronidazole to get them to test clear, the little ginger one was nearly dead with a temperature of 34/severely dehydrated and weighing only 200g at about 5.5 weeks old. both fit and well now and looking for their forever homes...
 
twiggy2 said:
Panacur is not often effective anymore and metronidazole is the best medication for giardia, it can take multiple courses to clear it up.

We fostered these 2 kittens a while ago, they had giardia and it took almost 5 weeks of metronidazole to get them to test clear, the little ginger one was nearly dead with a temperature of 34/severely dehydrated and weighing only 200g at about 5.5 weeks old. both fit and well now and looking for their forever homes...
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It was terminal lymphoma in the case of my dog, not giardia....
 
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