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I have a 6 week old Pit Bull mix puppy. She was the biggest of the litter and is huge compared to her sister. Since yesterday I have found blood in and around her stool when she goes to the bathroom. She is still energetic and playful. Shes eating and drinking OK. What could be causing this and how can I make her better? She is my daughter's puppy and it will destroy her if she comes home and it's dead. Please help.
By Crystal
Many years ago, I had a brendle pit, and it did that. It sounds like parvo. The sooner you get it to the vet, the better, do not delay. They also vomit blood also if I recall right. Very serious and common disease in pits, from my understanding. Also very foul odor.
Sounds like parvo. Vet immediately. Hydrate hydrate hydrate. 2 enemas with colloidal silver from the vita specialty store. Enemas half hour apart. Germs mainly in large intestine. Enemas stop them from spreading. CS in and out. Spoonful, dropperful by mouth often. CS kills viral bacterial and fungal.Stay up all night to hydrate with pedialite, gatoraid, chicken soup, broth and CS Very contagious to other dogs.
This puppy should never have left it's mother until eight weeks old. And the answer to this very urgent question could have been for you to take the puppy to your veterinarian or have them come to you before the poor little creature dies.
What is CS? It would be more helpful to spell out this item, rather than leave people wondering! I can't figure it out, and it's possible the person you're trying to help can't either! I do agree that the puppy should see the vet immediately!
Are you feeding it red meat or dried liver? - as this could be the cause - a vet would be the best option.
I have a 10 week old Maltipoo puppy. I noticed on Friday (could of been there before that, but that was the 1st time I saw it) that she had blood in her stool. Her stools have been loose, somewhat watery. Not all the way runny diarrhea, but not hard easy to clean up poos either. The blood is not a lot, yet it is still there and scaring me!
I got her 2 weeks ago and she was eating Royal Canine puppy food. The breeder gave me a little baggie of it. I got her some Nutro puppy food and mixed them. She didn't want it (more than once she wasn't going for it.) I took the Nutro back and got Science Diet puppy food.
So at this point I had 3 kinds of food mixed together and have for probably the last week got her on just the Science Diet. She does not seem to care much for it still. I have been also putting a minimal amount (heaping teaspoon maybe) of some wet food in it to get her to eat it. She does like my adult dog's dry food though!
So she does have an appetite, she is definitely "not" lethargic, and she can be megaplayful at times during the day. She is drinking water too.
Oh yeah, also, she had her 1st round of shots almost 2 weeks ago and her 2nd deworming.
I don't have the money for a vet! Please help.
By Lori from CA
Hi Lori, I understand that you may feel you don't have enough money for a vet, but blood in the stool is not something to gamble with. If it continues, please find a way to get your pup to a vet.
As far as the food goes, it may sound a bit mean, but stop giving the puppy so many, frequently different options: unintentionally, you might be training her to be a picky, finicky eater! Stick with any food combination for at least a week. If she is healthy, she will eat when she is hungry. If she likes your older dog's adult food, why not try mixing a portion of that with the puppy food (Royal Canine puppy) the breeder sent you home with? Over the next several weeks, start adding a little bit more of the adult food and a little less of the puppy food as you approach the recommended oldest age for the puppy food.
You might want to call or e-mail your breeder as well and ask more questions about the puppy's eating habits while still part of the litter.
From your comments, she sounds healthy and normal with the exception of the bloody stool. It's not uncommon to have loose stools as puppies are adjusting to a new diet and a new environment, but if the bloody stools continue, again, please at least call a vet clinic for advice. Good luck and wishing you two many happy years together!
Lori, you mention that you are talking to your "breeder" about this puppy. If you didn't have money to be able to afford vet visits, why did you buy a puppy? Sorry to sound harsh, but come on! Part of being a responsible pet owner is being able to provide basic vet care for your animals. Blood in your puppy's stool is serious and needs to be addressed right away by a vet. Ask your vet if they will accept payments for service. Most will.
Likely the vaccines caused an auto-immune reaction. Parvo vaccine often gives parvo. Food should not contain corn especially, but also no wheat or soy. Easy to cook for. Check ingredients in specialty foods and duplicate. Things like brown rice, veggies (raw are best) ground turkey, raw flax oil, cooked sweet potato, lentils, fish (not too much tuna because of mercury) fresh farm eggs, oatmeal, a combination of cooked and as much raw as you can will build immune system. Check science diet, first ingredient is corn. Throw it out. Vets are taught to sell it, same as they are taught to vaccinate.
No grocery store animal food. Google ingredients and you will find they are even using euthanized pets in prepared food. The sodium pentobarbitol does not cook out. Check vaccine ingredients on vaclib.org or any vaccine liberation site, anti vaccine site. You will never use vaccines again. Required by law, only vaccine is rabies and you can lessen danger with Thuja (please google). Good food, common sense,love and devotion make a pet a family member. Pets are absolute devotion.
Did you consider your financial life time responsibility before puppy arrived? Any "registered" breeder would have given you detailed food menu progressing through the animals ages. You "never ever" keep changing the diet unless on veterinarian advise, "blood" internally is serious.
I had this problem with my dog. Turns out she has a swollen colon. If not treated it can be deadly, call your Vet, ask to speak to the vet directly, not the person answering the phone. Explain your problem with money and your puppy's problem to the vet and not to the person answering the phone, and ask if he/she will take time payments. The person who answers the phone will say no, so don't even ask them. Ask for the vet to call you, tell the person who answers the phone that you are looking for a vet and need to ask him/her a few questions before you decide on a vet for your new puppy. If they won't get the vet to call you, call a different one, until you find one you can speak to in person. Front staff are told to screen out callers, so you may have to call several. Good luck.
Diarrhea itself (for whatever cause) can cause blood in the stool. My dog got diarrhea and when I saw the blood it scared me to death. And it was more than a little blood. The vet gave me something for the diarrhea and I put my dog on a bland diet for a few days. I thought a dog with parvo showed other symptoms in addition to diarrhea. I'm not trying to make light of this but diarrhea and blood in the stool of dogs is not uncommon and a lot of times it's from the food they eat. Stress can also cause it. Those are not my words; they are words from my vet. I' not says don't take the dog to the vet; I'm just saying calm down and don't let the other posts scare you to death. I would not be changing food brands and would not be giving any treats. They this and it it continues I would definately see a vet.
Thank you so much to everybody who answered my question!! It was all helpful to know. I want to let you all know that I did end up taking the puppy and a fecal sample to the vet to get tested (yesterday). They called today and told me the pup tested positive for the parasite Giardia. I got more dewormers and some antibiotics to give to her. They will retest another sample in 2 weeks to see if it's gone.
I called the breeder and told her as the vet also said that all her litter mates will have it too. That it would of been something that was passed down from the mother or father. It's been over the 16 day limit of putting the expense back onto the breeder. That sucks. But I love my puppy and will do what's best for her. Am glad I got her to the vet.
I hope your puppy is doing well by now. What kind of a breeder doesn't guarantee a healthy pet for more than a few weeks? The best way to choose a pet vs a breeder is go to a shelter. There are many rescue groups which do only a certain breed if that is your choice. Consider adoption before buying. Good luck.
Thanks Elsablue, my puppy is definitely doing better. She's almost done with the antibiotics the vet prescribed. Also just to tell you, I went to the shelter 4 times (more than one) and looked for a pet that way 1st. The vast majority of dogs there were chihuahuas and pit bulls. Not what I was looking for. Maybe I will check out the rescue groups next time around.
I just got a puppy shes 8 1/2 weeks old. I had her since Thursday Feb. 17 2010. The lady was feeding her her own brand of dog food, never gave us any to bring home. She wanted us to pay 18 bucks for a bag that had corn wheat, hay in it all the stuff dogs aren't supposed to have. I brought her home no problems and then yesterday night she started with the diarrhea, wasn't bad and then it got worse. Now it's really running and very very loose. Then I noticed she had blood in her stool and then the throwing up started.
Now, no vets are open here until Tuesday so I tried Pepto Bismol. A small does didn't work. then I tried to bump the dose up a bit, didn't work. Then I tried Imodium that didn't work, and then Gravol childrens for the throwing up. Didn't help. I tried a little bit of cheese that didn't seem to help. Shes not lethargic and is drinking lots anyone know what I can do until Tuesday? I am really worried. Please help. She did have her 1st set of shots and her de-worming Feb. 8th and I got her Feb. 17 can it be from the de-worming or from the long car ride and stress?
I am feeding her blue buffalo Dog food supposed to be all natural with no corn, wheat all the other crap that dogs aren't supposed to have.
My puppy just went to the vet and got his vaccinations and got wormed. He had runny poo for a awhile. Now he has hard poo, with blood in it. What does it mean?
Suggest you immediately contact your vet re this new condition; your puppy may need help now.
Why is my 2 week old puppy pooping blood?
By Bryce
It could be worms, or more devastatingly, parvo. Take your puppy to a vet immediately!
My 12 week old puppy has stool with a gel-like look and blood in it. Can you tell me what that is and the cause?
Gigi from Oberlin, OH
I had a puppy that had the same problem. We got the puppy as a rescue and it was supposed to have been vet checked. Well, it turned out that the puppy had toxidia. It is a one celled protozoa and it can mutate and can also spread to humans. We had to get rid of the pup because we have a child with GI disorders and this was something we did not want to deal with. If you read about it online you will read info that ranges from this is nothing to very serious warnings about this spreading to humans.
The vet said you have to be VERY careful about had washing and the pup licking you. It was too serious for us to deal with. Also, our yard is contaminated to growing veggies and to having another pet. No one could give me a clear cut answer on this but I have gotten anywhere from a year to 10 years for the contamination. Good luck to you! I hope this isn't what your puppy has. Take in a stool sample so you will know for sure.
You MUST take this pup to the vet. Blood from any orifice is not a good thing, and not a thing to be answered, except by a professional. Sounds a little like Parvo to me. Do take your little friend to the vet.
Best wishes to you and your puppy.
Leah from Down Under.
Please take your puppy to the vet - pronto! A friend of mine had a dog with this problem. Turned out, the puppy ate a stick, which perforated it's colon and had an infection. Their sweet puppy died - even after surgery.
Get him/her to a vet as soon as you can.
Being a breeder of cats which would be similar, it sounds a bit like Giardia or worms and will probably need vet treatment. I do have a wonderful hint for animals with diarrhoea. I always add a bit of water to their food then add some dry Quick Cooking Oats, not rolled oats, too heavy. Works wonders. Do not cook, It is quite tasteless and very little smell and they accept it.
This could be SO MANY things! My puppies had this after getting into the cats food and chewing sticks. Needless to say after a few trips to the vet and lots of stool samples, relocating the cat food and removing all sticks from the yard everything turned out fine...BUT you really SHOULD take your puppy to the vet and let THEM diagnose the problem!
Get him to the vets asap! Sounds like parvo
I pray you have already taken the good advise from your friends here at TF! and I pray he is doing much better! I would like to add a thank you for all the adoptions I've seen on these pages! Hooray for adoptiion!
Sometimes it is because of new food. My puppy eats my older dogs food alot and at first he had bloody stools too (not very nice to clean up either). And the same for the older dog he ate the puppy food. They were fine after a few times. But it may not be that.
My 6 week old puppy is pooping blood. He just pooped and a little blood came out with some gel like liquid. I just took him to the vet like 2 days ago for 6 weeks shots and for some reddish spots he has on his skin and the vet said that over all he was in good health. He is on medication because of the red spots he has. Could the medication be causing this?
By Karen S.
I had my puppy to the vet yesterday. This visit was for her second round of shots, and he checked her for worms. He said she was clean. Today she has blood in her stool. I was wondering if it could be caused by him checking her for worms?
By S. Hicks
I recently got this 2 month old puppy who got her parvovirus vaccine and canine distemper andenovirus Type 2 parainfluenza vaccine and she's had kind of watery poop. This morning she had a little bit of blood in her poop.
Is this normal? She's acting fine and active. I recently switched her food suddenly because she ran out so I had to run to the store.In August 2012 my Bishapoo had puppies. On 10/30 they got their shots. I have given the pups to 2 of my friends. This morning 1 of them called me and said they took the dog out to walk. The dog had a solid bowel movement and then continued to walk and tried to have another bowel movement and nothing came out. It was still walking and my friend noticed that there were blood drops (a little) coming out of rectum. I said bring the dog to me. Now I am going to watch and see what's going on. What do you suggest if I see some more blood? I have a mobile vet, but would first like to see what's up and if it is something I can do without having to pay the vet. The dog is still very active and has a good appetite and is very playful. We have play days and he comes and plays with his mom and dad once a month. His gums are bright pink.
By Kelly
Hello...
I have worked for a Veterinarian for over 20 years. When you see blood in the stool it means something is wrong. Please be advised that blood in the stool can be an emergency. I would call your Veterinarian and have him/her examine your puppy. I would also keep some of the feces so it can be examined by your Dr.. Please don't take any chances with this precious fur baby. Good luck
With no disrespect if you have a "mobile vet" in the best interest of this puppy please contact them. You just can't wait to see what happens and this is not the time to cut costs. Have you considered having the Mother desexed?
Last fall my dog had blood in her stool, but like your pup, she seemed fine. Not being one to take any chances, I took her to my vet immediately. My vet said that it could be a number of things, some very serious. She tested her stool and also drew blood.
Turned out it was an infection in her stomach and intestine. She had to take antibiotics for 10 days and was put on a bland diet. We were very lucky, it could have been much more serious.
Please have your pup checked out by the vet.
I have a 6 week old Staffy x American Bull dog. She had her first set of shots and worming the day I got her. It has been 3 days since then and I had been noticing a little bit of blood that comes out of her bum, but only after a poo (a really runny one). I took her to the vet and they said it's not parvo which was relieving, but they said I have to change her diet and only feed her dry biscuits and water.
The problem is she won't eat the food the vet gave me. She hasn't eaten all day and I am getting worried. She is still playing and is full of energy. I just want her to eat something. Does anyone know of something else I can give her that will stop blood coming out? The vets aren't open all weekend and I need help know. Please.My 6 month old puppy has had blood in his runny stool after 5-6 times eating some pan fried pork with his dry food (not sure if related).
Because he is as playful and energetic as ever, I'm not worried that he is seriously sick. Also I'm not worried about Parvo as he has been vaccinated for it.
By Ken
My 16 week old puppy is having bloddy mucus after she poops the last 24 hours. What's going on?
I have just got a 2 1/2 month old Teddy Bear puppy, she is a cross between a Bichon Frise and a Shih Tzu. Since she arrived she has had really runny stools and there is blood in it, is this normal?
I'm out of town on vacation and decided to make a split second decision on getting a new puppy. She is a 9 week old black Lab mixed with a Cattle dog. Her first stool was normal and hard, but the next 2 have been bloody mucousy diarrhea.
The lady who I purchased her from said she has not had her puppy shots yet, but she has had 1 round of deworming done. I changed her from Pedigree Puppy to Puppy Chow because that is all that the store had late last night. She is acting fine has energy and is playing well still. I am just curious on what I can do for her. I can't get her to a vet till I get back home in one week. The other puppies from the litter are fine though and are having no problems. Could she just be home sick or stressed from the long car ride?
Last Tuesday I gave my puppy her 5 in 1 shot and by Wednesday she could barely move and all she could do was poop and it had blood in it. Now it is 6 days later and I got Parvo Be Gone in mail. Now she eats like a horse, but still her stool is bloody. What is wrong with her?
