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Old 05-23-2007, 11:05 AM   #1
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Sadie Issues

Hi guys, it has been a while. We have been having some problems w/ Sadie's health.Last week my mom gave her some cranberry sauce and she had some stool problems. We thought it was just the cranberry sauce well now she is having some good stools (over a week later) but some really bloody looking slimey stools and some really green stools. We are taking her to the vet tomorrow, we called our vet a couple days ago and told us to monitor her for a couple of days and document her behavior. She is not behaving any differently, no fatigue, no signs of illness but her stools are so disturbing. We are getting her and Zeus on some form of flea control because the shelter didn't have her on any and we have been trying to figure out what is best (we never heard of any kind of flea control before getting online) but we are almost positive she brought fleas w/ her from the shelter. We had her tested about a month a go when we got her and she was worm negative, but since then we think this could be worms. The doctor says it could be that or possibly an intestinal infection. I just wanted to let you guys know what is going on and maybe get some advice. I know that the vet knows best etc, he is a great vet but he is very let dogs fix it if they can then intervene. He is the gentlest vet in the area (we only have three in a 30 mile radius) and the only one Sadie is not terrified of.
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Re: Sadie Issues

My guess is the cranberry loosened stored toxins into the liver etc. Then the liver expelled them into the bowel. I still would go to the vet though..
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My husband (the hypo) believes she has worms and he has them too *sigh*
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Re: Sadie Issues

Could be- but usually worms do not make green fecal. Thats detox from something..
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Re: Sadie Issues

Green stool can also be a sign of bile dumping. Sometimes animals dump bile when there is no food in their stomach (has she been eating?) or they process too quickly.
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Re: Sadie Issues

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My husband (the hypo) believes she has worms and he has them too *sigh*

You made me laugh. Anyway, when you go to the vet bring a stool sample in and have the stool sent out to a lab that looks at it under a microscope because giardia and some other intestinal parasites are sometimes not detected with a regular fecal flotation test.
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Re: Sadie Issues

Thanks! I was going to anyways though the vet did not tell me to. He is very sweet. My husband is just a goof. wish us luck off we go!

She has been eating very well, we give her kibble as well as a raw mix.

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