Joined
·
160 Posts
Here's the deal - Cobber has had off and on loose poop (a couple times as bad as total liquid squirts) since last weekend. Every time I was ready to call the vet, he'd seem to get all better and the poop would look normal. Then the next day, loose again. I figured it was something he ate, although I didn't have any idea what, but the daycare people asked me to get a fecal test to rule out parasites, so I did. I dropped the sample at the vet's this morning and they said they'd test for parasite and for bacteria. I just got a call from them that the tests were negative, everything's fine. BUT they're still dispensing antibiotics for my dog to take. The tech who called said it would help with the diarrhea.
I thought antibiotics were useless when there isn't any bacterial infection going on (I know that's the case in humans), so why give him antibiotics if the bacterial test showed negative? I don't know exactly what they're prescribing... maybe it has a constipating effect, but wouldn't some sort of immodium-like med be better if we're just talking about firming things up?
I thought antibiotics were useless when there isn't any bacterial infection going on (I know that's the case in humans), so why give him antibiotics if the bacterial test showed negative? I don't know exactly what they're prescribing... maybe it has a constipating effect, but wouldn't some sort of immodium-like med be better if we're just talking about firming things up?