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What happens if a dog holds stool too long?
Long stool holding releases toxins, causing bloating, pain, poor appetite and vomiting, and can lead to constipation and megacolon. Walk it morning and evening or train indoor relief.
How long until a hamster’s soft stool recovers?
Soft stool from bad diet improves after fasting the hamster briefly; use smectite if needed. Persistent cases need a vet, as infection or bacteria may be the cause.
What is a normal cat stool like?
Normal cat stool is brown, short and cylindrical, firm and intact. Loose or pellet-like stool suggests hairballs or dehydration; watery stool signals serious illness.
My three-month-old dog vomited white mucus three times yesterday morning, had first loose stool around 8pm, another an hour later, is sleepy and anorexic, very thin at two pounds, dewormed twice with no effect; rural area with no vet. What do I do?
Frequent diarrhea risks dehydration, low blood sugar, shock, and death, so find the cause and treat; possible causes are bad food, distemper/parvo/corona, or foreign-body injury. If no vet, fast, give glucose, and use anti-emetics, antibiotics, and anti-diarrhea medication.
Every morning the end of the stool has a few drops of blood, otherwise normal, and the dog is energetic. What causes this?
Blood at the end of normal, energetic stool may be constipation fissures, parasites, enteritis, or rectal tumors. Hard stool needs more water and fiber; soft stool needs a fecal test for parasites; otherwise consider enteritis or tumors.
My dog’s stool was normal at first, but last night it had water mixed into the poop.
Watery stool is diarrhea, possibly from parasites, indigestion, or gastroenteritis, not necessarily parvovirus. Fast half a day with probiotics and light diet; if no improvement, use medication or vet testing.
My dog has parvovirus; foamed at the mouth early Jan 22, diarrhea in the afternoon, tested positive Jan 23, then bloody stool and foam at night. At which stage and what is the survival rate?
Bloody stool places the dog in the middle-to-late stage of parvovirus, with about a 40-50% recovery rate under active treatment; survival depends on immunity, plan, and response. Controlling vomiting and bleeding offers a good chance, with transfusions for severe anemia.
My cat has had gastroenteritis for days with fluids and injections, but today vomited green liquid and had bloody loose stool. What should I do?
Feline gastroenteritis varies; bacterial cases need fasting, anti-inflammatory, anti-diarrhea, and probiotic support, while viral or hemorrhagic cases need further testing for panleukopenia and imaging. Other diseases like pancreatitis can mimic it.
What is a cat’s stool like with FIP (feline infectious peritonitis)?
FIP can cause diarrhea. Wet FIP is more common and starts with mild appetite loss, lethargy, weight loss, and fever, then a swollen abdomen. Toxins build up and affect digestion, causing vomiting, diarrhea, and sleepiness.
How Can I Tell if My Dog’s Stool Has Worms?
Look for soft stool, black stool, or blood at the end; heavy tapeworm shows rice-sized white grains and scooting. Coccidia causes soft stool with jelly-like mucus. Confirm by fecal test and deworm.