natalieandcid

Cid has had another prolapse, his forth one to be precise. This one would have to be his worst he is currently at the vets and they are going to try to do another purse string. If he makes it though this we will try for the colopexy depending on this cost vs success rate. But at this point its not looking good Cids bowel prolapsed when we were out so by the time we got home and found him, his bowel had turned a dark/congested color similar to a plum which is never good so who knows if his bowel is even functional at this point. Tomorrow we will call a few specialist vets we find off google to find out more about the Colopexy its just horrible to spend $3500 on a puppy, fall in love with the puppy and it become the equivalent of your child and to have him possibly pass away before he is a year old...horrible. The breeder is aware of Cids condition but unable to offer any advice.

our dog is on laxatives for other health problems, it also helps with pooping out my hair , although on the odd occasion we find him with poop and hair dangling out of his bum

if were not quick cid eats his poop and his breath smells like a fart and its horrible

My little Ciddy eats stones, bark, gumnuts and our housemates cigarette butts. We cant leave him unsupervised in the back yard. Even with our watchful eye some of the things we have found in his poop has made us concerned such as the time we found a 5 cent coin in his poop when he was recovering from his prolapsed bowel.

My French Bulldog is a strictly inside dog he doesn't go outside unless he has supervision. In the heat we just leave the air con on and he sleeps on the cool tiles. Ice cubes dont work for Cid as if we put ice in his water bowel he will freak out and bark non stop at it. With my old childhood dog bonnie a poodle cross rescue dog we would keep her clipped short in summer and would spray her with the hose, but she would always find a cool spot in the garden and would come inside if she wanted to.

Rebanna we were following the vets advice with Cids treatment. Had a scare today, my boyfriend and i came home and Cid had something hanging out of his bottom so i panicked and assumed Cids bowel prolapsed again. Turns out he had been somehow eatting my long hair and it was poo that was still attached to him my via my hair, How ever his anus was swollen and pulsating but we observed him for an hour and it went back to normal.

I'm so sorry this happened to your Struppie i can only imagine how horrible it is. sending postive thoughts your way

Thank you everyone so much for all your help, all advice is welcome :) and Labradork you have given me wonderful advice and i appreciated it :) We have been feeding him pal puppy wet food with some mashed up carrots, i want to get him on some sort of vitamin supplement because part of his medical treatment plan is a ongoing course of laxatives it can create a vitamin/mineral imbalance and right now Cid needs all the nutrients he can get. Jed the vet was saying one of the potential causes is that Cid has a little bob tail (as all frenchies do) and the way the tail points down could create pressure on Cids anus/rectum that gives him the sensation to strain and push more than he needs to hence creating the prolapse. Manx cats are more likely do suffer from prolapse bowel as well according to google. I'm not convinced his tail was the cause i think it was the Ensal that was the straw the broke the camels back. He went from having loose bowels to being constipated and straining. The vet didnt take a stool sample as he said pathology servises would be hard to access during the Christmas time period but put him on prophylactic metronidazole, and i know at work we use that to treat patients with Clostridium difficile, so cid should be covered for parasites/bacteria? i think but he could have IBS so i will request a stool spec. If Cid needs to have the coloplexy we want a referral to the Melbourne vet specialist. Also Clyde what was the outcome with your experience with prolapsed bowel, our vet was telling us that as a rule of thumb the condition has a poor prognosis and it would be highly possible we maybe have to put him down. We have been taking him for daily check ups with the vet and for now his anus looks as good as it can be and his pain is gone and his temperature is down so fingers and toes crossed.

We were feeding him advance puppy dry food, chicken and rice before his prolapse. After Cids prolapse the vet advised up to feed him cheap food like pal wet food that would be easy for him to pass but didn't give us a frame and we have been adding mashed up carrots. His bowel movements are looking better and he is passing 2/3 movements a day (hard to tell as if we are not quick he eats his poo).

I will call her tomorrow, i just don't really know what to say because i don't want her to feel like we are accusing her of anything. He seems better today he hasn't required and sedation or analgesia for 24 hours and seems brighter.The real test is when his purse string stitch comes out on the 6th of Jan. Tomorrow my boyfriend and i are going to pet barn to try to get him some vitamin supplements and more nutritious food ...and maybe some more toys :)

Hi all just looking for advise with my 4 month old French bulldog puppy Cid. On the 23/12/12 my dog had a prolapsed bowel we promptly took him to our local vet who was fantastic, who rushed us in and reinserted his bowel and preformed a purse string suture to hold it in place. We have changed our dogs diet from advance dry food to wet palat the suggestion by our vet also adding tinned carrot for some added roughage. His current medical treatment regime is 1mg of laxapet 3 times a day, Amoxyclav (200mg) twice a day, metronidazole (100mg) twice a day and we also have been giving him sedation and analgesia as needed which is usually at night when he needs to poo and gets agitated and is in quite a bit of pain. Prior to Cids prolapse he had been having ongoing bowel issues from the age of 8 weeks with loose bowl movements we attemted to treat this is worming tablets (Inceptor every 2 weeks and then monthly from 12 weeks) and diet (feeding advance dry food with boiled chicken and rice) the week of Cids prolapse we gave ensal (4ml three times a day) to treat his loose bowel movements. After a day of this treatment cid appeared to be constipated so we stopped giving the ensal. At this time it was hard to gauge his bowel movements as he started eating his own faeces. The advice i'm looking for is what else can we do as from google and our vets advice prolapsed bowels have a very poor prognosis. If the purse string stitch dosent work my boyfriend and I are looking into the procedure coloplexy I was wondering if anyone has had any experience/ success with the operation as anecdotal evidence would suggest it has quite a good outcome. Im also from the south east of Melbourne and any suggestion of vets and prices would be very much appreciated. Lastly should we tell our breeder (ANKC registered and our boy Cid came with main papers) about the situation as the vet feels that his tail could be one of the potential causes for the prolapse. Its been quite a horrible Christmas with lots of tears we love our dog Cid and want to give him the best chance