mumof4girls Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Guys I want to get Rogues movement tested as he has been loose on and off for a while and I just can't explain it. Do I firstly need get a sterilisedcontainer from the vet ? Or do they not care so I could use a jar...?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGirl85 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 It needs to be sterile, go to your local pathology collection centre and ask them for a stool jar, theyre white with a handy scoop in the lid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappie Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 It depends on what tests are going to be done. For a faecal float performed in house (very common) then any clean container will be fine. You can get a sterile container from the vet for other tests like culture etc but a faecal flotation is usually the first step. The risk of getting significant bacterial contamination from not having a sterile container is small, considering that it is poo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4girls Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 (edited) Thanks guys it just doesn't make sence. Either morning or arvo movement can be fine then next one is either sloppy or just loose.. Then this am slop and slop and then a little liquid , I bet this arvo it will be fine again.. Food the same so it is strange, doesn't seem to be a pattern.. He is happy and playful all the time even after movement , just weird.. Edited May 16, 2012 by mumof4girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Mandela can have a poop that is semi-solid filled by a bit of liquid poop - in the one same motion. His poops go from solid to sloppy as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4girls Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 (edited) Erny would you say that it is normal? He has had more chicken carcasses then usual but then he doesn't eat it all in one hit, x1 usually lasts 2 days ... It's not frothy just sloppy or the end sausage (lol) is slightly loose.. Just changed over time from always being formed but maybe wet looking to this.. He is fed raw so not sure if that is why.. Edited May 16, 2012 by mumof4girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Erny would you say that it is normal? He has had more chicken carcasses then usual but then he doesn't eat it all in one hit, x1 usually lasts 2 days ... It's not frothy just sloppy or the end sausage (lol) is slightly loose.. Just changed over time from always being formed but maybe wet looking to this.. He is fed raw so not sure if that is why.. No, I don't think it is normal. I'm not a vet nor a canine nutritionist but I'm thinking it could be the beginnings of a reaction to something in the diet. Perhaps not. Look up leaky gut - id check up on it on the Internet before I'd posted here but I'm without a computer ATM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4girls Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 Normal movement this arvo.. He is in his run while we are at work so it can't be something he is eating while we are at work.. anyway I'll get a sample of the loose one next time he does one.. I'll look that up also thank you :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Anxiety/stress can affect stool composition. Does this thought marry in with the times his stooles are less than optimum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest donatella Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I find if I give mine anything out if the normal it can get loose but if I stick with my kibble and chicken necks/breast/eggs she's good to go and they're nice and hard ready to be picked up in one go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4girls Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 Same old same old Erny nothing out of the ordinary here. He has been fine for the last 2 days.. Maybe he ate something in the yard, I have checked all the plants and we have no poisonous ones here.. I will just wait for it too happen again and get the sample. It seems to increase in softness once it starts, going from formed and lossesish at the end of it, to loose to sloppy then back to normal . Like i said not every movement in the same day , normal movement first up or his last one for the night then loose inbetween ( when loose he does go more from 2 a day to 3 or 4) he does chew sticks alot especially my lavender bush branches and i do see bits of stick in his stools.. He is still full of energy so he doesn't show any other obvious signs of sickness.. Hope that makes sense.. fingers crossed he is back to normal now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumof4girls Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 What about chicken poo OH said he does eat it when he lets him out of the gate to put chickens away?? Maybe that's it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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