pukawidgee Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) We have a litter of six day old puppies that started having diarrhoea on Saturday. Mum is healthy and not on antibiotics. Milk is normal and there is plenty of it. Puppies are all fat, healthy and gaining weight despite the runny poos but on Sunday one of the bitches started crying. Went to the vet for AB Sunday afternoon and was given Trisoprim of which they should receive 0.1 ml daily. They have had one dose yesterday evening and one at lunchtime today. The bitch puppy that started crying yesterday looked improved this morning - no crying but has started crying again this afternoon and another of the bitch puppies has started crying also. All other puppies are fine thus far, still fat and suckling well but they still have the runny poos. Has anyone got any advice? Edited September 3, 2012 by pukawidgee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 did the vet actually examine puppies? if not take them for a check ..otherwise phone the vet . Poor little mites can go downhill so fast, can't they ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukawidgee Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 No the vet didn't examine the puppies. We live out of town and I had family coming through so they met the Vet at the clinic and picked the AB up. Physically apart from the poos and crying they are all looking perfectly healthy. All gaining weight, good colour, no distended bellies or anything. Its so stressful especially when they are so small! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aziah Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Might be a case of too much of a good thing...I had something similar happen in one my own litters. Puppies were feeding well but it seemed that the milk was a tad too rich and they were gutsing. We used Protexin and this settled their guts down after a couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukawidgee Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 I thought the same thing myself. I have given them natural yoghurt. I will see if I can get some Protexin tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 It could be Giardia. When Penny had her puppies they contracted it from her milk. Even though she appeared healthy and the pups were all born healthy as soon as they started to suckle they became infected. It has about a 7-8day incubation period. It took a few days for the vet to diagnose, it was only after a poo sample did they realise, and by then the pups were almost dead. All survived though, it was easily treatable once they knew what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukawidgee Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 That's interesting. What were their poos like? And how did they treat it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 (edited) they had the runs, became very dehydrated, then lost the desire or ability to suck, so nearly starved to death. If it wasn't for a dedicated friend who continued to inject them with fluids overnight they would have just quietly faded away and died. I took them to the vet many times, the vet even took them home herself one night and fed them to keep them alive, they'd gain their strength a bit with feeding then poo it all out and become weak again. It was only once they tested the poo they realised what it was. It was treated with a type of antibiotic but I cant remember the name. I had to treat all my dogs, even the adults. Two of those puppies who nearly died are my own Tag and Puck. Tag is actually named after my friend who kept him alive, it's her initials. They grew into big healthy whippets. I would definitely be asking your vet to test for giardia. Another one they thought it could be at the time was rotavirus. Edited September 3, 2012 by Kirislin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukawidgee Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 Thanks for that info. I will definitely be looking taking them in tomorrow. Hopefully we can get some answers soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kustali Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 It could be they are over feeding, have a belly ache and have colic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 How are the puppies going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukawidgee Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 They are good :) We went to the vet this morning and it's just too much rich milk from mum. She did a faecal float to make sure it wasn't anything nasty and that was all clear so we got some medication for the poos and an anti inflammatory for the two girls that were crying. They are all sleeping peacefully now and all gained weight today :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpoint GSP Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Yep - we had a bit of a case of this with ours too. Mum had so much good rich milk that they gutsed themselves and ended up with diarrhoea - not fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 what a relief, sorry to worry you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
**Super_Dogs** Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Great news they are fine. I hate crying pups when you can't work out why........very stressful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukawidgee Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 That's for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aziah Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 So pleased :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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