Gurgly Tummy

[teresa]

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My 7 yo whippet bitch Kitty suffers from gurgly tums( it actually squeaks too). She has suffered occasionally for several years but seems to be worse recently.She wakes early in the morning when she has it and goes outside to eat grass, she particularly seeks out "sticky weed".After about 2-3 hours she passes a blood and mucous stained stool,then she is fine.This seems to be happening about twice weekly at the mo.She has wainwright complete for breakfast and wheatmeal mixer and Butchers in the evening followed by a small Dentastick.She is wormed regularly and has been spayed.Has anyone else experienced this? She had a particularly bad bout a few months ago , one evening ,where I thought she was going down with bloat.I rushed her to the vets and they just gave her a sedative! He told me that he was going to give her a relaxant for her stomach and I thought it was Buscopan!! Any thoughts or experience would be welcome.

 

[meddling]

passing blood is a vet symptom

I'd cut out the dentastix maybe, as they create tummy pain in my whippet, think they may get stuck or scratch inside.

Blue also gets gurgles and poorly formed stools when I have given her Butchers tins whilst on holiday...maybe change to something kinder, either a natural complete twice a day or raw (introduced gently)

I hope she starts to feel better all the time soon

 

[eve]

Hi

If she is passing blood then she needs to see the vet. She probably has the equivalent of human Irratible Bowel Syndrome but the vet is a must. She may be intolerant of wheet in the mixer, the dentastix or the Butchers. Toddy has a sensitive stomach. He gets 1 type of food only and no human leftovers. Sounds mean, but it is kinder in the long run for all concerned I give him Prokolin paste (doggy probiotic). It can be bought online for about £11 and a tube lasts about 1 week - 10 days. It does help him. Kitty may need a special diet for sensitive stomachs perhaps one with pre and pro biotics built in. Again, the vet could advise.

 

[Noise]

the Prokolin paste is excellent :thumbsup: we used it when Eskil had colitis and it really helped him recover. mine occassionally get dentastix but more like once or twice a week, but it could be a problem to some dogs as with everything pedigree has to offer :-

I have heard that tinned chappie original is easy on the digestive system?

 

[moonglow]

She definitely needs her diet changing as what you're feeding obviously isn't suiting her! She also needs to have a small supper before she goes to bed as quite often whippets get a gurgly tummy if they haven't eaten for a while.

Dentastix are full of toxins which won't be helping her tummy either.

I would also give her probiotics,either natural live yoghurt or something like protexin.

Re diet,a raw diet is best,but if you can't do this try a home cooked natural diet.

My lot are all grazing on the fresh new grass & stickyweed at the moment,but this is quite natural for dogs even if they don't have digestive problems,so please don't stop her from doing what comes naturally!

 

[bertha]

The reason for the blood is the sticky weed scoures the stomach lining a bit, nothing to be very concerned about. Mine have the same thing happen and I just give them a drink of goats milk to help line the stomach. As moonglow says, live youghurt is very good for them. Do you feed twice a day, I found that helped with one of mine, so they all get fed twice now.

 

[jinnyfizz]

She definitely needs her diet changing as what you're feeding obviously isn't suiting her! She also needs to have a small supper before she goes to bed as quite often whippets get a gurgly tummy if they haven't eaten for a while.Dentastix are full of toxins which won't be helping her tummy either.

I would also give her probiotics,either natural live yoghurt or something like protexin.

Re diet,a raw diet is best,but if you can't do this try a home cooked natural diet.

My lot are all grazing on the fresh new grass & stickyweed at the moment,but this is quite natural for dogs even if they don't have digestive problems,so please don't stop her from doing what comes naturally!

Agree with all this and also it doesn't hurt for them to have a snack on some horse poo or sheep poo occasionally if you have some country walks nearby - once again, it provides necesssary "friendly bacteria" for their gut and it is a natural vegetarian option for them which they would have access to in the wild or rural situations :thumbsup:

......... just thought ......... make sure she doesn't have cooked bones of any sort. They are brittle and can cause internal damage. Raw bones are fine

 

[teresa]

Thanks for all the advice re Kitty's gurgly tum. I think I will have to have a fresh look at her diet even though she has had the same food for years.I know that some manufacturers can change/add ingredients sometimes! Thanks again.

 

[eve]

Hi, Yes

Aukarty, which I have used for years have added something. It is organic but I think that they have added more beet pulp. My dogs (other than Toddy) have been having much looser stools in the last few weeks since I bought the new batch. I am going to have to find an alternative. James Well Beloved is a lot more expensive but Toddy does really well on it. feeding it to all four will be quite an outlay each month :sweating: I do advise keeping it simple. Just feed 1 food that agrees with Kitty and no human food leaftover treats esp not chicken skin or fat from meat. You can always try introducing these later on and see how the stomach reacts.

Holland and Barrett have a special offer on probiotics at present. They are capsules and can be opened and split over the food. 1 a day should be fine. I am going to try them on Toddy instead of the Pro-kolin as it is quite expensive