Diarrhea in dogs - treatment at home

Diarrhea in a dog arises from a violation of the absorptive function of the intestine. There are a number of reasons that contribute to the onset of this disease. Trying to cope with the disease yourself, you need to be extremely careful in choosing the means. In some cases, delay in the provision of qualified medical care can lead to an animal death.

Causes of diarrhea in a dog

1. The ingestion of a dog of poor quality food.
2. Feeding the pet too fatty food with overeating.
3. Diarrhea of ​​bacterial origin, caused by staphylococcus, dysentery, salmonellosis, yersiniosis and other microorganisms.
4. Enteritis of viral nature.
5. Diarrhea is often accompanied by infection of the dog with helminths and pathogenic protozoa.
6. Enter the gastrointestinal tract of the pet with food dangerous to him chemicals or poisons. Sometimes diarrhea is a reaction to the administration of medications.
7. Damage to the intestinal mucosa with a bone.

Helping an animal with diarrhea

Treatment of diarrhea in a dog at home depends, first of all, on the severity of the disease. If the behavior of the pet has not changed and there is no threat of dehydration - this is an easy degree of the disease. In this case, a starvation diet with a lot of liquid intake helps. With any degree of severity, sorbents that excrete toxins (enterosgel, atoxyl) and regidron are excellent. For example, for a dog weighing 15 kg, you can dilute according to the instructions packet of medicine and inject it every hour for 10 -20 ml directly into the mouth with a syringe without a needle. If there is no admixture of blood in the stool, activated charcoal is used for the same purpose. During the treatment, prepare a rice broth, infusion or decoction of medicinal plants, such as St. John's wort, sage, alder, blueberry.

Unfortunately, not everything that can be given to a person, is suitable for diarrhea to a dog. The veterinarian on the question of whether it is possible to give the dog loperamide with diarrhea, most likely, will answer that it is not advisable to do it, and in some cases is even dangerous. Unanimous opinion of the majority of specialists regarding antibiotics. If you ask whether it is possible to give levomycetin in case of diarrhea, you will hear that the prescription of such medicines is the prerogative of the doctor, as is the treatment of moderate and severe forms of diarrhea, when diarrhea is too frequent.

When can not you help yourself?

It is dangerous to treat small puppies that dehydrate themselves too quickly, as well as adult animals, when blood is observed in the stool of scarlet or black flowers. You should also contact the clinic if the pet is not vaccinated, has a depressed state, fever and vomiting.