first time frenchie owner and need help!!!

[Jjspike]

hi, this is my first time posting something so sorry if its long. my spike is 7 months old now. i have had him for 2 months. when we got spike he was a little neglected. he had a cough, running nose, the tips of his ears were not healthy, he also had diarrhea and goo in his eye. we took him straight to a vet. the vet gave us clavamox, metronidazole, c.e.t chlorhexidine 0.12% rinse, gentazol, famotidine (didnt give to him), fortflora, cough tabs (didn't give to him) and strongid. they tested spike for parvo and it was negative. the vet also let us know that spike was 5 or 6 months not 4 months like we were told. i didnt really care for the vet so the next day i took spike to another vet. the new vet told me just give spike the antibiotic and when spike is done he will check him again. a couple of days later i notice blood in spikes poop. i took spike back to the new vet and he said finish the medicine and we will retest his poop for parasites. spike was positive for giardia. the vet said since spike is already on antibiotics he will test spikes poop again after to see if the meds killed the giardia. on a good note spike was fine besides the blood in his poop. i took spike back to the vet and they tested his poop again and the giardia was gone but now spike was positive for a parasite. the vet gave spike panacur for 3 days but spike still had blood in his poop. at this point spike would have good days with just a little blood in his poop and other days he would have bloody mucus diarrhea and it smelled terrible. i took spike back to the vet for another poop test, it was negative. the vet told me spike has a sensitive stomach so the gave spike endosorb, hills diet i/d food, fortiflora and another poop test. the poop test came back negative but the vet gave spike metronidazole anyways. spike is still the same and the vet wants us to see a specialist for colonoscopy. we got spike 7/8/17 and to this day 9/18/17 he has been on 6 different foods, because i thought maybe it was the food. now spike is getting a rash on his arms, chest, around his eyes and his right ear stared flopping down. im going to go see a 3rd vet. thanks everyone and sorry its so long.

 

[2bullymama]

welcome! Poor little guy!

When the vet rechecked the poo.. did they also retest for giardia? Giardia can take a ridiculously long time to cure.. sometimes months. When you state he has been on many foods... how long are you keeping him on it and how fast do you change/transition?

if not transitioning over a number of days (7-10)... that will cause the runny poo. Try to avoid the vet prescribed foods... they are all crap - they do serve a purpose for short term illness but should not be a life long feeding.
What food are you currently feeding, what have you tried and for how long? How much do you feed at each meal? What brand/protein?

As for the skin --- have the vet do a skin scrap... it might be manage due to all his other issues his immune system is weak and he can't fight off the mites.

Give a probiotic.. Fortiflora is a good one which I think you said he is on right now

 

[Alice Kable]

welcome! Poor little guy!

When the vet rechecked the poo.. did they also retest for giardia? Giardia can take a ridiculously long time to cure.. sometimes months. When you state he has been on many foods... how long are you keeping him on it and how fast do you change/transition?

if not transitioning over a number of days (7-10)... that will cause the runny poo. Try to avoid the vet prescribed foods... they are all crap - they do serve a purpose for short term illness but should not be a life long feeding.
What food are you currently feeding, what have you tried and for how long? How much do you feed at each meal? What brand/protein?

As for the skin --- have the vet do a skin scrap... it might be manage due to all his other issues his immune system is weak and he can't fight off the mites.

Give a probiotic.. Fortiflora is a good one which I think you said he is on right now

Great advice!

:smileywelcome: to you and Spike! Poor baby was neglected before you got him but it sounds like you are on the right track!

 

[Jjspike]

Thank you guys for your help. The 3rd vet said spike has mites and Giardia still. The bet what's spike to be on chicken and rice diet for 2 weeks. then go back for a recheck in 2weeks.They gave me meds for the giardia and shampoo and meds for the mites. I hope this helps!! Thanks again for listing to my story!!

 

[2bullymama]

Thank you guys for your help. The 3rd vet said spike has mites and Giardia still. The bet what's spike to be on chicken and rice diet for 2 weeks. then go back for a recheck in 2weeks.They gave me meds for the giardia and shampoo and meds for the mites. I hope this helps!! Thanks again for listing to my story!!

Giardia is contagious so you must be sure to keep areas clean after he goes... [MENTION=894]blushy[/MENTION] is an expert, unfortunately


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[lisamarie]

Our Louie also had giardia and was back and forth on bland diets. He was treated 3 times all with positives, we cleaned diligently his poop areas with bleach and made him poop on the concrete instead of the yard whenever possible for ease of cleaning! It is stubborn and my guess the reason for the goo poo with blood. The bland diet will be the easiest way to get Spike on a good quality food once the 2 weeks are up. We feed ACANA singles lamb and apple but there are great recommendations from other owners as well.

It sounds like you are working thru a lot right now and on the right track. Hopefully you've now found a vet you can trust


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[blushy]

He could have a sensitive digestive tract due to the parasites. We never did a bland diet, but Titan can only eat chicken as his protein or he gets sick.

Try to get a probiotic with anti-diarrheal medicine in it. That's what I did instead of fortiflora, that didn't seem to help at all. It's in a tube. It will almost instantly calm the pooping issues down. Even if your pup still has the parasite. It literally saved my entire sanity (what was left).

It took 7 months of positives to FINALLY get a negative for me. You always have to request the specific "drop test" I believe it was called? We went to 2 vets who said Titan was fine. Finally got to our now, and only vet who will ever touch my dogs again, and she said it was the worst case of giardiasis she ever witnessed with her own eyes.

Just wash wash wash. It's really just exhausting. I don't know why they say "oh it's common, oh it's easy to treat" giardia is a nightmare.

Stay diligent!

I hope you can figure out the rash. A bland diet may help you on that front. As of yet, I haven't experienced anything with skin issues besides some seasonal allergies and a small staph infection I caught very early. I hope you can get everything cured and sorted out.




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