While uncommon, bowel obstructions do happen. To diagnose IBS, your doctor will likely want to know more about your history, including previous episodes where mucus surrounded your excrement. These symptoms can happen all at once or in cycles. Look for additional signs, such as bloating, diarrhea and excessive gas. That’s because the large intestine may have difficulty passing stool and can become inflamed. We’ve explored Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in the past when we assessed important things to know about digestive health. The material offered below may help to shed light on what you are dealing with. What follows are 7 things you might know about mucus in your stool. Your symptoms could be an indication of a serious medical problem.Īctive bottoms should be particularly mindful of their bowel movements and what they see after being topped for obvious reasons. If no improvement within 48 hours, stools are bloody or black, or if your pet is not eating or drinking, consult your veterinarian immediately.It is important to state that if you see blood in your stool, experience discomfort, bloating, fever, chills or abdominal pain, you should call your doctor right away and make an appointment. My recommended diet for a short bout of loose stools includes boiled ground turkey mixed with organic pumpkin. I use Rx Biotics as my daily probiotic, Rx Zyme for digestive enzymes if needed, and Nutrigest to for pets that need something to soothe the bowel. My favorite product for simple diarrhea or soft stools caused by stress is Rx Clay. Ulceration, perforation, bleeding masses, or internal bleeding from a toxin or hemorrhagic disease may be the cause.
This is the diarrhea seen with colitis, parvo virus, and HGE. Bad bacteria, parasites like Giardia, or some other infectious agent is most likely present. Liquid stool with very foul odor and blood - Trouble has arrived.Digestive enzymes, probiotics, and warm, easy-to-digest (think crock pot) foods would be a good addition. The Spleen likes food to be warm, not too wet, and easy to digest. From a Chinese Medicine perspective, this is Spleen Qi Deficiency. This can be a sign of a multitude of problems, which could include malabsorption, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, IBS, food intolerance, or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Not much odor and may have undigested food particles in it - This pet is unable to digest the food well. Liquid stool, no way you can pick up this one with your poop bag.Might need to make some diet changes or add digestive enzymes and probiotics. Food is not being digested and absorbed as well as it should be. Not formed, soft serve custard or cow patty consistency - uh oh.Formed but soft, squishy, and hard to pick up without leaving a smear - a little too much moisture, may need more fiber or raw ground bone in the diet if you feed raw food.Or the pet may have a mass in the bowel that is causing a partial obstruction. In males, this could be an enlarged prostate compressing the bowel. Small, flat stools, accompanied by straining to defecate - Something is blocking the way.Hard, chalky white stools - too much bone content in the raw diet or too much mineral content.Kibble diets are not as well utilized by the pet, resulting in more waste passing out the back end. Voluminous stool, fairly well formed - Most likely this pet is eating a dry kibble with a lot of fillers or grains.Firm, slightly moist, easy to pick up, fairly small volume - Congratulations! You've won the poop contest today, with perfectly formed, healthy poop.
So excuse the gross factor and read on to determine what is happening inside your pet. Poop can tell you an awful lot about what is happening on the inside of the dog or cat. And, in reality, you should be checking the poop status every day. People are fascinated by their pet's poop. I am probably one of the few people in the world that receives daily poop photos in their inbox.
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