msunter
Well-known member
Hi All,
I don't come on the board very often, however I felt the need to speak to other Cav owners out there today.
Our tri Rio will be 3 years old next week and over the last four weeks he has had a poorly tummy due to Colitis. It got so bad one night two weeks ago that while my parents were away in Tunisia that my sister and I were up and down to the garden 6 times in one night as he had mucusy string diahorrea and passing blood. We took him to the vets the next day as the blood was becoming more seen through the loose stools and they told us it could be also down to stress with my parents being away which is not true as they go on holiday and he is always fine.
They gave us Salazoprine tablets (1st course was 6 tablets). He finished these and was litteraly back to normal stool wise within 3 days and back to his bouncy self. After my parents returned at least a week after the same symptoms returned again, this time he could not hold his bowels and emptied on the rug. We luckily had a sample bottle and my Mum immediately took him to the vet along with the sample. The results came back as Colitis as the definite cause and they re-issued us with the same Salazoprine tablets (2nd course - 10 tablets)
They seemed to work up until he finished the course last week and we thought he was back on the road to recovery, however last night he had 2 colitis attacks between 2am-5am. It is so sad, as he desperately thrashes on the door to gain entry to our rooms and as I am a light sleeper I always hear him trotting around desperately until I can take him to the garden. We are all losing sleep and are worrying so much. My grandparents have been watching him this afternoon, taking him out to the garden when he has needed the toilet. Which he has went to 6 times today !
These tablets only seem to work for a week then its back to square one all over again and it just isn't fair on our poor pup to keep having this on and off.
Do any of your Cavs have this problem and if so what actions did your vets take other than this tablet?
PS: We also had to cut all treats out for 4 weeks and switched him from dentasticks to Royal Canin oral bars (10kg) size, to rule out any dog biscuits that coukd cause the tummy upsets. He is also on Burns dry mix, Chappie and has boiled fresh vegetables which he adores.
So we are just so confused as to how this keeps happening.
I don't come on the board very often, however I felt the need to speak to other Cav owners out there today.
Our tri Rio will be 3 years old next week and over the last four weeks he has had a poorly tummy due to Colitis. It got so bad one night two weeks ago that while my parents were away in Tunisia that my sister and I were up and down to the garden 6 times in one night as he had mucusy string diahorrea and passing blood. We took him to the vets the next day as the blood was becoming more seen through the loose stools and they told us it could be also down to stress with my parents being away which is not true as they go on holiday and he is always fine.
They gave us Salazoprine tablets (1st course was 6 tablets). He finished these and was litteraly back to normal stool wise within 3 days and back to his bouncy self. After my parents returned at least a week after the same symptoms returned again, this time he could not hold his bowels and emptied on the rug. We luckily had a sample bottle and my Mum immediately took him to the vet along with the sample. The results came back as Colitis as the definite cause and they re-issued us with the same Salazoprine tablets (2nd course - 10 tablets)
They seemed to work up until he finished the course last week and we thought he was back on the road to recovery, however last night he had 2 colitis attacks between 2am-5am. It is so sad, as he desperately thrashes on the door to gain entry to our rooms and as I am a light sleeper I always hear him trotting around desperately until I can take him to the garden. We are all losing sleep and are worrying so much. My grandparents have been watching him this afternoon, taking him out to the garden when he has needed the toilet. Which he has went to 6 times today !
These tablets only seem to work for a week then its back to square one all over again and it just isn't fair on our poor pup to keep having this on and off.
Do any of your Cavs have this problem and if so what actions did your vets take other than this tablet?
PS: We also had to cut all treats out for 4 weeks and switched him from dentasticks to Royal Canin oral bars (10kg) size, to rule out any dog biscuits that coukd cause the tummy upsets. He is also on Burns dry mix, Chappie and has boiled fresh vegetables which he adores.
So we are just so confused as to how this keeps happening.