Hi Emma,
Sorry to hear about your pup. Tilly (12 months) periodically has the squits after eating cow or sheep poo :shock: . I starve her for 24 hours (really hard when those melting eyes look at you, but it has to be done) and then give her a diet of something bland, like chicken and rice for a few days ("yum yum" says Tilly!
). I reintroduce normal food in proportions (eg 10% normal food 90% chicken and rice for day one - if no problems, 25% normal food and 75%chicken and rice on day two) and so on over a few days until 100% normal food is given. This regime normally sorts Tilly out if she has the squits
. As Edith says, if you are changing food, do it gradually, adding a little bit more of the new food each day.
However, Tilly once had colitis when she was a pup and the above regime did not help (still squity, even on chicken and rice), so I took her to the vets and she had some antibiotics and some stuff to put in her food, which sorted her out in no time. Colitis is really nasty and I didn't want to risk my young pup.
That's my experience, although no doubt other people will have found regimes that suit their pups. It might be worth trying the chicken and rice - if it is just the squits this should sort him out.
Hope your pup is better soon. When Tilly was poorly I got really excited the first day she did a solid poo again
! I think my neighbours think I am mad! :oops: )
HTH
Sue
