| Thank you for joining me on the Pet Doctor Blog. | | | | causes them to be stressed can cause a colitis which |
| We have gotten a lot of questions about diarrhea in | | | | is usually easily treated. Colitis in dogs is generally |
| dogs so I want to talk a little bit about a condition | | | | treated with some medicine called azulfidine or |
| called colitis in dogs, which many of you have | | | | metronidazole and along with a prescription diet dog |
| probably experienced with your dogs. Colitis is a | | | | food that is high in fiber. So, if your dog or your cat |
| diarrhea in dogs primarily, although cats can get it as | | | | gets a bloody mucusy diarrhea, you need to have it |
| well. The first sign of colitis in dogs is usually blood in | | | | checked out because there are some other |
| the diarrhea, there is also usually mucus in the | | | | conditions that can be very, very serious and some |
| diarrhea, so it can look like a fairly severe condition | | | | of them can even be life threatening, so you want |
| and sometimes, it can lead to a very, very serious | | | | to make sure it is something as simple as a colitis and |
| condition, but most colitis is brought on by stress. We | | | | if so, then it is something that can be treated quite |
| see it a lot after boarding, after dogs have gone | | | | easily and it will usually clear up within 24 to 36 hours. |
| through some type of traumatic experience, change | | | | Thanks for joining me and I hope this answered |
| in weather, especially if it has been raining for a while. | | | | some of your questions with regard to colitis in dogs |
| It also can occur in cold weather because the dogs | | | | and cats. If you have any other pet care questions |
| do not want to go out on the same schedule. Any | | | | please let us know. |
| kind of changes in there activity level, anything that | | | | |