Oh flip, what a worry. It seems so strange that she is virtually normal in herself, but has this unknown problem going on inside.

I too would be at the vet tomorrow, Sunday or not, and hopefully they can give Zena something to tide her over until the results are in.

Hugs for all of you.

I buy the Pro - Kolin online as its far cheaper than from your vet, in fact had two tubes delivered this morning and I only ordered them yesterday lunchtime. That was just by normal first class post too. You can pay extra to garruntee next day delivery.
Hope it soon all settles down. My two get gurgly tummys and the runs with mucus in itoccasionally but I just starve them for 24 hours and a dose of Pro- Kolin sorts it. I realise Zena may not have what ever causes theirs so the same may not work for her. I have always done the starving 24 hours with all my dogs and apart from a couple of times when it was something more complicated it has worked.
Gentle hugs to Zena and some to dear Georgie boy too.

OH dear, that pad still not right then? Your problem is the fact that it's a pad and not the carpal pads like I always had, so it's constantly being re-opened purely by her standing or walking isn't it! Hope you won't need a vet.xx

These are my feelings on this. I've Googled today till my eyes hurt lol! Dogs systems seem to know how to get rid of the bad, so I'm loathe to start bunging her up, especially as we've already seen the vet on this, I think he would have prescribed some bunging up paste if he thought it necessary. I've never been one to starve them unless they are telling me they don't want food, whereas this monster is ravenous at the moment, she'd eat a horse! I shall just be careful with the amounts and what I give her. Thanks!

Thanks Sally. If nothing else, it will put my mind at rest. I want them to have a feel of her underneath. She's now gone into crazy Zena mode coz I let them out into the garden in the hope that she might have a poo on the grass - big mistake, she ran and got her ball instead This dog will be the death of me ya know!!!

Thanks Bev. I will get some online if it's the same as those tubes from the vet, for future diarrhea problems, although this time was different as you know, with that massive globule of blood, hair and tubular nasties she passed yesterday morning, hence the reason I really don't want to intervene with anything but easily digested food and probiotics until I get some more advice from the vet. We've had our fair share of diarrhea and mucous here over the years, but I feel this is different. I still say it's something to do with worms, but I won't know till they get that analysed. A long old wait too, what with the week-end. She's absolutely fine in herself tonight so I can't grumble at that, it can't be too serious I'm sure.

Think I would agree with you there H - Sorry I can't help in any way, as you know Bara has suffered from stomach problems all her life, but not like the symptons you are seeing. All of us here are thinking of you and Bara sends Zena a special 'get well' greeting

Oh No.... no improvement *sigh*.... Good Luck with the vets if you do go! I hope they do a thorough exam and find out what is going on!!

BTW - never get chickens.. I recently did and the first day felt sure they were all going to die.. no poop can look like that and be normal!! BUT the range of normality in the chicken poop world is HOOOGE I am now becoming a chicken poop obsessive too!!

I used to keep a large flock of free range chooks, and because of Edwina ended up having to do poop testing once a month.......the vast range of colour, size and consistency made it easier to get samples from different hens!! Don't know why I bothered to be so careful though, having since learned that many people simply dipped all their swabs into one poop

I only have 4, and won't be selling any eggs, and have promised DH I won't be whisking them off to the vets at the drop of a hat - or a chicken!! but yes that poop!! Helena your mind would boggle!

How is Zena today?

I thought I should add a little addenda to the advice not to starve or give bunging up products - if it is a very tiny young pup that might not be valid. They dehydrate so quickly - you have to try to keep something down them and in them so best then to follow whatever the vet says.

I vowed not to read this thread before brekkie - but I did and now see it has progressed on to multi colour chicken poo lol! Waddever next!

I hope the news is good about Zena - or at least not worse.

How is Zena today H?

It wasn't till I got to the poop bit that I realised you meant LIVE ones there!! I was getting worried about feeding her my chicken breasts!!! Thank goodness you've warned me about keeping any (was thinking about it coz the neighbour now has some!), but I don't think my nerves would cope, they're shredded to bits already with horses and dogs! Oh that did make me laugh

Hi Tangutina, I was just scrolling down to answer yours, and hubby called me outside coz she had gone out there, and gues what????? We've got a "normal" poo ish!!! Don't like the colour much, it's a bit on the green side, but that could be all that fish and sweet potato, but it was long and hard except for the end bit which curled up into a whippy (oh this is too much information this time of the morning isn't it!!!! ). I've inspected it with the magnifying glass and there seems to be some little white specs in it, along with a twig with branches !!! Can't poke around in it this time coz it's too hard (which is good of course lol!).

She won't be going to the vets today (he was right it seems), but this little baby is going off for analysis along with that last one The good news is I can't see ANY blood, that's what was really worrying me.

I'm seriously thinking about taking this up as a career, either that or you'd better send for the van!!! You wouldn't believe just how many pages there are on Google scrutinizing it, so I'm not alone lol!

I think we're gonna be ok. Thanks for keeping me sane, coz when I saw that lot come out of her Friday I honestly thought she'd lost half her guts! Can't wait to hear their conclusions and I hope it never happens again, but if she has got irritable or inflammatory bowel, then looks like I'm gonna be 6ft under long before my time!!! Thanks guys.xxxx