Black feces in a dog: possible causes and treatments

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-07 12:45

The owner took the dog for a walk. The pet is active, runs and frolics. Sat down on their affairs. The owner, as he looked at the color of the excrement, clutched at his heart. The dog has black feces. First thought - internal bleeding, run to the doctor.

Wait, panic. Let's deal with the possible causes of this phenomenon.

What did you eat?

Masters, do you know that the color of feces depends on nutrition? Normally, it should be from light brown to dark brown. Black excrement is an aberration in almost all cases. Except for one thing: the dog ate raw meat or offal.

Remember: did you give a liver in the near future? There may be black feces in a dog after taking the liver. This should not be scared. It's all right.

Are there any other symptoms?

If the dog recovered, and the owner saw black in her feces, it's too early to panic. You get accustomed to the pet, how does he behave? Rides a young horse, invites the owner to play with all hiskind of shows how happy? Watch your dog throughout the day. How does she eat, is she lethargic? And be sure to pay attention to bowel movements during the next walk. If your dog's black feces have not disappeared, take your pet to the vet.

Reasons

Alas, the most common causes of black excrement are diseases. It is important to know that two types of blood may be present in the stool. Bright red and dark black. The latter is the most dangerous, as it comes out of the small intestine or stomach.

What are the main causes of black stool in dogs?

• Worms. If you forget that periodically they need to be driven out of the dog's body, then these comrades will only be happy. They safely settle in the small intestine. And they begin to eat his mucous. Naturally, they corrode to the blood. This same blood leaves the dog's body, giving its excrement a black color;

• Enteritis. This is much more serious than worms. Let's start with the fact that enteritis is of two types. Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis and parvovirus enteritis. Dogs of small breeds tend to the first. Inflammation occurs in the stomach and intestines, and black feces in a dog are its consequence. And the causes of this disease are not yet known. Whether it is stress that affects the body, or a previous infection, or problems with blood circulation. The second type of enteritis is very dangerous for puppies and young dogs. If measures are not taken in time, the animal dies within 3 days;

• Stomach ulcer. Dogs, like humans, have ulcers. When the ulcer opensshe starts to bleed. As a result, the owner may see black feces from the pet;
• Foreign object in the gastrointestinal tract. It happens. The dog will swallow something sharp, that's the result. By the way, for this reason, it is forbidden to give chicken tubular bones to pets. And if the owner plays "stick" with the dog, you should be especially careful, so that the pet does not swallow a sharp piece of the stick.

Symptoms of various diseases

Why the dog has black feces maybe we found out. And now you have to deal with additional symptoms of certain diseases.

Take the worms. A dog infected with them is lethargic. She has cloudy eyes, the pet refuses to walk and play. But the appetite is just crazy. The dog eats everything it sees. She is constantly hungry. What should the owner do? Buy deworming pills and give them to the dog.

Viral enteritis. This is a contagious disease, and you can protect your puppy from it by getting vaccinated. Just remember: vaccination is not a panacea for all ills. Here it is also important to comply with the conditions for the content. For example, a dog is fed properly and has a separate place for rest. It started to snow, and the owners were walking with the puppy at that time. And they walked for a long time. The baby got wet, immunity weakened. And hello enteritis.

How does it manifest itself, besides the fact that the dog has black feces? The animal vomits, the feces are dotted with blood clots. The dog is lethargic and lies down all the time. She may have seizures. Refuses to eat and drink.

What measures shouldundertake the owner? Remember that the infection destroys the puppy very quickly. Therefore, you need to call the veterinarian immediately. Treatment is usually carried out at home. This is the setting of drips. The sooner treatment begins, the better the pet's chances of survival.

When stomach bleeding, the owner's best decision is to call the veterinarian.

If a foreign object gets into the pet's gastrointestinal tract, know that the condition worsens very quickly. Do not hesitate to visit a veterinarian.

Preventive measures

How to treat black feces in a dog? It all depends on the type of disease. If it is serious, then antibiotics and droppers are used. In this case, the treatment is prescribed only by a veterinarian.

Frightening excrement is easier to prevent than to treat later. How to do it? Listen to our recommendations:

• Do not feed raw offal often to your pet. You can occasionally give. Better boil them, it will be calmer;
• give anthelmintics on time. Quarterly is best. Which pills are suitable for your pet, the specialist whose dog is being observed will tell you;
• vaccinate your pet. Other owners believe that only a rabies vaccination is necessary. This point can be disputed. Infectious diseases, which are described above, have not yet been canceled;
• If you notice that the dog is behaving strangely, do not put off a visit to the doctor. Yesterday the pet was active, and today it lies andbreathing heavily? You can not hesitate to seek medical help in this case;
• be careful when playing with your pet. Make sure he doesn't swallow the sharp edge of the stick;

• don't give tubular bones to your dog. Never and under no circumstances. If you want to treat your dog, give him a beef sugar bone with rounded ends.

  

  How to treat?

Warning about preventive measures is a good thing. But how to treat black feces in a dog?

Everything starts with analysis. To make a diagnosis, they take feces for a general analysis, the presence of infectious diseases and protozoa.

That's not all. The dog is prescribed a gastroscopy. The procedure is not the most pleasant, to be honest.

Ultrasound of the gastrointestinal tract. It certainly helps to identify both foreign objects in the declared organs and the presence of an open ulcer.

Clinical examination of the dog. Without it, nowhere.

Only after all the manipulations, the pet will be prescribed treatment. And the instructions of the veterinarian must be strictly followed.

If a dog has stomach problems, they will prescribe special food. Accordingly, the owner must provide the animal with food for them.

Does it happen that treatment doesn't work?

Alas, veterinarians are not gods. The same enteritis can not always be cured. The disease is developing too rapidly, and nothing will help in its later stages.

Therefore, as soon as the owner notices black feces in a dog or puppy, one should immediatelycontact a veterinarian. Especially when black feces are "additional" to the symptoms described above.

Conclusion

The material details the diseases that can cause black feces in a dog. Some of them are extremely dangerous, others can hardly be called a disease. Let's just say, symptoms that are easily treated.

How to prevent the appearance of bowel movements, the color of which is alarming, we told. What the owner needs to do as soon as he finds black blood in the feces, you now know.

We remind you once again that treatment should not be delayed if the dog's behavior is atypical for it. She is refusing food, looks lethargic, and shows signs of illness.