My poor Greyhound upset tummy

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My poor boy is off his food and has terrible diarrhoea. Been 2 days now. Tried chicken and rice. Anything else I can do?. He is drinking water.

Honestly if he isn't eating and it isn't getting better I would be looking at taking him to the vets to check that it isn't anything more than an 'off stomach'. They can also give you a drink that contains lots of vitamins/minerals that he will be losing with all the diarrhoea.

Will definitely take him if he is not better tomorrow.

Hate seeing him so lethargic. Not my boy at all.

If he really is very lethargic I would give your out of hours vets a call for advice.

We normally go with: starve 24 hours (with free access to water) then chicken and rice or as my last girl wouldn't eat that, mash. During a particularly horrible episode she saw a vet 3 times in a week and got electrolyte-and-bung-you-up paste (technical term) and anti nausea medicine.

Have you done the pinch test for hydration?

I’d be inclined to call the ooh vet for advice tbh, they may say just watch & wait until the morning rather than calling you in but hopefully they can reassure you either way.

My Bernard never liked chicken & rice. She used to get scrambled eggs after a 24 hour fast. With a spoon full of a natural yoghurt mixed in.

Thanks for all the advice. Seems better now took some rice and chicken

No advice but hes beautiful :) hope he feels better soon

For future use, you might buy a few boxes of probiotic paste (comes in tubes and you give it in one dose a day for 3 days - one tube for one load of treatment). You can buy it online (I think I buy mine from Viovet) and is useful to try to sort things out - you might not need the vet in many cases. It is called Promax and the tube includes a sort of injector so you just whack it into the back of their mouth and they usually swallow it with a surprised expression on their faces. Doesn't seem to be unpleasant to taste.

Prokolin works wonders for our dog

It’s a paste you put in their mouth twice a day

Order it on fetch

It works within hours for us an sorta tummy troubles

I use slippery elm. Bought some prokolin to keep in the cupboard too.

Thanks for all the advice joey is much better

Poor houndie, greys do seem prone to gippy tum. Hope he's OK today