Find the constipation as soon as possible

Dogs constipated for a few days can not discharge the stool is also quite difficult for them, and after the constant reabsorption, the dog's body also has a great disadvantage. So after finding the cause of the dog's constipation, you should take appropriate measures.

One of the reasons

1. malnutrition, chronic wasting disease, resulting in intestinal flaccidity, intestinal contents of the back of the transport capacity, stagnation in the intestinal tract.

2. Heterophilia, usually love to eat sand, soil and other debris.

3. Abdominal tumors, abdominal muscle injury.

4. Pelvic diseases, such as fracture and stenosis of the acoustic pelvis, prostatic hyperplasia, rectal stenosis.

5. Osteochondritis dissecans causing lumbar spine subsidence compressing the rectum.

6. Anal diseases, anal sacculitis, anal injury.

7. Drug factors, taking atropine, calcium carbonate, barium sulfate and other drugs.

Symptoms: The sick dog has a bowel movement but can't get it out. At the beginning of the disease, the spirit, appetite changes, followed by mental restlessness, do not eat. Performance of abdominal pain chirping, abdominal distension, vomiting, intestinal sounds weakened or extinct, and accompanied by dehydration, respiratory symptoms of increased speed. Abdominal palpation, can be palpated dry hard lumps or strips of nodular feces, sensitivity and restlessness when palpated.

Three, treatment: according to the condition of the decision of oral laxatives, enema or surgical treatment.

Oral phenolphthalein tablets or fruit guide tablets 20 mg/kg body weight, 1-2 times/day. For mild constipation. Severe constipation give enema combined with extra-abdominal compression method of treatment. Enema with warm soapy water, while enema pressure lumps, generally can have a better effect. After the enema and drug treatment does not work, the dog should be performed laparotomy, the fecal matter will be removed.

Corkscrew, enema is a common means of laxative

The principle of treatment for constipation is: unclogging the intestinal canal, promote defecation.

1. Enema with lukewarm water: use lukewarm water or soapy water not exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, and instill it into the rectum with a rubber tube, the pressure should not be too high to prevent rectal perforation. After filling a certain amount of warm water, wait a moment, visible feces with the enema water together with the discharge.

2. Use laxative

Keseru: sealed plastic bottle, there are two kinds of large and small doses, large doses of 20 milliliters per bottle, small doses of 10 milliliters per bottle. Adult dogs with large bottles, small dogs or puppies with small bottles. At the same time, first cut the end of the sealed bottle, the use of the bottle's long neck Xu inserted into the anus of the sick dog, squeeze the soft bottle will be injected into the anus of the bottle of oily liquid, a few moments that is to see the fecal balls or fecal matter discharged. It is effective for those who have hard fecal matter jammed in the anus and cannot be discharged.

Glycerin suppository: it is a kind of glycerin stick suppository with the thickness of little finger, after sending it into the anus, the suppository will be dissolved and the glycerin will be escaped, which can lubricate the intestines, and it is easy to soften the hard feces to be discharged.

Liquid paraffin: or paraffin oil, for oral administration. Large dogs 15-20 ml each time, small dogs 3 to 5 ml, dunked after dinner, because the paraffin oil on the intestinal wall to play a lubricating effect, and to prevent the absorption of water in the colon, can soften the feces, facilitate the discharge. Because of the 8-12 hours after the service to discharge feces, so it is appropriate to instill in the evening.

Milk of magnesia: it is suitable for young dogs and has a light diarrhea effect. It is mild and does not harm the intestinal wall.

Magnesium sulfate: for adult dogs, 10-30 grams each time, first dissolved in water, and then feed more water, a few hours after the service can be discharged watery stools.

Rhubarb soda tablets: stomach and diarrhea. Adult dogs can take 5-6 tablets at a time, and puppies can take 2-4 tablets at a time, it can make hard feces soften and easy to discharge.

Constipation is a problem that is not to be taken lightly, so try to solve the problem for your dog before it is too late, so as not to further affect your dog's health.