How to deal with indigestion in dogs

1. First fast for one day, and then give easy-to-digest liquid food such as vegetable soup and porridge after 24 hours.
2. Give the dog stomach-strengthening and chemical-assisting drug treatment, such as lactic acid bacterium, gastric enzyme mixture, Shimusheng, etc. If you have loose or watery stools mixed with mucus and blood, you can take gentamicin and berberine orally.
3. For severe dehydration, sugar saline, normal saline, and compound sodium chloride can be injected. If the above treatment measures are taken and care is strengthened, the dog can recover in 2-3 days.
4. The prevention of this disease mainly involves adopting correct feeding and management methods to ensure regular and quantitative feeding. Puppies under 1 year old can be fed 3 to 4 times a day, and adult dogs 2 to 3 times.
5. The food should be processed and cooked, and the varieties should be diversified, with a mix of coarse and fine grains to ensure that the dog has a balanced intake of various nutrients to meet the needs of growth and development.

Causes of indigestion in dogs

1. The main reason is improper feeding and management, uneven hunger and fullness of dogs or overeating.
2. Food quality is poor. Food in winter is too cold or food in summer is left for too long and becomes spoiled.
3. The tableware used by dogs is not clean, and it is not disinfected after being used for a long time, which are also causes of the disease.

Symptoms of indigestion in dogs

Clinical manifestations include constipation, diarrhea and other symptoms.
1. The dog vomits. The vomited contents are food at first, and then foamy mucus and gastric juice. Depending on the nature of the disease, the vomitus may be mixed with blood, bile and mucosal fragments.
2. Loose stools are initially a mixture of water and feces, and then become watery, sometimes mixed with tissue fragments and blood.
3. The dog has mild abdominal pain, curls up in a cold and dark place, the abdomen is tense, has mild yellow and white tongue coating, the body is rapidly dehydrated, and the urine is yellowish in color. The course of the disease is generally about 2 to 5 days.