Is my 5-week-old puppy's soft stool and vomiting due to overfeeding?

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Hey i have a 5 week old bluenose pitbull and he pees and poops a lot. Recently we bought and fed him solid food and hes been pooping very stinky and soft. Also he pees a lot. He also vomited. We think we mightve over fed him a lot (he looked very bloated) so what and how much should we feed him and was the over feeding the cause of pooping a lot and soft and stinky. We just got him yesterday and he sleeps most of the time except to pee or poop. Pet's info: Dog | American Pit Bull Terrier | Male | unneutered | 1 month and 11 days old

Jenna Beyer, DVM, MBA, cVMA · Accepted Answer

Puppies do tend to sleep a lot more than adult dogs, so this is probably normal. The soft stools could be caused by food intolerance, food allergies, intestinal parasites, dietary indiscretion, bacterial or viral infection, stress colitis, among others. I would recommend that you have Zeus dewormed in case this is caused by intestinal parasites. A common cause for vomiting in puppies is overeating or eating too fast. You may need to divide up Zeus's daily feeding amount into 4 meals that he eats every 6 hours. The bag of food will have feeding guidelines on the back or side that will tell you how much he should eat each day based on either his current weight or his expected adult weight. If you do this and Zeus is still vomiting, or if he is not interested in food, I recommend that Zeus be checked out by a vet ASAP.

Is my 5-week-old puppy's soft stool and vomiting due to overfeeding?

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