My Yorkie ate raw meat, has diarrhea but seems fine. What to do?

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My mini Yorkie got ahold of uncooked hamburger patty last Saturday. 6 days later he is still having diarrhea. Other than the diarrhea, he seems fine. What should I do? Pet's info: Dog | Yorkshire Terrier | Male | unneutered | 10 months and 29 days old | 4 lbs

Destini R. Holloway, DVM · Accepted Answer

Poor guy. You can try a few things for the next 24-48 hrs to see if this helps normalize his stools. He likely has a dysbiosis condition, imbalance of his normal gut flora, which is caused by eating the raw meat. Him not vomiting or showing lethargy is a really good sign that he can recover well from this. 1) A bland diet of boild plain chicken and rice or fully cooked lean hamburger meat and rice or cottage cheese fed to him for the next 3-4 days, then slowly transition him back to his normal diet. 2) Probiotic- get Culturelle over the counter ar your local pharmacy and put it in his food daily for the next 7 days. I would not recommend any other probiotic than this one because it is most compatible to pet formulated probitiocs sold through your vet 3) 1-2 tsp's (teaspoons) of canned pumpkin (not the pie filling) in his food daily for the next 7 days If he is not showing any improvement to his stools within 24-48 hrs, then its best to get him seen by your vet for a short course of antibiotics. Some pets have antibiotic responsive diarrhea (ARD), that will only clear up once medicated. But hopefully the suggestions above does the trick! I hope that Bruiser's stools get back to normal soon! Please mark this question as "Helpful" if it was so that we can keep up with how well we are doing to help pet owners on the site moving forward! Thank you so much for visiting Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach and take care of your furry companion Bruiser moving fowrad! Farewell.

My Yorkie ate raw meat, has diarrhea but seems fine. What to do?

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