Dog's infection not improving, won't eat, straining to poop. What to do?

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The doctor gave me amoxicillin she was allergic now she's on zeniquin doesn't seem to be improving read in 5 days what can I do she won't eat all she does is drink a lot of water she spitting out foam tries to go to the bathroom poop and nothing comes out she's peeing just fine or brain hasn't shut down she knows to get up and go outside to go to the bathroom it started with a sore a cut on her foot is swelled up and now she has pyoderma I need to know the best thing I can do other than keep her. Pet's info: Dog | American Bulldog (duplicate) | Female | spayed | 5 years and 11 months old | 55 lbs

Destini R. Holloway, DVM · Accepted Answer

Oh my. Poor girl. IF there is still swelling of the foot with no improvement while on 2 different antibiotics, then I would highly consider getting a culture done to determine what antibiotic will be effective here. A topical antibiotic cream may also be needed here, such as Silver Sulfadiazene. If she won't eat, then that worries me that perhaps the infection is now in her bloodstream (bacteremia), which can get bad enough where pets require hospitalization and fluid therapy. Please take her back in soon to have her temperature checked and a cbc (complete blood cell count) to check her white blood cell count. At the very least she likely needs to go on a probiotic now since she is on hard core antibiotics that have likely disrupted her GI flora. Colitis causes pets to strain as you have described for Marbles. You can get her started on over the counter Culturelle or Fortiflora until you can get her back in to your vet for a rechk. Try also offering her some boiled plain chicken and rice or lean ground turkey and white rice to try and entice her to eat. I do hope that your fur baby Marbles feels better soon! Best of luck and take care. : )

Dog's infection not improving, won't eat, straining to poop. What to do?

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