My dog has explosive diarrhea, not eating, and meds aren't working?

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Jack has IBS. We visited friends & he ate the cat food & got a tick that wasn’t found for a week. He has explosive diarrhea since the 30th & the medication, endosorb, that I’ve given him since the 4th has not helped At all. Yesterday the vet gave me metronidazole & I also gave him Imodium ad. still no difference. Tonight I got purina pro-plan veterinary diets ‘EN’, but since yesterday, he has stopped eating. He licked his poo tonight though. ALL of his blood work & stool came back clean. Pet's info: Dog | Border Terrier | Male | neutered | 13 years old | 20 lbs

Sara Farmer, DVM · Accepted Answer

There are several things I try for diarrhea that is not responding to typical treatments - sometimes I give the medications for a longer duration, sometimes I'll try a different antibiotic, and sometimes I'll try a different diet (which it sounds like your vet is attempting with the EN). Your vet might also want to retest a stool sample - sometimes with diarrhea there just isn't enough actual feces to get a positive results. Chronic diarrhea can also be caused by inflammatory bowel disease which is a more severe form of IBS and ultrasound and special blood testing can help diagnose this. Corticosteroid medications and B12 injections are often the recommended treatments for IBD.

My dog has explosive diarrhea, not eating, and meds aren't working?

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