Meggs19
New member
Hello!
So for the past few months, I have noticed on occasion (not in every poo) a little speck or smear of bright red blood on Tonka's poop. It's always a very tiny dot or smear or two, never a large amount and never dark/old blood.
He isn't sick or anything and behaved normally, has no diarrhea or vomiting, and isn't going any more frequently than usual so i'm almost positive it's not a parasite. Plus, I did ask Tonka's dermatologist briefly as his last allergy appointment and he said if the stools are "formed" and not like "cowpie" then it's probably nor parasites. The doc wasn't very helpful in that he seemed to want to focus on the allergies and not on this particular issue at the time which I can understand. He did say that this could be irritation caused by allergies though since Tonka has been having increased irritation in the area. He will run and sit quickly or try to reach his butt like something's bothering him back there. The vet said the glands can fill faster and itch more from the allergies but that doesn't explain the blood. He just told me if I was worried to see my regular vet.
Do you think I should schedule a regular vet visit or does anyone have experience with this? I don't know if it's nothing or if I should be more concerned. Could this just be part of the allergy symptoms? I do try to wipe his tail pocket area but that doesn't seem to make a difference and i'm not sure that's even related to the blood. Can anyone help? Thanks!!!
So for the past few months, I have noticed on occasion (not in every poo) a little speck or smear of bright red blood on Tonka's poop. It's always a very tiny dot or smear or two, never a large amount and never dark/old blood.
He isn't sick or anything and behaved normally, has no diarrhea or vomiting, and isn't going any more frequently than usual so i'm almost positive it's not a parasite. Plus, I did ask Tonka's dermatologist briefly as his last allergy appointment and he said if the stools are "formed" and not like "cowpie" then it's probably nor parasites. The doc wasn't very helpful in that he seemed to want to focus on the allergies and not on this particular issue at the time which I can understand. He did say that this could be irritation caused by allergies though since Tonka has been having increased irritation in the area. He will run and sit quickly or try to reach his butt like something's bothering him back there. The vet said the glands can fill faster and itch more from the allergies but that doesn't explain the blood. He just told me if I was worried to see my regular vet.
Do you think I should schedule a regular vet visit or does anyone have experience with this? I don't know if it's nothing or if I should be more concerned. Could this just be part of the allergy symptoms? I do try to wipe his tail pocket area but that doesn't seem to make a difference and i'm not sure that's even related to the blood. Can anyone help? Thanks!!!