Posted by Rob (Kentucky) on 01/16/2025
Constipation in Dogs.
The Spatula, Volume 23, p. 219. 1916
Treatment by means of saline injection and liquid paraffin has proved efficacious with many practitioners. It is a mild and agreeable cure compared with repeated administrations of cathartics and the like, besides being much quicker in action and seldom producing enteritis and gastritis. The mode of application is: get the animal by the hind legs . elevate these, then inject into the rectum from one to two pints of warm salt solution (3ij . to 3 vj. to the pint), and keep the legs elevated for some time after. Vomiting usually occurs then, after which liquid paraffin can be given by the mouth in doses of from 3j. to 3 vj., according to breed, age, size, weight, and condition of the animal. The bowels usually move in the course of a few hours, but if no response, the treatment can be repeated and continued at least twice a day until a result is obtained. Usually no more than twice is necessary, unless it be a very pronounced and obstinate case. Care must be taken in the after-feeding, as a recurrence is easily produced through carelessness. – Chemist and Druggist.