What could have killed my 3 yr old chihuahua?

Monday, November 1st, 2010 at 2:18 pm  
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Friday we came home from work/school and found our chihuahua lying on the floor, cold and stiff, in a pool of blood, bloody stool, and urine. The blood appeared to come from her rear end. She was left gated in the kitchen from 7am until we got home at 5. We can’t afford a necropsy, so I’m racking my brain for answers. Here are the facts:

-3 yrs old, healthy
-up to date on shots & heartworm meds
-no external injury
-no disturbance in eating/drinking
-no signs of lethargy or distress; no mood changes
-no signs of vomiting or diarrhea; fecal matter at the end may have just been evacuation, as with the urine
-no pus or discharge or smell of infection, but she was NOT spayed (not ruling out pyometra totally)
-blood was dark
-no debris in the stool
-stiff and cold when found
-blood "pool" was mostly dry or coagulated, indicating it had been there most of the day
-eyes open, laying on her side by the gate to the living room when we found her, blood, urine, etc. only found on her underside. She didn’t roll around in it, but stepped in some of it – there were footprints. We didn’t realize just how much blood until we moved her. This is our big clue, I think, but I don’t know what it means.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
As I stated, we can’t afford a necropsy. I’m just wondering if anyone else has ever heard of this.

And, she’d been out in the back yard both the night before and just before we left in the morning. Could a poison do this?




Poor Cat has blood coming from it’s bum please help!?

Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 11:35 am  
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I have just taken in a new cat who is a year and a half old and at first she seemed fine but tonight she has had blood in her stool, this was not just a little bit of blood it was quite a bit, so i changed the litter tray and have seperated her from my other 2 cats until i can get her to the vets tomorrow, i just went in to check on in the kitchen and i found a small pool of blood on the floor about the size of a golf ball from looks like it has come from her bum as she has a bit of blood there still. Does anyone have any ideas on what this could be? as i am really worried.




  
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