My 10yr old has started getting up 2 poop in the night-help!

[janiebdella]

Hi all, I'm new to this forum business....bear with me

My 10 yr old greyhound Della (not retired racer just a rescue) who I have had for 8.5 yrs has started getting me up in the night to poop. It started just on the odd occasion now its like its a habit & its almost every night.

We try to keep a food routine & walk routine but both myself & my mum have health problems & sometimes we are unable to take her out, I would say though that she gets a walk at least 5 days out of 7 a week. She's getting older now & only seems to want to go for a walk once a day any way.

We were feeding her twice a day but as she was getting me up at night to poop I started trying to feed her only in the morning & trying to take her out for a little walk in the evening as well as the day time.

She doesn't like eating in the morning! She will only eat a few mouthfuls & then gives up! Then of course she wants to eat later!

She seems to have 2 routines.....

Either......

get up, eat about 9am, poop straight after, have a walk around lunch time, doesn't poop, has a little snack about 5pm, has a walk in the evening, poops, gets up at either 2am or 4am to poop in the night.

OR......

get up, eat around 9am, doesnt poop, have a walk around lunch time, does poop, has a little snack around 5pm, has a walk in the evening, poops, gets up either 2am or 4 am to poop at night.

I'm stumped, I don't know how to change her routine to stop this, it is causing problems for both my mum & I as I have to walk through mum's bedroom to get to the back garden (don't ask! hehe) so its waking both of us up which effects our health problems.

Anyone have any suggestions???

If we only fed her at about 4pm would that work??

Is it coz she's getting older? She has Supadog greyhound & Lurcher dry biscuits food which she has always had & I make liver 'pate' which has liver, veg & pasta coked & wizzed up which she gets about 2 tablespoons of with her biscuits, she gets a denta stick a day which she gets 1/.2 at a time, last 1/2 in the evening.

Any more info anyone needs?

Please help, Im shattered! I know its only once a night but I dont get back to sleep for hours after!

Thank you all! :flowers:

 

[skyranger]

Hi Try cutting out the liver it might be getting too strong for her now and the bowel is being overworked its worth a try. Hope this helps

 

[janiebdella]

Thanks very much. That hasnt occured to me. Do u suggest anything instead of the liver that I could make myself to make things cheaper? Would chicken 'pate' be ok u think? :- )

 

[Macha]

maybe tripe?