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Originally Posted by irbrenda  I was given the W/D a few months back when Ralphie suddenly had a bleeding episode from his behind. The emergency vet took him off the U/D thinking it was way too low in protein for him to be on and she put him on the W/D for a few days. When I returned to my own vet a few days thereafter, I questioned why his other vet changed his diet to W/D which is not good for these type of stones. His answer was: Actually, it is interchangeable and it wouldn't do him any harm by staying on the W/D. Ralphie actually lost a little weight on it which he could use because the U/D has a high fat content and caused him to gain about 1/2 to 3/4 lb.
No matter how little I feed him, the excess weight never comes off. I don't give him any treats other than what I'm told to do.....make strips from the canned U/D, bake it in the oven and give him one treat every few days. Sounds mean, but so far it's working well for him. I fear watching him urinate that there should be any more blood ever again. It was a horror.
The W/D canned food is like feeding gooey glue. It's worse than the U/D which is more gel-like, also disgusting, just not as bad. |
I plan on talking to the vet tomorrow in regards to finding a food that does not contain the main ingredient as corn. Samie did not do well on that Purina Pres NF diet. The nf diet said the first ingredient was whole grain corn.
and this hills pres diet W/D shows the first ingredient as corn grian. I don't there is much of a difference there... it's still corn and i am very hestitate to put her back on a diet that has corn listed as the first ingredient. my little dog is now going on her 3 rd week since she has been off of the nf diet and she is doing much better now.