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Originally Posted by Ellie May  You don't have to do allergy testing to see if she is allergic to corn. Ellie has never had it... Her vet looked at the ingredients in the Royal Canin and said she thought is was the corn.  She has told me that allergy testing is a long road that I probably wouldn't want to get into. And she's right.  If your dog itches on a food, pull it. If it is a complex kibble and you don't know what ingredient she is allergic to then pull all of it for a few months and reintroduce individual ingredients to see which one she reacts to. If you are sure it is the corn, then it is the corn and there is no reason to do this.
I elected not to use Actigall with Ellie. One of the reasons is it does alter bile acid numbers and I want to get good readings. I might go with it someday though. Retesting bile acids will be pretty close to pointless (but maybe still necessary) for Samie now. |
I didn't know what to do or what not to do. Do you think we shouldn't have started the actigall? is this the denamarin? or the ursodiol that has the actigall? i am pretty sure it is the denamarin that contains the actigall. how do you get good readings w/o using the actigall? by just changing foods? i am just curious about retesting bile acids with samie would be pointless. do you think that her readings will be normal giving her that. I'm sorry i sound so stupid but just want to understand what you meant :-) i was under the impression that bc of samie's readings and bc the vet prescribed it that i "HAD" to give it to her. I waited about 4 days after picking up the ursodiol and researched it and also talking with YT members. but i really still didn't understand it. and i was worried that "if" things with her are getting worse bc of the numbers going up after being on the denamarin, that i was told by the vet to give it so i went with it. but i don't know if i did the right thing or not?
i just went through my notes and the actigall is the ursodiol. sorry.