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Originally Posted by Yorkieluv  Don't cry!! It will be okay...First, let's find out if there's even anything wrong with her liver...My first piece of advice is to re-do the bile acid test in a couple of weeks...make sure she has not received any heartworm or flea meds within this time frame, as I believe this can throw the test off...
If the pH is too acidic, your dog can form calcium oxalate stones..If it's too alkaline, your dog can form struvite stones. That's what I meant by off...I think the target pH is more in the 7-range.
As far as food goes, if you homecook and give the right kinds of food (no high oxalate and very little to no medium oxalate), then in theory, she should not need the potassium citrate...BUT you would have to talk to your vet about this.
Can you remind me what is in this wellness food? |
so now we figured out that the ursodiol is going to throw off her bat and may mask somthing. My husband wants me to stop the Ursodiol and get in to see the specialist next week. I would rather retest her w/o it too. since we changed her diet and stopped the wellness canned. but i dont fully understand why the canned food could be hard on her liver unless there was a liver problem.
The only thing i added was the omega 3 this past week. do you think that this could impact her numbers in any way? I have read that it can help her liver.
also- my husband asks: Is there anything about denamarin that could possibly raise her numbers on the bat. I told him that you said it is a supplement so it's supposed to help in getting those numbers down. he wants to know how we can be so sure? he says one month she is only doing denamarin as a precaution bc the levels were only a tiny bit over the normal range...now within a month they went up while being on the denamarin???? i don't understand it all too well myself. Something with the milk thistle it supposed to help her but I don't know for sure how it works.