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Originally Posted by sadiesamie  I am scared to feed raw diet. I ran it past the vet specialist today and I told him that we had an appt next week with a nutritionist. and asked if they knew of him. His name is Dr Shawn Messioneur (a very well know national vet) and the specialists assistant told me that Dr. Messionnier is not a "certified nutritionist" to their knowledge, he is a "holistic veterinarian"
The specialist does not recommend Raw diets because of Salmonella, E-coli and food poisoning in general.
Another nutritionist/hols vet I spoke to knew of our specialist and she said that he does not support it simply because he doesn't know anything about it. and he is a conventional vet. She said he is far too busy to research it bc he is a specialist in other areas- not nutrition. This nutritionist also tole me that she has gone on further to research raw diet for the last 10 yrs. she quickly said that with our issues we could feed raw diet and add supplements. She was VERY addimate about feeding raw diet too! she got like all defensive and all :-) the ONLY reason we are not deciding to go with her and go with dr shawn is bc she is much farther away for us. she charges 210.00 for 1 hr 30 min. dr shawn charges 67.50 for a 30-45 min visit.
anyway I am just worried bc I know we need to feed a diet low in fat and high in fiber. I read that i could feed LOW fat raw such as turkey and venison and chicken but I am scared. I am not going to make this decision on my own. i will definitely see what the nutritionist says. I don't know who we are seeing just yet- I may call and cancel the appt for next week. I have the name of 2 other nutritionists that were given to me here on YT that do phone consults so I may consider that instead.
so confused. If we didn't have the protein loss with the kidneys and pancreatic symptoms... which we were told by the specialist that this is probably from the raised BUN (60) that we are having high lipase values.
ok- going to put my weary brain to rest for a while :-) |
Please keep us updated after your visit to the nutritionist. I would be really interested in what he has to say about the raw diet. This must be just soooo worrying for you.
I just wanted to add one more thing. Today I went to the Pet Supply to replenish Mango's NV raw food. I told them about my concerns with her vomiting. They suggested that I add a product called "Enzymes and Probiotics", made by NaturVet. This is recommended to help support a healthy digestive tract. I am going to start adding this to all Mango's meals.
I truly feel for you because I can just feel your anxiety.
Good luck!!!
Lauren