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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  Hmmm...well, it's always tough this time of year with all the junk in the air. But, once you mentioned the shedding - I sort of went another way. Because she has IBD and is also having skin issues and THEN some possible hair loss - it makes me a little suspicious of malabsorption. If the intestine is irritated/inflamed and not absorbing nutrients properly - one of the places you'll see this on the outside is in skin/fur, bc if there are not enough nutrients available to the body - they'll go to the essential functions *first*.
So, if you don't think she has any fungal issues going on and she's not itching excessively to indicate that - then it might be something to consider. What is she eating? How did the vet diagnose the IBD?
What you could do is get some probiotics to help the intestine and some digestive enzymes (Prozyme or such) to support the digestion of her food and breakdown of the nutrients.  |
Well, afer lots of testing, (nothing ever showed up), my vet sent her to a specialist. She looked at everything, and decided that we'd try a diet/med combo. Scoping her was an option, but one the specialist didn't think was necessary at that point unless things got worse. She actually never termed it IBD, but called it chronic colitis, which in my own research, is basically the same. Sadie was on Hill's prescription WD, but now she eat's Nutro's food for Sensitive stomachs. I know it's not her stomach that is the issue, but it's also for sensitive digestive systems. She has Tylan pills, which I no longer have to give to her every day. If I let her go more than 3-4 days without one, she will start to have softer poop. This week, she did start to have an "episode" and I gave her pills for several days straight to make sure that it cleared up. I guess I should call the specialists office this week to see if they think that this could be the problem.