 Pancreatitis
My little LuLu has had trouble ever since I adopted her.
They estimated her age at the pound. She was well cared for, not overweight, and seemed healthy.
However once I got her home, she really had problems and I had to learn what not to give her - table food.
Now she only eats what I supervise. The vet thought she might have pancreatitis even though her blood test came back only slightly elevated on one enzyme only.
Without a firm diagnosis, and under vet supervision I have put her on a low fat diet. She still had problems.
So I bought an ebook, which suggested low fat and low purine diet.
However several sources including the ebook suggest that professional dog food product has so much meat byproduct that it is really not good for anyone, even a dog. I have taken her off of purines, to bring a low purine diet (no spinach, fish or cauliflower and other high purine foods)-- even though this is a customary dietary treatment for cushing's disease I'm trying it anyway. Also, I have found a supplement for her which provides the nutrients she needs and says it helps dogs with skin problems and pancreatitis.
She has been on a homemade food diet with supplement now for 3 weeks and she has fewer problems. But I'm suspicious that she has not been doing 100%.
She has classic symptoms:
- swollen distended abdomen (even after losing 2.5 lbs!)
- greasy yellow stools
- attacks with diarrhea
- barking in pain with hunching
She also has sebacious cysts all over her body, and I'm constantly grooming her skin to make sure a plugged pore doesn't become a cyst.
I am still wanting to know what more I can do to make her well. |