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Originally Posted by luvfla  Is his tummy settled down? He's such a doll! Give him a kiss from me & one from Clarence & one from Keegan & one from Duncan. Don't tell him Duncan is a cat, he might chase you!  |
Yes, is tummy is feeling so much better. I have been adding the canned pumpkin to his food and his poop is back to being firm. I have always fed my three NB venison and sweet potato and added canned pumpkin and Evangers canned 100 % Venison. I make a gravy to coat their kibble with warm water and they love it. When Doodlebug was a really small puppy he always had an upset tummy and I started adding it to their food them and it really helped him. Then when I brought home Bogey from the shelter he was almost as skinny and neglected as Truman but since Bogey was much younger he recovered much quicker. Truman was the hardest to get to eat and turned his nose up at my secret recipe.
But now that he is feeling much better and eating 3 or 4 times a day
I have slowly been adding in the food my 3 eat and he is gobbling it up.
Eventually I want to have them all on the same food but want to wait until after Truman has his neuter and dental. I'm not sure at this point if he will lose any teeth but the vet said they are in pretty bad shape
I really want to get him as healthy as possible before March 9th when he goes for his surgeries. He will be neutered, dental, growth in his ear that needs to be removed, microchipped and he also has an adenoma in his rectum. The vet believes that the adenoma is hormone driven and will go down after his neuter but when he has him under he wants to take a better look at it. So my poor little man will be put through a lot and I want him to be as strong as possible. I'm pretty sure he is gaining weight now because when I picked him up this morning for potty he did feel heavier.
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Originally Posted by dogears Check out CholoGel & CholoFlex for Truman's arthritis. One rescue I was going to adopt from swears by this stuff. |
Thank you for the link and I will check it out. As for now, the plan is to keep him on the Previcox which is for arthritis but because he will be going for surgery and it also can a form of pain meds. The vet said he would rather he be use to taking the meds and knowing if they upset his tummy. After the other day I am glad that he decided to take this route with Truman. We all know that some meds can be very hard on the tummy and I'm glad that I have this under control. I would have hated to see him in pain from the neuter and have poop issues as well. So for now, I believe it would be best to keep him on this meds at least until after he recovers from surgery. I only have a 30 day supply and that will get him to about the middle of March. After that he said we can talk about possibly trying something else if this one was not helping him enough or switching to some form of glucosamine chondroitin which I believe is what your link is related to.
My vet is super good about being open to meds discussion so I will bring it up at his next visit.
