Hi, Im new here and just recently brought home a new baby male, and found your website as a great aset! as I have forgotten about raising a yorkie. I have been reading posts and learning from them, It's like a refresher course yorkie 101. I also Have my senior baby (tilly) 10 yrs old and she has had cushings for 4 years and her sympton was excessive thirst, and had an accident while sleeping in bed with me, so the Vet ran tests and said she has cushings she has been on anipryril which makes her drink more water than she ever did, she use to weigh around 8 pounds before the medication she nows weighs at least 14 lbs and my poor babys belly is so bloated and she just seems so much more miserable now, and was hoping someone could offer
some advice as I am thinking about taking her completely off the medication, I get professional answers from the vet but I feel I need advise from other yorkie moms & dads that are more from the heart or from their own experience, It Just breaks my heart that for the last four years on medication Tilly lies around and seems so sad and continues to drink excessive amounts of water, The vet said cushings causes her to drink so much that her urine is deluted which will eventually cause kidney failure? well with the medication she drinks more? I stoped her medication for just two days and I swear her water consumption wasn't anything like when she is medicated.
I would appreciate any advice or suggestions.
thank you all so much for making this request possible by having a yorkie forum!