[fretful1953]

I picked up the Hill's prescripton l/d dog food yesterday at the vet's. Freddie is not too thrilled with it. She also changed him from the SAMe-100 to Denosyl (which I'm assuming is the brand name for the SAMe). Anyway, the tablets are much smaller (about 1/3 the size of what I was giving him) and much easier to give him. I asked her about the BAT test. She said that would be the next step after labs on June 4. This will show the function of the liver.

She explained it to me this way: The labs that were done showed that the liver was "mad" about something. That the gallbladder, pancreas and liver all worked together. If the pancreas was inflamed, then it affected the liver, and so on. Sometimes it's a gallbladder thing or a blockage in the intestine. All of this can affect the liver function.Sort of a chain reaction, I guess.

Anyway, she said she had seen enzymes a lot higher than Freddie's, some over 1200. It's still a wait and see approach. And I think that labs are going to be an on-going thing, checking them every so often. She said there were other options for his teeth if he couldn't be sedated, mouth rinses, 3 day a month antibiotics, etc. Will find out more about that when the time comes.

I read the ingredients on the Hill's food. Not a lot of difference than what we are making homemade except for the vitamins. I did read about the vitamin PetTabs and PetTab Plus. I've seen these at a lot of vet's office. Just wondering if anyone knows or has tried these. A pet nutritionist is still an option, but we are expecting high vet bills in the coming months, so I'm trying to be as economic as possible.

Thanks to all for your help. Hope all is well with your babies.