Thanks to everyone for their replies. Lucy loved the cheerios!
To address some of the questions - Lucy has been fine up until this week-end when she started having spastic type movements and could not get comfortable. Then began with lethargy and hiding under furniture. She was taken twice to her Vet who could find nothing wrong. We determined gas and tummy issues because I had put some Alpo on top of her kibble - which I had never done. (And will never do again)
Because her littermate (different mother/same father) ended up having a LS, our vet decided to go ahead and to the bile acid testing. Had she not had that episode - we would not have done it because she was eating, playing, and growing normally AND her liver enzymes were tested when I first brought her home and they were fine.
I think I will obtain a copy of the test results and schedule telephone consult just to be sure that I am doing all the right things between now and next month - when we have scheduled another bile acid test. Her results were only midly elevated and she only had the one incident - so we really don't know. She will be 6 months old for that test - so I think we have a good plan and on target. My vet won't spay her until we have alittle more information and I think he is wise for that.
Everyone here has great advice. I will try the different treats for her - no point in fueling the fire with chicken and pupparoni.
I will let you know what I learn in my consult. |