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Originally Posted by seschna  i did look up IBD and i didnt get much. lol he does have vomiting, which is a sign that it would be in small intestine like you said..but he doesnt vomit when i feed him a little at a time, so how can that be it? It takes me about 10-15 min to feed him 1/8 cup or maybe less time sometimes. i dont have specific amts that i give him at a time really, sometimes more, sometimes less but its always 1/8 cup for breakfast, and 1/8 for dinner. And the vet saw no problems with the small intestine during the barium study either..so i would assume that it would have become inflamed during that too?? i dunno, i may ask him again about it just in case, but i hope its just the teeth thing. |
no it will only inflame with an inflammatory food or substance and he was on drugs under anesthesia and the substance is probably not inflammatory. Scoping not barium swallow is how they diagnose ibd - but i never had mine scoped just knew it by symptoms
ibd dogs have to be fed 3-4 small meals a day to help digest food. If they eat fast and too much they vomit the food back up and that is what your dog is doing
Also blood work can come up totally normal but sometimes amylase and lipase and cpli are elevated which is an indicator. The fact that he is throwing up food is a very big indicator as the food is not getting digested out of the small intestine. The barium swallow only tells you if the intestines are blocked not if they will inflame
honestly i would have done the scoping over the barium because of the fact that he was pooping fine and if blockage they will not poop either
here is some info on ibd
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in Dogs Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Dogs
alot of yorkies have this
and the owner gets real frustrated as they vomit food or have diarrhea and nothing shows up on blood work or fecals
i bet this is why he was given up to rescue as the previous owner was so frustrated and could not figure it out