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Originally Posted by Dave V  Here goes, the vet said he had primary gastrointestinal disease which caused the vominting and diarrhea on top of this he recieved gentamicin or developed a urinary tract infection which caused secondary nephrogenic diabetes insipdius which allowed him to dehydrate and his kidney values to go up. He is getting fenbendazole as a dewormer and Famotidine "PEPCID" and Clavamox as an antibiotic. We used to feed him baked chicken breast with veggies in the am and at lunch along with Science Diet wd at night. All of this has stopped, he is not happy!! So we are trying different dog foods we were giving at OSU. He seems to like the hard food at night but the can food not so much. This is the first day home so we'll keep working on him. Kinda got worried this morning he was urinating but not drinking so I called the OSU vet while I was on the phone he walked over and took a big drimk and has a few more times since. So we feel much better, we tried cooking him some venison and taters, ok from breakfast, lunch was a no go. We made it from a recipe the OSU vet gave us. We'll keep working till we find one he likes.
Thanks,
Dave |
yeah they label ibd gastrointestinal as well basically everything is gastrointestinal lolll if they have vomitting and diarrhea. Ok wet food has more moisture in it so many people feed dry in am and wet in evening as kibble is harder on kidneys than wet which make sense as wet has more moisture. The reason your dog is not drinking a ton is because he came off of being on iv fluids and is full of fluid lol so probably why not drinking much. With a dog that has had higher bun as mine did make sure you put out fresh spring bottled water 3-4 times a day to entice drinking as my maltese who had the higher bun will not drink water unless it is fresh. Another thing to look into which i looked into at the pet expo and may get is getting one of those fresh water bowls that circulates and filters the water as i am looking more into this as my maltese has been gulping water and she vomitted it up a couple times so has me concerned so thinking the constant fresh water may prevent the gulping at all at once when a fresh bowl is down.
My friends york has 25% use of his kidneys and the kidney specialist she sees in new york said wet is better but honestly i do not think yours has the kidney issues and was all tied to antibiotics, etc. Just something to keep an eye on.
Be careful of white potato in diet as it is an inflammatory food and makes mine throw up if in diets. Every dog is different but my ibd york cannot have any diets with white potato in it.
If you like home cooking which i think is great I just do not have the time to do so myself then you may want to contact
Holistic Veterinarian Pet Nutritionist Holistic Pet Care she is a nutritionist that has helped many pet owners on here with their dogs with ibd, pancreatitis and ple.
Hopefully with the right diet you can just treat with diet. If your dog was vomitting and diarrhea could be tied to colitis or ibd as sounds like the whole intestinal tract was inflamed - they can get colitis from being stressed but ibd is tied to the diet. Chicken many times is not good for dogs with ibd as well as ibd and allergies are tied together and chicken and beef are the number one allergents to these type of dogs. Some ibd dogs do ok on chicken. Google inflammatory foods and stay clear of those - I think oprah has a list on her site for these from a doctor. Some pet nutritionists feel the potato theory and nightshade family theory is not true where white potato is inflammatory and sweet potato is anti-inflammatory - in seeing it in my three dogs vomitting white potato and having seen it in all three i tend to believe it to be true. Also when my ibd dog threw up on ivd white fish and potato, hills dd salmon and potato yet not throwing up on ultra z/d which has rice i feel it to be true but with ibd it is tough but once you find the right food you stick to it until it no longer works and do not mess around with food with them you have to be very strict with their diet or you will have problems and lots of vet bills
