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Originally Posted by ladyjane  Exactly what I was saying. Everyone has different opinions...and it can be confusing as hell.  |
yep and this is a VERY tough case situation
Diet is going to be key in helping this little girl to get her on lowest dose of steroids as possible
I am not sure if i missed it but has vet talked about tylan powder at all? Some ibd dogs do well on this and better than steroid use - just asking as did not see answer about it on the other thread. I know she is a picky eater so that may not work as it is bitter tasting and she will have to make her own capsules
I just think a hydrolized diet where protein is broken down further may be best and two of us on the other thread have done well on hydrolized soy diets with dogs with similar situations.
I have no experience with EN myself it was never mentioned by internal medicine specialist she only recommended ultra z/d, dd diets, and purina ha when dex was so sick. He got sick on the dd diet so we went to purina ha. He did great on ultra z/d too which is also a hydrolized diet but he itched like crazy on it.
I can only suggest based on my experience but i was at the end of my rope too after a year of this off and on hospitalization
the foods dex ate were in the following order as follows
IVD white fish and potato - hospitalized for pancreatitis
I/D canned wet -relapsed after 5 days went in hospital for plasma transfusion due to pancreatitis
ground lowfat turkey and rice - lowest fat i could find - back in hospital for bacterial infection which can happen after pancreatitis
Came out on ultra z/d food - did great for 4 months but itched so we thought it would be ok to put him on
DD salmon and potato - was on it for 2 months back in the hospital with an ibd attack no pancreatitis per cpli
Came out on Purina HA and ims said last try before she scopes him to determine ibd for sure but she is 99% sure it is ibd causing all the issues but she will not prescribe meds without firm diagnosis bc steroids can set off pancreas.
Since on purina ha no issues other than like 3 vomitting attacks - 2 from a single tiny pea, one from a piece of yam the size of my pinky nail as i pilled dd with steamed yam and gave him a piece BIG MISTAKE. He gets nothing but purina HA
Now Dex never had diarhea and never had bloody vomit but you can see getting the right diet is key
also wanted to add she said if purina ha does not work I have to homecook and referred me to
WWW.BALANCEIT.COM website as she was frustrated as much as i was as to why we could not get him balanced
She is so happy he is doing so well and says to this day he was one of her toughest cases she had