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Originally Posted by TraceyAnn  Tuckers thyroid the vet said is only slightly low, she wasn't that worried. She is only concerned with the very low calcium. The diarrhea was checked and it had funky organisms in it, probably due to getting into compost in the garden, which is now fenced off. He's protein levels were low, vet said probably from the diarrhea. They also straight cathed him for urine, and it came up ok. His pancreatic enzymes were a little elevated. I gave him a 1/2 of a tums 2x already while waiting for this pharmacy to make his script. He is much better. Stronger, more alert, I originally thought he was acting strange from the flagyl, but it had to be from his calcium levels being so low. The pharmacy actually called me this morning to pick the flavoring Tucker would prefer, chicken,beef, or liver, and the price isn't 120.00, it's 64 ot 65.00. Much better. He goes this friday for repeat lab work, just to make sure things are improving. The food he eats is acana all day, then chicken breast and veggies in the evening, with nupro powder in it. He has been eating alot of sweet potatoes with his flagyl, thinking it would prevent stomach upset. I am now on a mission to find out all I can about hypoparathyroidism. Especially the prognosis. If anyone has any input, I would greatly appreciate it, Thanks alot, Tracey |
WHOA hold on compost in the yard this could be fungal related you need to go read a thread on here and contact manolosmom as her dog ate fertilizer and had a fungal infection and due to diarhea protein will be off. They need to rule out fungal before giving your dog any steroids for ibd or anything like that. I would get to internal medicine specialist and ask about compost and fungal infection first off. I do not think this is thyroid related AT ALL. My dog has hypothyroid and her thyroid was t4free .38 and you can only determine thyroid by doing a full 6 panel thyroid but biggest indicator is t4free which normal for a yorkie is 1.0.
Hemopet/Hemolife, HEMOPET a full animal blood bank, Diagnostic Laboratory, Adoption and Consultation - dr dodds is the expert on hypothyroid and why i went to her with my dog so i would get a second opinion on that .
Low calcium, low cholesterol, and low protein can be tied to lymphangiecstasia, ple or epi. A dog with these issues will have diarrhea. But if this all started after the compost incident you need to rule out a fungal infection asap. What to ask about is histoplasmosis so ask your vet if that can be a possibility.
Hypothyroid dogs can be over weight, sluggish, have a stinky odor about them due to sebaceous gland excretion, skin issues and loss of hair - not diarrhea
and not low calcium as my dog does not have low calcium and she is hypothyroid and on soloxine for it as well
http://www.petplace.com/dogs/hypothy...ogs/page1.aspx