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Originally Posted by Roxi Ree  Roxi had a rough weekend. She had soft poo and started throwing up. I couldn't get her to eat. Spent most of the time sleeping. I called the Emergency Vet Sunday morning and we decided to take her off the Metacam. By Sunday afternoon, she was so weak and I was ready to take her back to the Emergency Center, but I tried one more thing...I had a couple of cans of canned food (she usually eat dry). She ate 1/2 a can and was back to her old self. I guess she was on a hunger strike.
The surgeon just called me with the results of her biopsy. She does have a very mild case of MVD in the portal region. We are going to manage with a change of food only (he doesn't feel the need for supplements at this time).
Here's my question for you guys: Both the surgeon and my regular vets are going with the Hill's l/d. I'm not real big on canned food, but they say they can only get the dry in 20 lb bags (and nobody is sure about the size of the kibble...Roxi's only 2.6 lbs). My regular vets are looking into the Royal Canin to see what's available. What do guys use for your babies? I really would appreciate your feedback. |
I'm sorry she's not feeling well.
Regarding the food - the Hill's canned L/D is much higher in fat than the kibble. I used it for my dog Daisy for about 2.5 years because it was all she could eat. Now that she is older she can't tolerate it due to her allergies and it made her blood very lipemic (fatty). She also cannot eat the Hill's kibble.
The Royal Canin Hepatic LS is a slightly smaller kibble than the Hill's. My dog could not tolerate that either.
If you're doing to go with the Hill's canned L/D, I have about 6-8 cans of it that I can't use, would be happy to send them to you, the food is fresh, I had ordered two cases but then Daisy stopped tolerating it. I've been hanging on to it in case someone on YT wanted it.