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Originally Posted by concretegurl  So what's the update here?
Did you ever do a fecal at the vet's in the least?
I feed TOTW because the brown rice base in Innova was too harsh on my fatties, they needed grainless.
We also do RAW/BARF.
I'd do model prey but I'm lazy atm.
Has anyone ever noted hypoglycemic Yorkies do exceedingly better on a RAW diet? |
No, Lu's symptoms never did reappear. My initial pangs of panic over what appeared to be the symptoms starting up again was a false alarm. She had that occasion of being ill and mucousy stool with a little bit of blood in the mucous and then it disappeared and to this point has not returned.
In reviewing all the possible contributing factors I highly suspect what happened was a combination of several things. Lu is very easily distracted and she tends to be much more picky about eating when we aren't at home. I was helping take care of my grandmother while my parents were away for several days and so Lu's schedule was pretty upside down. She's not super sensitive to the point of that making her ill but I suspect she wasn't eating as much as she normally would. After doing some reading I have also come to understand that some animals and people can have reactions to vaccinations a couple of weeks after the fact due to how your body creates the antibodies etc. Tack on top of that the fact that Lu doesn't tend to eat much for treats but did have a little bit of roast beef. I think that all those things in combination is what turned little Lu's world on edge.
I do hope that people understand that I was monitoring her very closely during the time when she appeared unwell. Because I know her and her habits I could see that she was not her normal energetic self but she wasn't just laying somewhere completely lethargic and knocking on deaths door. When the symptoms were present I was concerned and watching very closely for any indication of change for the worse. Even if the symptoms had remained the same I would have taken her to the vet first thing in the morning. By morning it was as though nothing had happened. Later on when it seemed like pattern might be starting up again I was very concerned and if there had been the slightest change in Lu's stool she would have been to the vet in the middle of the night if necessary. However, nothing further developed.
At this point I believe the little bit of bile vomit that has occurred a couple of times is likely due to not eating as she should and I have been extra watchful about her eating habits particularly when we have to be away from home, as that seems to be when she is most likely to scrimp in the eating department. If there is any change in Lu's stool etc. then I will have her to the vet for testing. So far she has been acting like nothing happened and I'm awfully pleased that has remained the case. Here's hoping it was a onetime thing.
In watching Lu's eating habits so closely I have noticed a couple of times when she has eaten her food like pills and not chewed it at all. She doesn't do that very often but on one occasion she threw up a bit of food and it was all still solid kibble. She's so dang fussy when it comes to food and I wouldn't have chosen the food she is eating to feed to her because I kind of feel like it might be a bit large but when she wouldn't eat anything else it seemed like a better option than starving herself. Don't get me wrong, the kibbles aren't terribly big just big for such a tiny mite. I think I may try the small dog version in the hope that the flavor will be similar enough she will eat it. The protein level is a bit different but hopefully she will do as well on it as she has on the regular Acana if I can get her switched over. I’m going to do a bit of reading and then decide from there. May have to give some thought to the RAW diet, not sure how well that would go over considering how fussy this little one is though. Still something to consider. Thank you for the suggestion.