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momofreese · 01-18-2012, 10:48 AM

Again, thank you all for your concern and advice. I spoke with the lead vet and he said that I should continue to wait the two weeks to recheck her urine to see if the crystals have resolved themselves. I have Reese off of everything but her food. He did tell me to change from ziwipeak, the freeze dried raw food that she has been on for the past year or so. He told me to go with ANY regular food, not to even put her back on a vet or any reduced formula food. As I said she has been battling weight issues all of her nine years.. excessive appetite since she was 9 1/2 weeks old. She is finally down to about 9.6 to 9.8 and he feels that if I monitor her intake she can be on a regular food. Now he threw out the basic names and wouldn't commit to any brand. If she does have thyroid problems (who even knows) possible cushings, possible bladder stones, a weight problem, why wouldn't he commit to a high grade low fat diet instead of throwing the basic (what I considered to be low grade company foods at me) Even my husband heard this conversation and can't believe he wouldn't tell me to put her on a good food. His only statement was that if it says natural or holistic it is BAD.. ugh, all I can say is I am totally confused. I looked at the top food list that someone was nice enough to prepare as a sticky on here and still am confused. At this point I would like to wean her off to a good food that isn't fattening and won't make her health issues any worse. I do feel she has allergies too, since she constantly licks her paws.. it seems to only be at bedtime or when she is on my bed, so I am wondering if all of these years she is allergic to something on my bed, detergent or such or has dust mites??

Help.. I need to take care of one thing at a time and would like to get her off of ziwipeak if all agree it is too high fat and protein. Please recommend a food and after that I believe I will have her urine rechecked at my vet in two weeks and then have him send the sample to University of Tenn or at least do an ACTH OR ACHT.. sorry.. They did a regular blood work up. He also said that Utenn would put her on melaton? and that is what he could do without the test.. why would he put her on something that he didn't confirm she needed? Help please, I am literally losing my mind plus I have my husband tellign me to just leave her alone and stop looking for trouble.

Thanks again and any new advice or additional help would be very much appreciated!

01-18-2012, 10:48 AM	#26
momofreese Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hewlett, New York Posts: 129	Again, thank you all for your concern and advice. I spoke with the lead vet and he said that I should continue to wait the two weeks to recheck her urine to see if the crystals have resolved themselves. I have Reese off of everything but her food. He did tell me to change from ziwipeak, the freeze dried raw food that she has been on for the past year or so. He told me to go with ANY regular food, not to even put her back on a vet or any reduced formula food. As I said she has been battling weight issues all of her nine years.. excessive appetite since she was 9 1/2 weeks old. She is finally down to about 9.6 to 9.8 and he feels that if I monitor her intake she can be on a regular food. Now he threw out the basic names and wouldn't commit to any brand. If she does have thyroid problems (who even knows) possible cushings, possible bladder stones, a weight problem, why wouldn't he commit to a high grade low fat diet instead of throwing the basic (what I considered to be low grade company foods at me) Even my husband heard this conversation and can't believe he wouldn't tell me to put her on a good food. His only statement was that if it says natural or holistic it is BAD.. ugh, all I can say is I am totally confused. I looked at the top food list that someone was nice enough to prepare as a sticky on here and still am confused. At this point I would like to wean her off to a good food that isn't fattening and won't make her health issues any worse. I do feel she has allergies too, since she constantly licks her paws.. it seems to only be at bedtime or when she is on my bed, so I am wondering if all of these years she is allergic to something on my bed, detergent or such or has dust mites?? Help.. I need to take care of one thing at a time and would like to get her off of ziwipeak if all agree it is too high fat and protein. Please recommend a food and after that I believe I will have her urine rechecked at my vet in two weeks and then have him send the sample to University of Tenn or at least do an ACTH OR ACHT.. sorry.. They did a regular blood work up. He also said that Utenn would put her on melaton? and that is what he could do without the test.. why would he put her on something that he didn't confirm she needed? Help please, I am literally losing my mind plus I have my husband tellign me to just leave her alone and stop looking for trouble. Thanks again and any new advice or additional help would be very much appreciated!