Originally Posted by Britster  Ohhh No! I am so sorry. Poor Mr. Peanut. I know what you are going thru. I was a wreck when Jackson was in the hospital - blaming myself, and just an all around mess. That first week was miserable because everything was so unsure in our case. I took him to our non regular vet where we had never been, since it was open Sunday. I was such a wreck as he had been throwing up ALL night and it started turning into a red hint, and because I was so scared, I simply listened to what they told me and had him stay over night on IV's. In hindsight, I am regretful that I trusted that vet (as I don't now) and after speaking to our regular vet about a month or two later, she believes he did not even have pancreatitis to begin with, just GI upset. I know he had a ton of fatty human foods at a family BBQ and I am pretty certain it's what set off the digestive upset (he also was in a salt water pool and I do wonder if he injected too much salt water). But I spent sooo much money getting subq fluids every other day for like 7-8 days, and going in and out, and 3-4 seperate blood tests and nothing was changing and he was acting completely fine and back to normal. They finally decided to send out for a cPL test (pancreatitis test-which I would def suggest, in the future I'd ask for it right away) and it came back negative. My vet who did not see him during his illness thinks it was simply a GI upset from all his files and what I told her.
So anyways there is the short version. But either way I played it safe for a few months and kept him on low fat low protein foods and was never happy with the results. I still play it safe and do not give any high fat treats (I stick with soft Buddy biscuits and Zukes, etc) and the only human food he gets is the occasional cheese (for pills, or doing something very special), or a small piece of bread, or lean meat. I also do not give high fat canned food (which can be tricky, because a lot are rich, and you have to convert the %'s to dry matter basis). I feed a canned food with 1.5% fat (not sure what that coverts to) mixed with his Acana kibble. I went back to Acana probably 5 months after, and after two bags, I immediately noticed a shine coming back to his coat, less eye goop, more energy, etc, etc.
I am so sorry you are going through this though, and am sending my prayers. I am not the most knowledgeable at all but did a fair share amount of research after this, so if you ever need to PM me, I am here. But I got the most advice & help from here on YT and still am extremely grateful for everything every one offered me. |