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Old 06-26-2012, 01:42 PM   #13
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Oh boy. I sure feel for you. We've fought this battle almost from the beginning, 2 years ago. Snickers also has MVD along with chronic colitis. Puts me in a panic all the time. He has sometimes got some really high fevers with this and vomiting.

Have they tried her on Tylosin? Usually when it gets really bad, we get a week or so dose of Metronidozole and then we keep him on a daily low dose of Tylosin: 50mg twice per day. He seems to really need this. One specialist tried to cut him back of it and he started having symptoms again, which once again cleared after getting back on it. I think Tylosin is definitely a must to consider. It's safe to use long term. Snickers has been on this for about 1.5 years.

Also, a high fiber diet seems necessary. His stool got a lot better on the prescription w/d, but I opted to take him off, because there is mostly fillers in it and we could really tell a drop in his energy level.
I now feed the Honest Kitchen (Force) and use their supplement called Perfect Form. I add green beans and pumpkin. So far (knock on wood) we have not had any occurrences since February.

I also give 1/16 tsp of the probiotic VSL#3. You might want to try this. It's highly recommended by a lot of people.

So sorry you have to deal with the reoccurrent episodes. It's pretty scary when it keeps happening. I hope you can get some ideas that might help from what I've found that works. I've done A LOT of worrying and researching different things to try. Do you notice that these episodes are stress related? Snickers's have sometimes been. When I have been particularly stressed with something, a lot of times he has picked up on this and will get sick.
Ohhh so sorry your fur baby is suffering through this! Big Hugs to you!

Thank You for all the valuable info, there's a pharmacy down the street (my aunt's friend), I will drop by there & see if they have the VSL #3.
I feed them Darford kibble which has 5% fiber & probiotics in it, but I think taking some myself would be good too. For dinner, they get THK. I do have perfect form from THK, I've been mixing that in her food.
Princess has not vomited at all during any of her episodes...it's a poop issue all the way.

My aunt also has been very stressed out the past couple of months. Her son is in the U.S. air force & they're sending him to afghanistan. So she's very distraught over this. I agree w/you, they pick up on our emotions...& Princess has a very keen sense of perception, sometimes I call her capuchin monkey.
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