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Originally Posted by jerseymo7  He is on the Hills ID diet for now. I need to discuss further diet options with my bet today. I just got his rest results back last night and the bile acid levels were indeed elevated higher then the normal range so there's reason to think he has a shunt. But I'm going to explore the diet and medication options first as surgery is very scary and serious especially at such a young age. My breeder was dead set against it and highly recommended I try the diet ASAP. |
They thought Tibbe might have liver shunt when his bile acids were high too but he didn't! I would go ahead and find out if he has a shunt by having the scinitigraphy done but he could very well just have MVD and not need any surgery. Tibbe does very well most of the time on his Hill's I/D GI and Hill's I/D Hepatic - half and half which I prepare different ways for him. I make his treats out of that same food also and he works hard to get his treats! He never get a bite of anything else. He has had a bad episode of nausea from time to time with occasionally spitting up bile(the last time was in the fall) but I gave him his Cerenia(for N&V) and he sleeps and would wake up hungry in 8 - 10 hours and was back to normal. Thankfully, he hasn't had any symptoms for about two months now!