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When I adopted cody (Nov. 2013) he came to me with a serious Colitis condition, (unbeknown to me at time of adoption, also unknown to my vet) seems he has had this from hurricane Sandy (oct.2012) . (I found this out after speaking to prev. owner that surrendered him) My vet has been treating him since day after I took him home and I discovered he had Colitis. I have the BEST vet in my COUNTY, she has given him diff. meds which has not worked…..I know proper diet is a MUST with colitis. The first 3 months I was feeding him boiled rice with small amounts of boiled 96 % fat free chop meat alternating the chop meat with cottage cheese(vet approved) and a few TSP’s of prescription canned dog food my vet gave me. With this diet & the vet meds, his poop changed from watery, mucus with blood to poop coming out like pudding, now had some form to it, I think it still had mucus in it because when I pick it up to throw out it is sticky, and there is blood in it. He will make one poop, then several times a day when he poops it’s 2 or 3 drops of PURE BLOOD…..
A couple of months ago I was researching for a proper diet that will work with the vet meds. I came upon a site that read……tap water is highly TOXIC, it advised spring bottle water only…In my area that is sold in plastic jugs….years back I read not to use plastic bowls for dogs food or water, the chemicals from the plastic bleed out into the food and water, to use only glass, ceramic or stainless steel food bowls…. So I wrote this back to the site with this info. The reply back was yes that is true, they also added that when spring water in glass containers was advised many ppl wrote the expence of spring water was to great and hard to find….So now they just advise spring water, I was told if I can find spring water in glass container is better…..the article also read NEVER MICRO WAVE pets food, the reason for that is to long to put in this post…..the article read to give raw veggies, listed several veggies to be puree in blender, add 2 TBLE to food. Also listed several sublaments to be added to veggie mixture, also said raw meats should be used. (this was for home made food recipe). No meds to be used with this food. I want to give proper food that will work with vet meds, not work against meds.I am trying to make this post as “brief” lol as possible. SO, my question REALLY is THE WATER, Is TAP WATER HIGHLY TOXIC, and if so is spring water in PLASIC jugs less toxic the tap water, or another way of putting this is IS SPRING WATER BETTER THEN TAP WATER. Where I live I do not have city water, I have spring / well water (but chemicals added to reduce bacteria is used, this is a community where they supply us with well water, I do not have my OWN well, we have what is called THE PUMP HOUSE where the water comes from, it is monitored every morning and tested every morning to ensure water is of drinking quality….My pup is now on Hills prescription diet Z/D canine ULTRA dry & canned dog food, vet said NOTHING BUT THIS FOOD and WATER only. Follow up visit to vet is nx wk. This SUDDEN CHANGE OVER of course caused very very loose poop, which has taken 7 days to now be less loose, and is now coming out with some form to it, not just a pile of loose poop. I will work with my vet, she will do all that can be done to get him on the road to recovery, I have been using her since 1984, I have 1000% confidence in her. Again my concern is THE WATER, TAP or SPRING WATER IN PLASTIC JUGS. Sorry for such a lengthily post, but I know some back ground is needed to get a question answered. Thank you for any advise or suggestions. Cody means THE WORLD to me. I CANNOT loose this dog after just putting my beautiful girl down this past Oct.