[ladyjane]

Jeanie, stress takes on many forms. It could be internal as well as external. Gizmo already has a history of pancreatitis and a predisposition to it. He could have just been uncomfortable when I touched him when I was grooming him. It was when I was shaving his belly, so I am thinking it was more that than stress..

I was just making the point that we don't always know what causes pancreatitis. High fat diet definitely will and honestly the Urinary SO that he is on is good for the calcium oxylate stones, but probably more fat than he should have. Why did it get him now? Who knows. I don't make myself crazy over thinking it....it is what it is. I will just change his diet since that is an obvious thing to do. I wrote to the vet nutritionist last night and she responded this morning and she is going to come up with a plan for him.

No, I don't think grooming will cause pancreatitis. I was just saying how stressed he got and he never does that. It was just what I thought of when he got sick the next morning because he had been so upset.