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Originally Posted by Ellie May  The vet would know if this is yeast or not if they looked under the microscope. An infection of this magnitude most likely will not clear with a topical antifungal.
If the food is causing this he does need to be switched. I understand..Ellie can only eat one food..but it may be necessary.
I don't want to get into my personal opinions of probiotics and coconut oil, just remember if it sounds too good to be true...Probiotics cause stomach upset in some dogs. And adding additional fat to a Yorkie's diet, even if coconut oil, is not always indicated. I think you should talk to a veterinary nutritionist. |
I've hung back for so long from getting the advice from a veterinary nutritionist because I'm so scared they will most likely insist on diet change, with some amount of lean or raw meat or cooked vegetables and Tibbe and I will get to spend the next 10 days to two weeks fighting another acute bout of IBS, with him doing all of the suffering and me the 24-hour worrying. His two vets now have seen him going through the episodes enough now that they have stopped trying to suggest diet change.
What I don't understand I how I can change his diet when the tiniest bit of change of food can send him into days of N&V? Nothing has helped him out of these episodes but medication for his symptoms, time and making sure he only eats his usual, routine diet once he resumes eating or if I have to force-feed him a broth of his food via syringe if he goes past a day w/out voluntary eating. Does the vet nutritionist have some special medication they put the dog on before trying the new diet or despite his running, bloody diarrhea, retching up foam(not vomiting as he doesn't eat when he's sick) we just keep offering the chicken/new food until he accepts it and it no longer makes him sick? The thing is, when he's having one of those IBS bouts, he just won't eat until he's better and then if he eats different food, it sends him back into another bad bout but hopefully the vet nutritionist will have way to deal with that.
Would you know how I can go about finding an excellent vet nutritionist in my area, Crystal?