Thanks everyone. We just got back from his follow up and our vet feels he is recovering well and showed no signs of pain when she pushed on his tummy.
She said it could take a few weeks for him to be 100% but she was happy with how he is doing. She said not to worry about the fact that he isn’t drinking as he wasn’t dehydrated and he is getting enough fluid from his food.
He also had his heartworm test today and we will get those results soon...this was to make sure his treatment 8 months ago was successful.
We are going to keep him on a low fat so we can do what we can to try and prevent this again.
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Originally Posted by pstinard  I agree about continuing with a low fat diet, but is there any particular reason you chose kangaroo as a protein source? It's quite pricey, and would mainly be used if your dog has an allergic reaction to other protein sources. |
We didn’t intentionally put him on kangaroo. The first food they sent home with us was RC low fat and he didn’t want to eat it so when he was admitted for the weekend the vet there tried this one and he absolutely loves it. I talked with the vet today and we talked about the cost of it and she has recommended that we keep him on kangaroo for at least a month until we know he is fully healed and eating well. After this month we will discuss switching him to something else to save a little money. Our concern right now is just to keep him eating something and since he loves it so much, we don’t want to mess around with it at the moment. But I agree...really expensive. Just bought a case of 12 cans for $80 (he eats 3/4 can a day) so if we can avoid this on a regular basis...would be preferable lol