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Originally Posted by Ellie May  You are right on the bully sticks.
Totally understandable that rx foods aren’t you go-to. I didn’t like them either. In fact, I home cooked for my Yorkie. She had a few bouts of pancreatitis. However, she also had severe food allergies, SIBO, IBD, esophagus problems, a slight liver issue, etc. Then she became reactive to every protein. So we had to go to a hydrolyzed rx food (Purina HA).
Just keep in mind that even if you find an OTC food that is low fat, that is not the only requirement. Some nutritionists believe high protein can also be a problem. Also, food manufacturers report fat and protein minimums (not maximums). If it is not a highly controlled productions (as in the rx foods), this can vary way too much. |
Totally. Yes! I forgot to include about the min/max in my post as well.
I'm so appreciative to you and everything I've learned over the years from you.
It's so complex sometimes and what makes it even worse is every dog is different.
I actually really wish Jackson made my life simple and he would've just done fine on the RC low fat or Purina EN. Or something that I wouldn't have to worry about.
I got myself freaked out over the DCM issue with grain-free and started getting paranoid about feeding Weruva so I decided to buy the Royal Canin PW moderate calorie kibble to start adding in again since he had eaten it before (the reason I took him off was after bouts of nausea he began having for a week straight and once I took him off the kibble, it stopped, but I thought it may have been coincidental).
Well... two months ago I buy a bag of the RC PW. Very slowly start adding it in to his diet (I'm talking like 2 kibbles one evening, hand fed). Then the next day increased a bit more. etc etc. After like 7 days I was up to like... 1/2 cup (not all at once, piece by piece throughout the day). Then he woke me up one morning, ate his normal breakfast but hesitantly for him (slower than usual) then proceeded to throw it up 5 mins later. Then he stopped eating and avoided food for the rest of the day. Immediately called our vet who knows him and his history so did an emerg. appt. and the CPL was increased just enough for him to believe pancreatitis episode. After Cerenia injection and subq fluids he was back to normal within 48 hours. But my vet is stumped on Jackson too lol. He was like I would never think a food with 7.5% fat would have caused a pancreatitis attack but he had *nothing* else new. Literally nothing. I work from home now and watch him like a hawk. And he said it's certainly not impossible and Jackson's issues have always been very weird. I wish I could find out for certain if he had an issue with grains or what (I know it's rare, but it's obviously not protein because he can eat chicken, tuna and salmon and be a-okay). And the PW rx food doesn't contain grains (fish and potato).
He's back on 100% Weruva since and again, totally doing fantastic. Not sure if it's that kibble specifically or kibble in general but yeah, not trying it again. The only thing I may resort to is consulting a board certified nutritionist and doing a BalanceIT homecooked meals. I'm already spending over $200 a month on his food lol. But I just really don't want to rock the boat when I find something that works.
ANYWHO sorry OP for hijacking your thread!
Hope all is okay with your little one.