Update on Fitzgerald In case you don't remember, my maltese/yorkie had a liver shunt. He finally had the surgery last week and is doing fine! However, I have to put him on a low-protein diet. My question is: Do you know of any low-protein dog food that I can get from somewhere other than a vet (i.e. Petsmart or Petco)? The Prescription Diet food is at a vet that's a bit far away from us, and it's on the pricey side (especially after we shelled out $1500 for surgery!). |
I just wanted to say I am glad your dog came through surgery fine and is doing good. I am not familiar with the food but I am sure someone on here is. |
Sorry ... I don't have any food tips for you. Just wanted to say that it's great that the surgery is behind you now and glad to hear that Fitzgerald is doing so well. Good luck!:) |
I don't have any suggustions on food either. I havn't had to deal with liver shunt. Thank God. But I am so glad that your little one made it out of surgury ok. |
There are several low protein foods that you can give your baby. Just make sure that whichever food you pick does not contain any red meat like lamb, beef, venison, etc. and that it's mostly vegetarian with no more than 21% protein, preferably 18%, especially just after surgery. A couple of foods are: Avoderm Vegetarian Natural Balance Vegetarian Also, if you join the liver shunt/mvd group, there are several other foods mentioned there that members feed their liver compromised dogs. And there are recipes for homemade diet formulated by vets for long-term use that you can cook once a month and freeze into little baggies and take out every couple of days. Are you giving any supplements? The prescription diets like the RC Hepatic LS 14 has increased amounts of zinc and other vitamins/minerals that their bodies need at this time, so if you're going to feed a non-prescription dog food you might look into giving a supplement like s-adenosyl-100 which contains denosyl, milk thistle, vitamin b-complex, zinc, etc (all beneficial to the liver). And I'm so glad that you're baby came out of surgery okay!! :) Also, I wanted to add that if the Petsmart near you has a Banfield, you can buy the RC Hepatic LS 14 from them. All you have to do is get a prescription from your regular vet and take it to Banfield in Petsmart. They will put you in their system and give you a prescription card that you can use anytime you need to buy the food. |
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