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I forgot to mention that he also has kidney stones, which relates to his liver impairment. |
If it is very important that they be able to continue grazing, you could ask your vet if the healthy dog could have the RC with added protein. I wouldn't but it's an option. Do you mean ammonium urate stones? If yes then he should eat all low purine foods also. |
What is low purine food? |
I'm so sorry about Joey :( I know the vet bills do add up so fast and it does get expensive. I've spent about $1800 in the last month on diagnosing Lacy so I understand...and I know shunt surgery costs even more. I know it can be hard to come up with the money all at once but if you'd be able to pay it off overtime, maybe you can find a credit card that doesn't incur any interest for 6 months to a year or maybe the vet school you go to will let you make payments? I know here at A&M they require about half the initial amount as a deposit and then let you make payments. I hope you can find something that works for you and Joey |
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Liver compromised dogs have trouble processing uric acid. This can lead to stone formation. There are list of low, medium, high and very high purine foods on the internet. Exotic meat is very high. Whitefish is probably somewhere around high. Egg white is lower, etc. |
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Then I feed each of them their own foods, offering it up a couple times a day. Ideally you would want to feed a liver compromised dog three to four small meals. but on a busy day mine have been fine with two meals. I would not give my healthy dog prescription, or vice versa. Now I home cook, so they both get about the same thing but supplements are different and Copper gets less protein, It has taken me quite a while to figure out what is the right amount of this and that for each dog, I also have had alot of help from other good people and a local holistic vet. Hope that this helps a little, I am still doing alot of learning. |
Egg whites and non-fermented milk products (ie. cottage cheese, whey protein, etc.) are generally purine free... If your dog has ammonium urate stones due to the liver problems, maintaining a low purine diet and drinking lots of water is essential. The water helps dilute the urine and helps keep the stones from forming. Feeding my liver compromised yorkie high moisture and low purine foods has kept him from getting ammonium urate stones again. He was a very severe case in that he was passing 20+ stones per day and he hasn't had any stones since I changed his diet a couple of years ago. He eats no purine rich foods except that he sometimes gets low or non fat stonyfield organic plain yogurt. Offering small frequent meals is extremely important for these dogs. |
What is his main food source, do you home cook or use prescription food? |
hope your baby does well |
I am praying Joey has a successful surgery today. Please keep us posted. Hugs. |
My prayers are also with you and Joey. |
Joey is out of surgery Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. I just got the call that Joey is out of surgery. They were able to completely close off his shunt and he is in the ICU. They said his body temp warmed up really nicely after the surgery and they will monitor him closely all night. It took awhile for the surgeon to get to that undescended testical, but she removed it and his retained baby teeth. She said he is a "real little fighter" and everything went as well as could be expected. I feel so much lighter right now. I will check up on him in a couple of hours. |
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