Food for Lucy Lucy is my soon to be 6 month old yorkie. Previously posted in the sick/emergency forum - she recently had bile acid testing that was somewhat elevated. 51 pre and 41 post feed. Retesting scheduled for February. I had been feeding her my Westie's TOTW but took her off of that when I saw the high protein levels. I will be switching my Westie as well since I have seen all the negative reports about TOTW. He has allergy issues - so I have to be careful But back to Lucy, I put her back on her Purina Puppy Chow (yes) that came from the breeder. She came home with that - and had no issues. It has a much lower protein count than the TOTW. My vet did not want to give her a very low protein food at this point because she is doing so well on the puppy chow. No symptoms, high energy, normal playful puppy behavior. Her problems began and ended with some canned food on top of the TOTW. Here's my question: I know Purina is a crappy food BUT I am afraid to switch her to anything until we retest. She is doing well on it and we don't know the extent of her liver issues OR if she has them for sure yet. Right now - no symptoms, no tummy issues, no lethergy since I put her back on the puppy chow. Am I doing her a great disservice by leaving her on this until we test further? Or best to leave well enough alone until we re-test since she seems to doing well? I'm thinking about Blue Buffalo but also remembering the old adage . . if it ain't broke; don't fix it! (At least for right now) |
Why was she tested in the first place? I am not comfortable with Purina's popular foods at all, so I'd be extremely unlikely to continue using it; however, that's just me and it doesn't mean you should stop. |
Would you be able to home cook until she's retested? I know a lot of people on here do it but it's a lot of work. How much longer will it be until you retest? If you're unable to homecook and it's more than a few weeks until you are having her retested I'd probably switch foods, but that's just my opinion. I'm sure people with babies with liver issues can give you better advice. Good luck with everything. |
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I would continue with what you're doing until you do the retesting. She's doing ok and the February testing isn't that far away. |
If she is eating it and doing ok, I would leave her on it. Buster is also on a Purina kibble prescribed by the vet. Yes, it is crap, but if I don't feel I have other options at this time. |
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