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Help with Pancreatitis My sweet little Copper has pancreatitis. Having trouble getting him to eat. I would be thankful for suggestions. |
I believe if you could provide more info that there would be some input. Has he just been diagnosed? If not, how long has he had pancreatitis? What food are you feeding him? |
I posted more on the general section. He was in the hospital last week and came home on Friday. He was sent home with Hill's ID. But he won't eat it. He has been home a week and is not eating well. We have been talking with the vet. We took him back in Monday and they put him back on I've fluids for the day because he wasn't eating or drinking. He hadn't had a BM al weekend. Since then, we have tried scrambled eggs, chicken and rice, baby food meat, no fat cottage cheese, with little success. He will eat Cheerios. I'm just interested in finding out what others have had success with. |
I'm sorry I don't have any suggestions :( My girl prone to pancreatitis loves to eat, and started eating as soon as she was feeling better. Wishing you the best of luck and hoping Cooper is feeling better soon. |
I'm very sorry. Were you feeding the Hill's ID dry or canned? |
Another thought...Ask your vet if he would recommend giving him a pancreatic enzyme supplement. |
Thanks, I will ask about the pancreatic enzymes on Monday when we go in for blood work. |
solid gold has a good low fat food, 6% fat, my girlfriends dog has been on this for years, holistque blend |
Oh, Tibbe wouldn't eat his Hill's GI I/D well at first. He ate just the tiniest bit. I even put some in his mouth from time to time. Eventually, after a week or so it settled his tummy along with the Pepcid AC and he started to eat it. Now he eats it with alacrity and has gained a bit of weight more than he should, I fear. I think the nausea and the GI kinks they have from the irritation just take their appetites - plus the meds some are given. I'd keep him on it and be patient. It is not a sudden loving sometimes. They have to slowly over time get well. Give him more time would be my advice. |
Just so you know, if they are having a pancreatitis flare even the smell of food will cause them pain and nausea. before Charlie was diagnosed I was trying everything to make him eat to the point of opening his mouth and putting it in but he would just spit it out, it was because it was causing him pain, he had to have food through IV because he was losing so much weight. so just use caution. |
I hope that Cooper is feeling better soon. It's so tough when they are sick. |
He ate some of the baby food chicken sticks and some Cheerios. I just keep trying things the vet says he can have. Waiting results of blood work taken this morning. Should hear more tomorrow or Wednesday. |
going thru a similar thing Hi, my 12yr yorkie is going thru a similar thing. I tried the prescription canned Royal Canine and he ate it the first day, but then stopped. Then I tried boiled chicken, he ate but threw up. Now I had him a full day on just very overcooked rice, almost soupy. But then the next day threw up white foam. Vet is asking me to fast him once again for 24 and its hurts me to see him losing weight. I had also hear that bland unflavored wet oatmeal works for some and I might try that next. Good luck, you are not alone.:aimeeyork |
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Thank you for your concern. It was pancreatitis, they had done the CPL test, and his white blood cells were up too. He lost one pound out of 13.5 that he was. After the fast, he returned back to eating and drinking well. Its been eight days since his ER visit and finally he seems almost 80% back to normal. I just got back from a followup with the vet and we got a "all good" sign for now. He is eating and drinking - although it has a little chicken broth in it - and its going to be hard to wean him off it :-) Right now, today he is having a bit of a constipation issue that his vet checked and she thinks it might have just been his anal glands. I do hope that is it, because he is eating so much more and now I don't see where its going. I'll give it another day. Onwards! |
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