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03-22-2012, 03:58 PM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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| My Baby is sick Had to take Pistol to the vet today. He was not eating or drinking, and he was vomiting yesterday and today. No loose stools at all. The vet diagnosed him with inflammatory bowel disease. They did a full exam, and blood work. They put him on prednisone, metoclopramide, and a chicken & rice diet for six days. They want him on a prescription food Science Diet to be exact, or said we could try Science Diet Sensitive Stomach. We were feeding TOTW Pacific Stream Salmon and vet said that is not a good food for him as it is to hard to digest. Does anyone else have experience with the Science Diet foods? I'm sure someone here has some experience with IBD in their furbaby. I am really worried and could use some help. Any suggestions on diet or any thing else would be greatly appreciated. He just looks so miserable it breaks my heart. |
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03-22-2012, 04:09 PM | #2 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| IBD is really a diagnosis made after ruling out a lot of other things or doing a biopsy. If this is the first occurrence of tummy troubles, I don't think there is any rush to run to a ton of testing. But good bloodwork and GI upset can mean so many things. Most are minor. I would go with the SD recommendation. I'm guessing they wanted you to use I/D? Or there is Purina EN. Both can be good foods for this depending on exactly what is going on. SD Sensitive Stomach works quite well. I had my boy on it for awhile. It just didn't end up being a good fit for us because it smells horrible and made his stool smell unbearably bad. He seemed to do well on it overall though. He didn't like it, but he can be picky. Now he is on EN.
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03-22-2012, 04:44 PM | #3 |
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| Yes this is the first time he has had any tummy trouble at all. They didn't want to do any more testing till we see if the change to Science Diet helps him. All they did today was blood work. What is the kibble size of these foods? Pistol is 5 lbs 7 oz and prefers smaller kibble. I guess I could use a coffee grinder to make it smaller if I have to. |
03-22-2012, 04:50 PM | #4 |
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| The Sensitive Stomach was fairly large if I remember right. Maybe they have small bites though? I've never used I/D, so don't know on that one. The canned I/D is very popular though. The EN kibble is small. Yup, sometimes a food change can help quite a bit. And sometimes it's just a little bug running its course and a food change long term is optional.
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03-22-2012, 05:10 PM | #5 |
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| Science Diet for Sensitive Stomachs(can't recall the exact name) dry food was the only food my little Jilly could eat at all, having tried her on absolutely everything and I mean everything available at the time. But everything else cause extreme GI upset, pus and blood in stools and suffering. Finally, I gave up and fed her that for 12 1/2 years and as long as she never, and I mean never, ate anything else, her tummy and stools were fine. Someone could slip her a bit of Saltine cracker and she would be down all the next day with gas, diarrhea and often vomiting. Try her on a piece of other kibble and she was sick all day from that. Whatever that Science Sensitive had or lacked, it was her only source of nutrition the majority of her life, though I fixed it for her several different ways to change up the consistency and interest for her. She seemed to love it and ate it readily. I even soaked it and baked it to make her treats, as any other treats were totally out for her. That dog had the most sensitive GI tract I have ever seen. Hope it works as well for your baby.
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03-23-2012, 02:50 AM | #6 |
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| How did you soak the food and make treats? That is something I will have to do. He is allowed no other food. I think we will try the Sensitive Stomach first as it is easier for me to get. The prescription Science Diet is only available at a store 20 miles away. I can get the sensitive Stomach at a pet store 5 miles away. |
03-23-2012, 04:09 AM | #7 |
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| Could he have gotten into something? I wouldn't be so quick to start the Science Diet. How long has he been eating TOTW? |
03-23-2012, 06:04 AM | #8 |
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| I would soak a plate of kibble in water until it was soggy and then put it on a baking pan and bake 5 - 10 minutes until it began to firm up and get a good toasted top. Smelled up the house something AWFUL but since it was for Jilly, had to stand it. Anyway, then I would cool it in the Utility Porch and let it dry out some more out there and when cooled, break it up into pieces. Depending on how much water used and baking time, the end result had various consistencies but she loved it - however it was done. The whole time it was baking she would be running around the house excited and when it was so of "curing" on the Utility Porch, she was still all peppy and happy. When I brought the finished product in and broke it up, put it in the container, she was beside herself. And then she got some of her treats and she was ecstatic. Poor little girl. Due to her tiny size and medical problems, she didn't have a normal life but she made the very best of the life she did have! Sometimes, just to change things up and see what happened, I would cook the soaked kibble in the microwave and that dried it out very nicely but put no crust on the top. She loved that way of cooking it, too. Other times I sun dried it. It all worked for her.
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03-23-2012, 07:21 PM | #9 |
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| He has been on TOTW for about a year now, before that he was on Wellness. Unlikely he got into something, but you never know. |
03-24-2012, 05:30 AM | #10 |
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| It could have been a stomach bug or upset tummy. How is he on the chicken and rice? Did the throwing up stop and has he got his appetite back?. A biopsy wasn't done so it looks like they're just throwing Science Diet at the problem - the ingredients look horrible. If his tummy has settled once off the meds i would give a spoonful of organic goat's milk yogurt a day. If you don't want to do TOTW again you could try Califrornia Natural , I've heard it's a great food for sensitive tummies. |
03-24-2012, 07:57 AM | #11 |
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| His blood work showed he wasn't absorbing the protein in the TOTW. They said to put him on the Science Diet because the protein in that is egg protein and much easier to digest. He has not vomited since on the chicken and rice and eats it just fine. He has four more days on the chicken and rice, and the meds. Then I'm so confused on what food to put him on. They don't sell the Science Diet through my vet so I know they didn't suggest it so they could make money. Just not sure what to do when he's done on meds and chicken rice diet. |
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03-24-2012, 02:26 PM | #13 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| So his protein is low? That can be a major concern. There could be (maybe) an underlying problem totally unrelated to the food he was eating. No plans to test further? When are they repeating bloods? If the vet wants him on egg protein, then they want something that is very bioavailable. Red meat could also fall into that category. I would feed the rx food they are recommending. It sounds like there is more going on here than a quick tummy ache (which it kinda sounded like at first). They specifcally want a certain food for this issue. I'd find out what the plans are for monitoring this to make sure that number goes back to reference range.
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