Miko's Tummy Trouble -Part 485

[SheltieChe]

I hate guessing game, I would run blood panel just to know what is going on and have baseline to compare. Pancreatitis could be mild or severe. I have seen patients hunched over with pain and have seen ones that had mild nausea and "blah" feelings, am sure the same goes for animals.
OTOH there is no specific treatment for pancreatitis, just no food/ water for 24-48 hrs and then bland, low fat diet, so you not winning anything if you KNOW. No skin chicken is as bland and low fat as they come. If you want to add that garbage canned am sure it is pretty low fat and bland as well. I would keep it at least a week, it should make things either better or same but not worse. Dehydration is biggest fear with chronic diarrhea/ vomiting so special attention should be paid to drinking plenty of water, color and amount of urine.
Hopefully Miko will leave all his tummy trouble in this year and start new Year well and happy!

 

[Mikos_Mom]

Dehydration is biggest fear with chronic diarrhea/ vomiting so special attention should be paid to drinking plenty of water, color and amount of urine.
Hopefully Miko will leave all his tummy trouble in this year and start new Year well and happy!

As long as he's on the chicken & rice (and the low-residue) there's no vomitting or diarrhea... so thankfully, I don't have to make myself crazy worrying about dehydration.

Thanks for the well wishes for 2011.. Miko (and I) really appreciate it!!

 

[Ann]

Unfortunately, the vet only has 6 cans of the IAMS Low-Residue left and he says it's been discontinued. I've seen some for sale online... Does anyone know of a reputable website to order from?

You can find it here. But it's probably been discontinued because of the recall. I'd suggest switching to the Purina low residue to be safe, which is what the vet had us do for the sick puppy we were treating, and she made the switch with no problem. Many vets carry this now instead. Or you can find it also online.

http://www.nationalpetpharmacy.com/...gn=Dog+Vet+Food&utm_term=low-residue+dog+food

 

[seashel]

I really feel for you, as you know I'm going through similar with Yogi, but it is so much harder I think with a pup. You kind of expect older dogs to have issues but not puppies. They also have less to fall back on than older dogs. I don't have any advice but I am really keeping my fingers crossed that whatever is wrong with Miko, it is not going to be a chronic issue and will very soon be resolved and you can both get on with enjoying his puppyhood. Very best wishes for a better 2011.

 

[dawns2shelties]

I hate guessing game, I would run blood panel just to know what is going on and have baseline to compare. Pancreatitis could be mild or severe. I have seen patients hunched over with pain and have seen ones that had mild nausea and "blah" feelings, am sure the same goes for animals.
OTOH there is no specific treatment for pancreatitis, just no food/ water for 24-48 hrs and then bland, low fat diet, so you not winning anything if you KNOW. No skin chicken is as bland and low fat as they come. If you want to add that garbage canned am sure it is pretty low fat and bland as well. I would keep it at least a week, it should make things either better or same but not worse. Dehydration is biggest fear with chronic diarrhea/ vomiting so special attention should be paid to drinking plenty of water, color and amount of urine.
Hopefully Miko will leave all his tummy trouble in this year and start new Year well and happy!

There is a medication Pancreyzyme.

http://pancrezyme.com

 

[Mikos_Mom]

Well, now I'm really starting to that pancreatitis is a possibility. After several days of very normal poops... We have soft/mushy poops, straining and frequent urges to go all over again.

All this started late on Wednesday night after having been at my dad's for dinner. Before I could say anything to stop him... my dad reached over, grabbed a piece of pork fat off of my plate (we were having pork chops) and fed it to Miko.

The low fat diet of chicken & rice and low-residue food was really working... and now this. I guess we'll go back to plain chicken & rice until things settle down again.

 

[Lightplum]

awww poor miko, generally none of my dogs can tolerate pork or pork products it leads to messy results.

 

[Bellesmom]

I'm really sorry that happened, I guess you will have to inform everyone that they are not to feed Miko anything..

 

[SheltieChe]

I am sorry to hear you back to square one. You might want to skip the food for while to let tummy calm down and feed later.
we good with pork but I am always careful on fat.

 

[Ann]

Well, now I'm really starting to that pancreatitis is a possibility. After several days of very normal poops... We have soft/mushy poops, straining and frequent urges to go all over again.

All this started late on Wednesday night after having been at my dad's for dinner. Before I could say anything to stop him... my dad reached over, grabbed a piece of pork fat off of my plate (we were having pork chops) and fed it to Miko.

The low fat diet of chicken & rice and low-residue food was really working... and now this. I guess we'll go back to plain chicken & rice until things settle down again.

When Pixie was going through her "active" stage of colitis this would happen to her too. Any little morsel of indiscriminate food would set her off and it would take days to get her back on track. I had to be on top of it every minute and no one was allowed to feed her anything not on her diet. If the low residue/chicken rice regimen was working, odds are he'll be OK once you get him back on it again. We would not even give her treats....we'd give her pieces of the low residue kibble to avoid flare-ups.

It took a really long time (as in more than a year) to get her through that, but she did get through it and can now almost anything. So hang in there. And be vigilant!