Update
I've felt wary of speaking too soon but as of this week, Yogi at last seems to be picking up rather than just 'ticking over'. He has acatually put a bit of weight on and we seem to be having a sucessful gradual transition to the raw food nuggets. Adding sweet potato as someone (can't remember who - sorry) suggested has made a great difference as he is straining far less and pooing reduced quantities and frequencies. He is also back to his normal self in behaviour, easily recognisable due to frequent tellings off!
I was concerned the insurance might not pay as the vet appeared to have indicated incorrectly on the claim that this has been a long standing issue. This was a worry as this has involved large sums when the referral specialist became involved. Happily however I recieved the cheque on tuesday.
I spoke to my vet today and he is reluctant to proceed with the colonoscopy while Yogi is improving as it is invasive and not without risk. I certainly don't want to put Yogi through something like this unnecessarily but on the other hand I'm not convinced it was a simple case of colitis caused by a food allergy/intolerance as the vet is suggesting. I would like to have some answers about the underlying condition/state of the colon so I will know how to proceed if it happens again - which unhappily I suspect it might. We are going to wait 2 weeks and see how he is doing before making any more desicions anyway, and have found a cheaper (and closer) vet who will do the colonoscopy in a day which will greatly reduce the stress for Yogi if we do go ahead with it.
There is only one rather odd thing which is puzzling rather than concerning and that is he dosen't appear to be drinking at all. I'm wondering if the diet of coley, raw food nuggets, sweet potato and hills W/d is so high is water content he just is not requiring any more. On the other hand it is so wet here at the moment he might just be absorbing water where they shaved him!
I've felt wary of speaking too soon but as of this week, Yogi at last seems to be picking up rather than just 'ticking over'. He has acatually put a bit of weight on and we seem to be having a sucessful gradual transition to the raw food nuggets. Adding sweet potato as someone (can't remember who - sorry) suggested has made a great difference as he is straining far less and pooing reduced quantities and frequencies. He is also back to his normal self in behaviour, easily recognisable due to frequent tellings off!
I was concerned the insurance might not pay as the vet appeared to have indicated incorrectly on the claim that this has been a long standing issue. This was a worry as this has involved large sums when the referral specialist became involved. Happily however I recieved the cheque on tuesday.
I spoke to my vet today and he is reluctant to proceed with the colonoscopy while Yogi is improving as it is invasive and not without risk. I certainly don't want to put Yogi through something like this unnecessarily but on the other hand I'm not convinced it was a simple case of colitis caused by a food allergy/intolerance as the vet is suggesting. I would like to have some answers about the underlying condition/state of the colon so I will know how to proceed if it happens again - which unhappily I suspect it might. We are going to wait 2 weeks and see how he is doing before making any more desicions anyway, and have found a cheaper (and closer) vet who will do the colonoscopy in a day which will greatly reduce the stress for Yogi if we do go ahead with it.
There is only one rather odd thing which is puzzling rather than concerning and that is he dosen't appear to be drinking at all. I'm wondering if the diet of coley, raw food nuggets, sweet potato and hills W/d is so high is water content he just is not requiring any more. On the other hand it is so wet here at the moment he might just be absorbing water where they shaved him!
- when I saw you had a new post in this thread- I was hoping that it wasn't anything bad.
