Jump to content

Jennifer

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    465

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Jennifer

    Something Is Up W Quixote

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted · Edited by Jennifer

    A semi good Quixote update :) (Hi Judy! Yes, he's getting in and out of the truck fine and hoping around on furniture just fine too.....always trying to get in my bed. Little stinker dry.gif:P)

     

     

    Sorry I'm late updating on this but with the crazy Christmas holiday it's hard to get on line while out of town. I'm working on switching Quixote over to this new food Orijens fish formula and so far it's working really well! :colgate We're still doing the gradual change over but he's eating all of it at every setting now so yea! :clap No runny poo or any signs of upset stomach so that's a double yea! :clap :clap I should hopefully have him totally switched over by this time next week and then we'll see how he does from that point on. *fingers and paws crossed*

     

    Thank you all for the help with ideas and food suggestions, it's really been a huge help!

    Something Is Up W Quixote

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Quixote has the same basical medical profille as George, down to the LS.

     

    Is he symptomatic? With the LS I mean? George got VERY snarky for a while, and then I realized it was probably from pain. Upped his Deramaxx dose and added in some Gabapentin, and my boy was back!

     

    He's now off the Gabapentin, but he's on 50 mg. daily Deramaxx and doing well.

     

    It COULD be he's just sick of his kibble. We've always had dogs that would eat pretty much anything so I don't muck around with add ins. And if he's eating his treats, it's probably not a lack of appetite, which is good!

     

     

    No, Quixote doesn't show any signs of the LS bothering him, no mood changes or anything like that. Like I said above he's still very playful and in good spirits. But thank you for the recommendation of the Deramaxx, that is something to consider. Does that have any side effects to food/ appetitie?

     

    You might see if Dr. Carol wants to do an ultrasound of his belly, or maybe x-rays Jennifer. I went through this with Gee for so many months and when something else brought her down and they did x-rays of her stomach they found a needle in there. We have no idea how or when it got there. That turned out to be the least of her problems though. You might get some answers to why he's not been eating for so long. The getting up and down just may be in addition to whatever is going on in his tummy.

     

    Judy, that thought just occured to me when I was typing my first reply. Quixote has been known at times in the past to eat a hair scrunchie. I'm very aware of where I put those down now a days. I don't think he's ingested anything he shouldn't but goodness, who knows? That's a possibility too. :( And I'll be talking with Carol about this too. *sigh* Very worrying.

     

    After reading some good reviews about Iams green bag, I put Bella on it...she HATED it, would not eat it. Did LOTS of research and switched her to Blue Buffalo Potatoe and whitefish, loves it, eats it all in an instant. Before going on with medical stuff, I'd try a different food.

     

    Thank you for that recommendation! I was just about to ask if anyone here could recommend another fish based food for Quixote. Poultry did not agree with him in those early days. *whew* Those were some really bad accidents. :lol

     

     

    Leaving out the "weariness," you just described our Cari, 10, to a tee!

     

    She HATES all dog food, even the expensive, exotic stuff :( She will eat it for about a week, then, nope! We, too, "doctor" her food with low sodium chicken broth, and even have to put ground up treats in it. Sometimes, she'll eat, sometimes, no! Her blood and urine are fine! She is just a picky little thing, I guess. It really gets to me, and as you said, we throw out a lot of expensive food! My other four eat just fine. Oh, Cari will ALWAYS eat treats, so I try for the highest quality.

     

    I love Deramaxx for their pain and stiffness, BUT, I had to take our Staggerlee off it, because it was really upsetting his stomach. Maybe that is the case with your boy?

     

    Good luck and good thoughts sent your way!

     

    So you can definitely identify with my frustration! :lol Quixote isn't on any meds at this time other than monthly heartworm prevention so I can' think of anything else that he is getting at this time that might effect his eating. :dunno Maybe it is something as simple as changing his food. That transition takes a bit of time though....it looks like it might be time to try it.

    Something Is Up W Quixote

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted · Edited by Jennifer

    Are his stools okay (firm and parasite-free)? You said his blood work was all good... Hm. I would be worried too, as this weariness and lack of appetite definitely sound like something's going on. I wish I had more ideas for you... :(

     

    What about some tick-borne disease that normal blood tests don't cover...?

     

     

    Stools are fine. But that's a good idea about further testing. Thanks. :) I see an extended vet visit coming up.

     

    Just wishing you good luck! When our Jamey was near the end of his illness with osteo we used to feed him as he was laying down, would that be an option for you? No need to get up to eat- and no pain to associate with eating. Just a thought.

     

     

    I've been doing that, well taking his bowl upstairs with me so it's near his bed. He'll get up from time to time and pick at his food but there's always leftovers to throw away the following day before making a new batch of food.

     

     

    Also, I should add that he is in good spirits, and even very playful. He doesn't "act" like he feels bad but you know how dogs aren't actually able to express sickness. :dunno

    Something Is Up W Quixote

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Allow me to give a bit of back history on Quixote first. When I adopted him 3 years ago from JCKC he was in less that good condition, I won't comment on that further, however it took us months to find a good food for him to eat that agreed with him and started putting weight on him. After everything we finally settled on Solid Gold's Barking at the Moon. Been great ever since. Until a few weeks ago.

     

    Quixote eats, loves to eat so when he suddenly became finicky about eating I was concerned. Was it a bad bag of food? Was there something wrong with his teeth and it hurt to eat? (you know greys and their nortorious bad teeth) Was he bored with his food? Was there something else more going on? So of course I take him to the vet, he gets checked out, blood panal and all and everything comes back thumbs up. (and yes, I have a grey friendly vet that has been active in our GPA group for many many years. She knows her stuff and has 8 greys of her own) So, after eliminating there was nothing wrong with him that blood work could detect I started trying to Dr up his food some to entice him to eat more (broth/ yougurt/ other- you know the routine) and those all seemed to work at different times and then others he wasn't interested. (lets not mention how much of this expensive food is getting thrown out to from his not eating) ...

     

     

    Ok, so this has been going on for over a month and then this past week I've noticed he's really starting to show some weariness with getting up and down. Nothing to uncommon, he's 8 years old and raced until he was 5 and has LS so you can see where weakness in his hips is going to start setting in. What I want to get advice on is could it be times for Xrays? Could the not eating being associated with pain? (BTW- he still gobbles up his treats by the handful it's just his actual dinner that's the problem)

     

    Just brainstorming some suggestions from you guys. Thanks in advance. Hope veryone has a Merry Christmas! :)

    I'm A Victim Of Happy Tail

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Oy....I've heard the stories but never experienced it myself. Richard got home early today and took the hounds out. After doing that he went into the kitchen to make some coffee and when he turned around it looked like a crime scene had taken place .....and was still occurring seeing as Chad has a very waggly wobbly tail wag. You can imagine the mess. The one good thing? Nothing on the ceiling. Good thing they are tall. However, after spending $25 at Walgreens for a make shift first aid kit I'm having a hard time keeping the wrapping on his tail. The gash is at the very tip and is about an inch long so my dressing keeps wanting to slide off. Any suggestions of what to use that will stay put?

    You know, it figures that this would happen with my first foster. LOL! Thanks for any tips!

    Jennifer & Quixote (Mom, that new dog is totally trashing our house!)

     

     

    Here's a pic of Chad :wub:

     

    Chad4.jpg

     

    Per-happy tail :lol

×
×
  • Create New...