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ladybugz19

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  1. Thank you all for the suggestions, I think there is another greyhound vet in my area (other than the one I go to). I will have to look into it further. I am also looking into other diet options. She did poorly on pro plan but Iams might be one to try. I tried to post a picture of her, she doesn’t seem that overweight to me.
  2. I’m probably about 2 hrs from tufts. I live on Cape Cod. Side note: I fed her dinner tonight and she was more than happy to eat it out of the bowl.
  3. Hubcitypam - She was originally fed from a metal bowl but when she seemed afraid of it I switched to a plastic and she has been better with it. Bizeebee - The Cerenia worked great at first but now the Pepsid seems to work better. She maybe nauseous often, sometimes I'm not sure. She doesn't really vomit all that often, but when she does it is in the middle of the night. The diarrhea comes and goes, 1 day it will be fine the next it will be loose the next it will be fine etc. I sort of got a bit side tracked, since November I have lost 2 guinea pigs and a cat, all 3 of which had substantial vet bills and needed constant monitoring during their illnesses. My vet did mention a hydrolyzed diet (my previous greyhound was on one) but then when I said she had hookworms the vet was like oh nevermind that is probably the cause. We haven't been to the vet since she said she didn't know the cause and suggested a scope as my next step. I was going to run a pancreatitis test but the vet changed their mind when they heard that she had hookworms. We have seen all 3 vets at the practice multiple times but you kind of have to start over every time you see a different one. At this point I am not sure what tests were run when. I have the fecal results, bloodwork results and x-rays but other than that I don't remember what else was done. I was going to get her records from the Emergency Vet too since I have no idea what tests they ran (It's probably on my bill but that doesn't tell me results or notes or anything). When I first adopted Trini and I was feeding her the Purina One she would have terrible diarrhea, I would stop and give chicken and rice and then her poop would be normal so I would give her the Purina One again and she would have terrible diarrhea, so I would go back to chicken and rice and it would normalize and then back to the Purina One etc. That went on for a while because I didn't put together that it was the Purina One that was upsetting her stomach at first. Then after a while she refused to eat the chicken and rice, I think that might have been when I switched her to I/D.
  4. I probably should have specified that I was at 2 separate vet appointments (we have had many vet appointments). The first one was in Feb.2018 I brought her in because she hadn't eaten in 2 days, the vet gave her Cerenia and she ate dinner that night. She then didn't eat for 3 more days and her diarrhea had progressed to just being a puddle of blood so back we went. The vet suspected a blockage and did a bunch of tests including bloodwork and x-rays. They couldn't find a blockage and diagnosed dehydration because she ate a little after being there all day. I was sent home with Cerenia to give as needed. The second vet appointment was in May 2018, I took her out at midnight and leash walked her around our very dark yard (I am working on getting lights put in). When we came in she was swaying her head back and forth like she was dizzy, she was tripping over things, and she didn't seem to recognize me. I took her to the Emergency Vet. They kept her all night and all the next day. The vet didn't notice the neurologic symptoms and said that if they continue she would have to see a neurologist (they lasted 24 hours, unknown cause). The Emergency Vet did notice her heart beating very fast and irregular and set her up with their in house cardiologist that was there the following day. After the Cardiologist checked her out she said that Trini's heart was normal. As an example I spoon fed Trini breakfast (wet food) yesterday because she wouldn't eat it. I gave her lunch (small amount of wet food) no problem, she ate it out of the bowl. Then would not eat dinner (wet food), so I had to spoon feed it to her. I don't think I fed her before bed last night but I'm not sure. She would not eat breakfast this morning, so I spoon fed it to her. I fed her lunch at 3pm today, which is later than usual, and she ate it out of the bowl without issue. Usually she eats her dinner so that was a little unusual yesterday but it so random whether she will eat or not every day is different.
  5. Thank you for the information. Her name is Trini (short for Trinity). She tested negative to hookworms Sept. 2018 and Jan. 2019. She had bloodwork done Feb. 2018, she may have had x-rays done then too. I have the x-rays just not sure when they did them. May 2018 she had some sort of weird seizure and she had a full workup at the emergency vet and saw a Cardiologist. Her heart was beating abnormally fast but the Cardiologist said everything was normal. The rescue that I got her from recommended Purina One, but it gave her horrible diarrhea. I switched her to I/D for a while but didn't want to feed that long term. It wasn't until after I switched Trini to Merrick that I heard grain free wasn't good for dogs. Last winter I took Trini to training classes and the trainer said that she should only be eating dry and that I should get her off the wet food. At 2 cans a day I am going through wet food like crazy, I am really going to be going through it if I have to keep giving her 4 meals a day so I was hoping to mix in the dry so it doesn't use so much of the wet. My previous Greyhound had a multitude of medical issues but one was IBD, made worse by chicken. At the time I found out about it I was feeding him I/D, which is pretty much all chicken :(.
  6. I have a few questions about my 4 year old Greyhound. She had Hookworms when I adopted her but has been cleared of them for 8 months. When I adopted her I was having issues with her having a chronic upset stomach, that at one point was so severe she had to spend several days at the vet for fluids. Her vet explained away her symptoms as being from the hookworms at first but symptoms continued after the hookworm was clear and when I took her back to her vet, they said they didn't know what was wrong with her. From what I have been able to figure out it seems she has to have some sort of a meal approx. every 5 hours. This poses a problem at night, where she will either throw up in the middle of the night or more commonly I have to spoon feed her breakfast because she feels so crummy she refuses to eat it. I do give her a meal before bed but then sometimes she has to go out in the middle of the night or it is too long and she still won't eat breakfast. Usually if she refuses to eat I give her a pepsid prior to feeding her, and that seems to help. Also I will feed her at approx. 4 in the afternoon and by 6 or 8 she is starving. I am feeding her Merrick Limited Ingredient Lamb wet food mixed with Merrick Wilderness Blend wet food, 1 can 2X a day. She is free fed 1 cup of Merrick Limited Ingredient Lamb dry as often as she wants. Which brings me to what I suspect is her other problem. I leave the dry on a plate (or sometimes just on the floor) and eventually, sometimes after 3 days she will eat it. If I approach her with a bowl with dry food in it she panics and runs in her crate. She is very calm if there is wet food in the bowl but will get nervous sometimes after I put the bowl down like she is checking to make sure it is safe to eat. She will panic and refuse to eat if there is dry food mixed with her wet food, even if it is just a few kibbles. I have tried several sizes of bowl and plastic and metal, the response is the same. Because of her stomach issues she can't be outside alone or off leash (my yard is fenced) because she becomes obsessed with eating giant clumps of grass as soon as she gets out the door. These extra meals are causing her to gain weight and has put on 10 pounds since I adopted her, she is starting to look a bit round. I was wondering if anyone has come across this before or has any suggestions. Any information is appreciated. Thank you.
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