Guest rubysdad Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 My dog started DES and is on her third week. Her incontinence is under control but she has stopped eating. Is the loss of appetite related to DES? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP_the4pack Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 My Pearl was on DES for a while. But she was also on 6 other meds for her heart and hypertension. She's always been a little finicky, but I didn't notice it worsening while on DES. I was able to take her off eventually and no incontinence. But I'd ask the vet if that's a side effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rubysdad Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 My dog started DES and is on her third week. Her incontinence is under control but she has stopped eating. Is the loss of appetite related to DES? The vet has her taking 3 mg. Isn't that too much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelWhispers Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 My dog started DES and is on her third week. Her incontinence is under control but she has stopped eating. Is the loss of appetite related to DES? The vet has her taking 3 mg. Isn't that too much? How often is she taking the 3mg. Brooke was on DES for several years. My vet had her take it every day for 5 days to start, and then she took it once every 4 days and eventually she didn't need it at all. Brooke NEVER lost her appetite. Quote Denise & Strider, Blake, Fields, Frank, FlippyDoo, and Momma Gail. The Bridge Angels Zack(Ags Marble Chip) 4/25/93-2/16/06, Wanda(Rainier Rowanda) 12/14/94-06/09/06, Brooke/Boogers(Rainier Restive) 01/01/99-10/20/08, Warlock(Rainier Rammer) 4/29/99-10/01/09), Patsie(Frisky Patsy) 5/17/96-2/05/10, Hatter(Cals Madhatter) 6/3/00-3/11/10, Dodger(Rainier Ransack) 4/29/99-4/16/10, and Sparkle(Okie Sparkle) 11/8/2000-1/28/11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rubysdad Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 My dog started DES and is on her third week. Her incontinence is under control but she has stopped eating. Is the loss of appetite related to DES? The vet has her taking 3 mg. Isn't that too much? How often is she taking the 3mg. Brooke was on DES for several years. My vet had her take it every day for 5 days to start, and then she took it once every 4 days and eventually she didn't need it at all. Brooke NEVER lost her appetite. We started at every day and went to every 3 days. Each pill is 1mg and we gave her 3 pills at each treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KennelMom Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 My first greyhound was on DES for a while...solved her incontinence issue but she never lost her appetite on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaineysMom Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 (edited) My dog started DES and is on her third week. Her incontinence is under control but she has stopped eating. Is the loss of appetite related to DES? The vet has her taking 3 mg. Isn't that too much? How often is she taking the 3mg. Brooke was on DES for several years. My vet had her take it every day for 5 days to start, and then she took it once every 4 days and eventually she didn't need it at all. Brooke NEVER lost her appetite. We started at every day and went to every 3 days. Each pill is 1mg and we gave her 3 pills at each treatment. she's getting 3 mg every 3 days? that seems really high. Rainey's been on it for about 3 years, did the 1 pill a day for a week, then tried 1 mg (1 pill) once a week but she still had issues so we do 1mg (1 pill) every 5 days. NO lack of appetite (but she's a total food hound, not sure how yours is normally?). I would contact the vet asap, something doesn't sound right with the dose at all. Edited October 25, 2008 by RaineysMom Quote Kim and Bruce - with Rick (Rick Roufus 6/30/16) and missing my sweet greyhound Angels Rainey (LG's Rainey 10/4/2000 - 3/8/2011), Anubis (RJ's Saint Nick 12/25/2001 - 9/12/12) and Zeke (Hey Who Whiz It 4/6/2009 - 7/20/2020) and Larry (PTL Laroach 2/24/2007 - 8/2/2020) -- and Chester (Lab) (8/31/1990 - 5/3/2005), Captain (Schipperke) (10/12/1992 - 6/13/2005) and Remy (GSP) (?/?/1998 - 1/6/2005) at the bridge"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." -- Ernest Hemmingway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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