lovnmygreys Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Hi All, I posted last month about how we lost our Al. Lucy has been lonely and was skipping meals, had diarrhea, etc. After seeing our vet yesterday he diagnosed her with stress induced colitis. She's on Metronidazole and he wants me to keep her on a bland diet for a couple of days. We usually feed her two cups of kibble at each meal and he said we could double that with the rice/meat mixture. Does that seem right? Don't get me wrong, Lucy is eating the heck out of it, but it just seems like SO MUCH. Thanks! Deanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KF_in_Georgia Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Lucy's kibble has all the moisture removed, so it looks like a lot less than it really is. The meat/rice mixture still has all the moisture. Quote Kathy and Q (CRT Qadeer from Fuzzy's Cannon and CRT Bonnie) and Jane (WW's Aunt Jane from Trent Lee and Aunt M); photos to come. Missing Silver (5.19.2005-10.27.2016), Tigger (4.5.2007-3.18.2016), darling Sam (5.10.2000-8.8.2013), Jacey-Kasey (5.19.2003-8.22.2011), and Oreo (1997-3.30.2006) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovnmygreys Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, KF_in_Georgia said: Lucy's kibble has all the moisture removed, so it looks like a lot less than it really is. The meat/rice mixture still has all the moisture. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleptogrey Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Annie had stress induced colitis. This started after a very very hot grapehounds event where we were vendors and the temps were near 100. Between the weather and the show it was just too much. She just was not the same after. Our vet prescribed ID canned diet and flagyl. There are new lower dosages for flagyl, so just ask your vet about them. ID then back to kibble but she was on flagyl for quite a few months. It took quite a while until we could reduce the dosage to every other day, every 3 days, etc. We fed her Purina pro plan focus salmon and rice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizeebee Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 (edited) Someone here recommended RxClay (maybe it is ClayRx) to us for some IBD issues, helped tremendously! Edited November 25, 2019 by Bizeebee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleptogrey Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 I am the one who recommended RX clay. But for colitis one needs meds and change in diet. Annie did not respond to the clay until her gut was healed. Flagyl was the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreytMom Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 That seems like a huge amount of food. Gotta agree with you there.... I’ve never given my greys anywhere near that much when they were on rice and chicken for a time. Curious if the Olewo carrots would help. Hope Lucy is feeling better by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryJane Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 My dogs are fed a home-made diet and they typically get about 2 cups of rice at dinner with about 1/2 cup meat and 1/3 cup veggies. At breakfast, they get about 1/2 cup meat and 1/4 cup brown rice, and about a 1 1/4 cups of cooked oatmeal with milk and a bit of honey. They have been getting amounts like this for more than a decade although, I do change out ingredients. If I use potato instead, amounts are less because it is more dense. One of my dogs had IBD from seizure meds and we never gave flagyl (internist and I agreed) because of all the other meds she was on. The home-made diet worked for years along with probiotics and monthly B12 shots. She had fish as the protein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreytMom Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 10 minutes ago, MaryJane said: My dogs are fed a home-made diet and they typically get about 2 cups of rice at dinner with about 1/2 cup meat and 1/3 cup veggies. At breakfast, they get about 1/2 cup meat and 1/4 cup brown rice, and about a 1 1/4 cups of cooked oatmeal with milk and a bit of honey. They have been getting amounts like this for more than a decade although, I do change out ingredients. If I use potato instead, amounts are less because it is more dense. One of my dogs had IBD from seizure meds and we never gave flagyl (internist and I agreed) because of all the other meds she was on. The home-made diet worked for years along with probiotics and monthly B12 shots. She had fish as the protein. My dogs have asked if they can move in with you because they think the food sounds delicious! 😋 (My first grey had osteo so pretty much all carbs came out of his diet and I’ve just stayed that course - but what you feed yours sounds amazing.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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