B12 deficient and Folate increase

[Roxie]

I have a 5 yr old female Grey that recently went through a dental  and has ever since had recurring diarrhea and lack of appetite. She ended up in hospital with severe bleeding from the colon and is now on vet rx food. She has been diagnosed with B12 deficiency and elevated folate and is now on Tylan powder and B12 injections at the recommendation of internal medicine specialist. She will have a round of b12 injections spread over a 3 month period and then be retested. I have an entire team of doctors working together to get my girl well. My primary vet and the internal medicine Dr seem to think its possible that this was all stress induced by the teeth cleaning.

Has anyone ever considered using CBD oil for their Grey to help with anxiety? I can tell when my girl gets stressed by the whites of her eyes. They become bloodshot. Sometimes she will pace. It isnt something I would use unless my girl is showing signs of needing a calming agent. I dont want to use anything that would alter her personality or mood.

Thanks

[greysmom]

Yes.  Cbd has been tried a lot with mixed results.  If you search through the forum you will find several threads about people's experiences.  

I don't understand your last sentence though - I dont want to use anything that would alter her personality or mood.

If you don't want to alter her personality or mood, why are you considering using a drug that will do just that?  *Any* calming product is expressly FOR altering a mood - that's why you use it!  And if you are so concerned that you are considering using cbd, you shouldn't have any issues using actual anti anxiety medications prescribed by your vet.  CBD has no quality control, no governing regulations, no health guarantees or research to back up it's claims, and often questionable manufacturing which leaves little to no active ingredient in products.

Prescription anti anxiety medications have a long history of successful use, extensive testing, regulation and quality control from government regulatory agencies.  Results are going to be much more consistent.  You don't have to guess about dosing.  Side effects are already known so you can watch for them.

Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis can have many causes, though for anxiety to lead to internal bleeding is an extreme reaction.  If she hasn't shown any tendency to be an anxious dog previously I might be tempted to put it down to a bad individual reaction to anesthesia and go from there.  Particularly if she's had dentals (or other anesthetized procedures like her spay) before with no issues.

Neither the B12 nor the Tylan powder will harm her particularly, though I'm pretty sure my vet would have given a course of metronidazole and a home cooked bland diet.  Essentially the same thing.

As far as her anxiety goes, there are loads of calming products out there ranging from relatively mild to prescription anti anxiety medications.  I don't even have an issue with trying cbd except for it's huge inconsistensies.  As I said above, if she's particularly prone to being an anxious dog, I would skip right to the good stuff, but only you can evaluate her level of ongoing anxiety.