EPI * Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
managing EPI
Forum
| Forum Home > General Discussion > High Protein Levels in Urine? | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Member Posts: 88 |
Hi Guys, Sascha had his yearly check up this week and he's doing great!!! 81 pounds, his highest since he was diagnosed! His poop has been good for a year and he's doing great. He did have a bladder stone removed in February and we switched his food to a high protein no grain diet. The Vet did a urine test on Monday and found there was more protein in his urine than normal. I haven't talked to him yet.... he wants to run another test. Has anyone else experienced this since so many other EPI dogs on here are on similar diets? Between the EPI, Allergies, Bladder Stones I feel like I'm curing one problem but effecting another. Catherine | |
| ||
|
Member Posts: 2548 |
Hello Catherine, I can't answer your high protein in the urine question but wanted to let you know I was glad that you popped in with an update on Sascha. It sounds like he has been doing well... 81 pounds... Wahoo! I hope the results of further testing shows nothing of concern. Please let us know what you find out. | |
|
-- ~Becky~
| ||
|
Member Posts: 2190 |
Well I had this in a cat many moons ago and it turned out to be elevated blood pressure and treatable is there any blood in the urine??? it is as well that it has been highlighted so you can deal with it One thought, has he been neutered?? the prostate can also cause issues and this is more noticeable in an unneutered malei the weight gain is brill I know how you feel its like a merry go round which I think you call a carousel which does not stop to let you off Kara is quite good but Ben one of my beloved Sheps had everything known to man wrong with him one issue was prostate enlargement and collapse of his bowel due to it and elevated urine protein levels once he was neutered and had his bowel repaired he put on 20 pounds in weight You know you wonder what we do it but as I have said before "you pick yourself up dust yourself down and start all over again" JeanxK
Jx | |
|
-- Kara:: adopted at five months old 26th December 2009 always hungry more than any of my other dogs became noticeably distressed August 2010 Two vet visits and............. Diagnosed with EPI at 14 months old September 2010 tli<1.00 folate 8.3 cobalimin 611 taking 2 Oxytet antibiotics 3 times a day and eating Nutrix grain free duck and potato kibble and starting to put weight on currently 33 kilos as of 20th June 2011 we also use Tylan if we dont have the time to use the oxytet as it has to be on an empty tum, enzymes at the moment Pancrex granules 3 teaspoons per meal she is 2 yrs old as of 21st July 2011 "UNCONDITIONAL LOVE WAS INVENTED BY DOGS"
| ||
|
Administrator Posts: 1945 |
Congrats on the weight gain Sascha! | |
|
--
Craig Lulu (aka Miss Lulupants) is a 4 year old 'Red Shepherd' (Australian Red Heeler x Long-hair GSD) who lives in Adelaide, South Australia. Diagnosed with EPI in April 2010. Currently on one Creon 25k per meal;
| ||
|
Member Posts: 2473 |
Hi Catherine, I switch food around with Ted but most are high protein (right now he's on a 39% protein food) and I haven't had any problems.There are several things that could cause Sascha's levels to be high so I will leave that to your vet. Great news on the weight gain! | |
|
-- Kathy and Ted 9 yr old GSD rescue ~72 lbs now 109 lbs
| ||
|
Member Posts: 88 |
Thank you!!!!! Its because of all the help here that he is doing so much better!!!! Sascha has no blood, crystals or any sign of infection in his urine. He is neutered. Although I have altered his diet so that no crystals/stones can form.....now this elevated protein level is a new one. He was on a low protein diet for most of his life, around 18%. When he was diagnosed with EPI i switched toTOTW at 25% then changed his food when he deleloped bladder stones to dogswell nutrisca at 30%.
| |
| ||
|
Site Owner Posts: 7645 |
Hi Catherine~ COngratulations on Sascha doing so well... YEAH!!!!! regarding the hi protein .... my non-EPI dog (older) was not feeling well.... pot belly, losing nhair, becoming incontinent, hungry all the time.... so they did a bunch of tests on him..... turn out he has Cushing DIsease... but in one of the tests, it showed hi-protein level in his blood and the vet asked me to take him off the high protein food....because it wasn't agreeing with him... so i switched him to grain free food with protein levels that do not go over 32% (he was getting grain free food with over 50% protein) and keeping it 32 and under brought his hi-protein level down to normal.... so it was the food not suited to him. I do not know if he could not tolerate because of his Cushings condition or if it was just because. ON the other hand... my EPI dog, Izzy, eats high protein or medium protein foods with absolutely no issues what so ever.... so if it is food-caused......it might just depend on the dog. Did your vet mention possible kidney issues... maybe crystal/stones (again) .. from too much protein in the diet? If this is a possibility... Sascha might be better off with a lower proteingrain-free diet. Hope you find out what the trigger is.......... | |
|
-- Olesia, owned by Izzy-45lb SWD, Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.3, Stable almost 7 yrs! Once stable, was able to reduce enzymes to only 1/2 tsp of Enzymes with each meal, but after almost 4 years of stabilization... had to increase the amount of enzymes to 3/4 teaspoon with each meal. Feed various grain-free kibble+real meat, 6x pancreatin enzymes from EnzymeDiane. I give 1 tsp of coconut oil one day and 1 tsp salmon oil next day, and also give canned sardines packed without salt or canned herring for extra omega oils.
| ||
|
Member Posts: 88 |
Iv been reading about this and it does seem like hes diet would make sense since i did raise the protein by 1/3 since his last urine test in February. The vet seems to think the kidneys should be filtering it out on its own. I guess Ill see what comes back with these tests. He didnt find any stones or crystals in the urine. Nor did he find blood or any sign of infection either. Thanks for your help!
| |
| ||
You must login to post.
Advanced Forum Search
For best results use this box to search forum
Recent Videos
