This is probably weird and only something that folks here would understand and appreciate. Non EPI folks would think we are the weirdest people in the world. My wife called to me the other day and said you gotta come look at this! When I went outside she was showing me the dog poop. And it was just ...

Thanks for the tips folks as well as the kind words. It has definitely been a crazy year. One thing I am thankful for is that we bought pet insurance when we first got her as a puppy so 90% of these expenses are covered and takes away some of the financial stress. Apparently I forgot to click on the...

I haven't posted for a while but we've had a couple of good things shake loose recently. Hana was diagnosed last year with Myasthenia gravis, megaesophogus, followed a little while later by EPI and then a bout of MMM just for fun. It was never officially diagnosed but the vets also suspect IBD. The ...

So the Purina we just switched back to (which we had been on for a long time) has a fiber of 3.5% but the pea starch is a main ingredient. It is so much easier to feed while we are still suspecting MegaE. The food we had been on while the Purina was out of stock is the Hills Z/D which has a fiber of...

So last week I started introducing a 1/4 cup of dry kibble (Hills Z/D) with enzymes for each meal to go with the wet Z/D and it seems like things are going pretty well as we haven't had any regurgitation. I think gradually I'll keep adding a little more kibble and see how she does and cross my finge...

So after successfully working up to an added 3 tablespoons per meal of a non hydrolyzed protein we had some throw ups for two days in a row so we are stopping that test. Which leads me to suspect either IBD or maybe I picked a bad food to test. Either way, we're back to all hydrolyzed and I'm going ...

I had a conversation with the vet the other day and she reminded me that the initial ER vet who started the Hydrolyzed Protein diet had suspected IBD. Which based on all of the GI issues Hana was having before her ER episode probably makes sense. Pre EPI diagnosis when things were going really bad w...

So this little food shortage journey is taking us in a few different unexpected directions. The surprising thing is that Hana seems to be doing great. For the last few days we have been strictly on the Hills Z/D food and the poo is crazy good. Nice and formed small diameter dark brown little nuggets...

Thanks for all of the info everybody. It looks like Chewy keeps delaying when they are going to get the HA in stock so we keep scrambling. What seems to be working right now is the Hills z/d which is currently available locally. We've been using about 1/3 of the Purina to 2/3 of the Hill and Hana se...

Thanks for the tips! We normally get purina hydrolyzed from chewy which local stores don't carry. Our backup has been the Royal Canin which is available locally but apparently nobody in Colorado has on the shelf right now. I didn't know about the other two mentioned but Petsmart did have the Hill ve...