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by Patsy
28 Mar 2024, 17:07
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: Stool Regression
Replies: 5
Views: 38

Re: Stool Regression

Too much enzyme is too much . Other factors that can produce the sausage skin jelly can be food related. Some of the natures domain recipes contain peas, which are high fibre a d upset many dogs. Then some of their ingredients are very high fat. Enzymes should deal with that , but large doses can ca...
by Patsy
19 Mar 2024, 20:35
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: Digestive Enzymes required?
Replies: 16
Views: 346

Re: Digestive Enzymes required?

It doesn’t sound like epi but that doesn’t mean we can’t help. Has your vet given suggestions for caring for the relapses? Blood in the poop means a bit of inflammation and ulceration. Does the blood appear to be fresh, as from the lower gut? With humans and dogs , it can help to use a mucilage like...
by Patsy
19 Mar 2024, 06:05
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: Question about slippery elm brands
Replies: 9
Views: 269

Re: Question about slippery elm brands

Specific advice is on the menu (top right) on the home page. Tons of reading!

https://epi4dogs.com/slippery-elm/
Regarding brands , people use Wonderlabs in the US, but in the UK we have various ones, without any issues. Not dog specific. It’s the same as mucilage meds for people, eg Fibogel.
by Patsy
16 Mar 2024, 08:19
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: What to do if EPI dog refuses to eat?
Replies: 23
Views: 509

Re: What to do if EPI dog refuses to eat?

Doesn’t he show interest in drops of your food on the floor? My old epi dog at first would not anything with enzymes. I put tiny morsels of fishy smelling food in her mouth,, smuggling hidden enzymes in it. Hours of tears. She drank heavily, wet herself but gradually accepted a Uk brand of coated ta...
by Patsy
15 Mar 2024, 13:48
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: What to do if EPI dog refuses to eat?
Replies: 23
Views: 509

Re: What to do if EPI dog refuses to eat?

Aaaah…. Rumbling and room-emptying foul farts are classic Sibo/SID. Antibiotics!! Tylan in the US otherwise Oxytetracycline. In Uk. Metrobactin is not advised because of side effects.
by Patsy
15 Mar 2024, 09:43
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: What to do if EPI dog refuses to eat?
Replies: 23
Views: 509

Re: What to do if EPI dog refuses to eat?

So sorry to read of your problems. I know nothing of the concurrent conditions, but are they something to do with the bloat? My dog had developed fluid in the abdomen and chest cavity, in her case it was PLE, protein losing enteropathy, which showed the fluid build up on a scan. If all this is press...
by Patsy
13 Mar 2024, 06:41
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: Desperate! Help with One Question Please
Replies: 28
Views: 859

Re: Desperate! Help with One Question Please

Hello, I am not a vet or qualified to give medical advice , just an owner of a dog who was two weeks from multiple organ failure , but recovered to live eight more years normal lifespan, I strongly agree with Pam that getting food in is first priority .i pushed pinches of food into Marti’s mouth, pr...
by Patsy
07 Feb 2024, 06:17
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: 5 Month Old Puppy with low TLI - questions!
Replies: 37
Views: 2484

Re: 5 Month Old Puppy with low TLI - questions!

My lab regarded socks and stale underwear as treats. I’ve never heard of vets having a look at the pancreas., even when being under another procedure. Very interesting for the vet but means a bigger incision in the muscle layer for Bonnie. She will be trying to bounce around enough with a small inci...
by Patsy
05 Feb 2024, 18:57
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: "possible" commercial Dog food issues
Replies: 7
Views: 1044

Re: "possible" commercial Dog food issues

It cant just be a coincidence , can it.? I joined a colitis forum and have noticed there are two directions… the people who depend on vet advice consisting of omeprazole , buscopan etc with Purina food, which causes panic because it is mysteriously in short supply. Then the others who go simple, lik...
by Patsy
05 Feb 2024, 14:39
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: Pigs pancreas in UK
Replies: 2
Views: 195

Pigs pancreas in UK

In case any Uk owners haven’t come across it, you can buy frozen pancreas chunks from Durham Animal Feeds, a raw food company with a wide range of sensible products. It’s £5.99 for 2kg, or there is a larger pack. I presume you can buy direct if it’s correctly insulated. However, I buy their frozen m...