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by Patsy
23 Oct 2019, 14:17
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: San Diego referral/ New epi dx with liver disease
Replies: 8
Views: 4804

Re: San Diego referral/ New epi dx with liver disease

Getting back to your first post, my experience was similar. She drank loads of water so her urine was too diluted to measure. Lipase levels were high, but this seemed to be part of enzyme use. With this, she lived till 12 yrs old and gentle heart failure in her sleep. Some vets, especially younger o...
by Patsy
22 Oct 2019, 17:42
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: Fireworks nervousness
Replies: 11
Views: 6225

Re: Fireworks nervousness

I’ve tried the Dorwest herbs with Marti, the springer spaniel . It knocked her out completely, not what I intended. Then I’ve tried the plug in aromatics, and the over the counter calming tablets you start a few weeks before. None worked. Now my Tinker, weight five kilos , panics crazily for a coupl...
by Patsy
20 Oct 2019, 04:49
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: My dog has a fever now????
Replies: 33
Views: 15232

Re: My dog has a fever now????

Have you phoned the emergency vets for advice? They maybe have a list of pet taxi people. Different antibiotics work on different bacteria. I got through three different ones for my UTI, though that may be completely irrelevant. If she is urinating, try and catch a sample in a Tupperware box. Also e...
by Patsy
19 Oct 2019, 15:43
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: Not sure what is wrong after doing so well???
Replies: 23
Views: 10786

Re: Not sure what is wrong after doing so well???

If she feels bloated round the bladder , get her to the vet asp for the catheter tube emptying. I’ve had this emergency myself after surgery, humans can hold a litre, no idea about dogs.
If not stones, she could have a UTI, which causes strange symptoms.
by Patsy
19 Oct 2019, 15:37
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: Not sure what is wrong after doing so well???
Replies: 23
Views: 10786

Re: Not sure what is wrong after doing so well???

I hope she has wee’d by now! If not ,Has she been drinking normally for her kibble? If she has, I would take her to the vet to have her bladder emptied easily with a
Would the ultrasound have checked her for bladder or other stones which be painful obstructions?
by Patsy
19 Oct 2019, 05:56
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: Not sure what is wrong after doing so well???
Replies: 23
Views: 10786

Re: Not sure what is wrong after doing so well???

I know how you feel about the vets surgery. I changed vet after I lost one of mine suddenly, couldn’t face the place! I had a lumpy Labrador, all lipomas, harmless fatty bumps under the skin, not attached to the body. Do you think think she has a headache? It’s hard for us to guess, but there are si...
by Patsy
13 Oct 2019, 16:29
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: Question about changing foods
Replies: 1
Views: 1504

Re: Question about changing foods

Keep to the new suitable food for a week or two. However........rumbling, gurgling and farting isn’t to do with food, it’s to do with the gas from from fermentation caused by Bacteria. Your vet needs to be told, because it is invariably SIBO or as it was known, SID. As folks mentioned your other pos...
by Patsy
01 Oct 2019, 13:45
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: SIBO and not eating—urgent
Replies: 12
Views: 6041

Re: SIBO and not eating—urgent

Blood panels are usually fine. We all had this problem while our dogs suffered. As Jill said, the epi test is a stand-alone and somewhat expensive test, but it will give you a definite answer. Feeding chicken can give a yellow stool, but you are also feeding beef. The cow pat consistency and odd sme...
by Patsy
29 Sep 2019, 19:47
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: Not able to go all night
Replies: 11
Views: 5706

Re: Not able to go all night

Hi , we started with Panzym, with poos and wees in the night, both before and after treatment. She was drinking excessively,so it had to come through. I changed to Lypex to get her to eat enzymed food. This coincided with her improvement physically. However she always had a bladder that only lasted ...
by Patsy
21 Sep 2019, 18:43
Forum: Epi4Dogs Forum
Topic: Enzymes help for puppy
Replies: 66
Views: 35225

Re: Enzymes help for puppy

Hello , glad you’re still with us. Panzym is a standard powder. Are you still giving a quarter of a teaspoon for 50gms of food?.i would give a bit more. One of your earlier posts stated that you soaked your enzymed food for 20 minutes. Don’t do this with UK/European enzymes. They will have used up t...