Diet choices
Posted: 29 Jun 2022, 21:26
Hello!
I am so grateful that I found this community.
My 6 yrs old Maltese, recently lost 20% of her weight and had soft poos. She was originally 3.8 kgs on her good days, vets were concerned she is a bit overweight so we started low fat diet (Orijen fit and trim kibbles) and thought initial weight loss was just kibbles working well. She was on this diet for a year but over the course of last month she lost 1 kg all of sudden and down to 2.7kg.
What was more concerning was that her poop got solid but she was passing yellow, oily liquid (not pee, not poo) without control. Went to 3-4 vets and no one could give us an exact reason why and blood test came out all normal. She had no stomach pain which was common with acute pancreatitis so we couldnt find right meds other than trying anti-biotics and stuff.
I found some articles about EPI and thought the symptoms were similar. Searched further and found this website!! I suggested that we test for EPI and we are now waiting for the test results to come back. Meanwhile, I asked if we can try a med while waiting and the vet gave us Lypex and a shot of cobalamin (thanks to this website!!!). This immediately stopped the yellow, oily liquid passing! Havent made much progress on weight gain but its been only 3 days so im hopeful that we will make good progress.
Read the recommended diets from the site. She has been on Origen fit and trim but because this is for weight control, i thought we need to switch to a different one. Before we knew about EPI, we tried to 1) switch to Origen Dog Original slowly and her poo wasnt good so we went back to Origen Fit and Trim and then tried to switch to 2) Ziwipeak which was very well know high quality dog food. But Ziwipeak is a bit high on fat, so i stopped as soon as i read low fat is the recommended diet from here!
Question:
- She used to eat boiled chicken breast, sweet potatoes, and other meats/veggies/fruits that are known to be good for dogs. Can EPI dogs eat these without a problem as long as its grain-free?
- To switch kibble, is there a recommended method on how to switch kibble effectively?
Thank you!!
I am so grateful that I found this community.
My 6 yrs old Maltese, recently lost 20% of her weight and had soft poos. She was originally 3.8 kgs on her good days, vets were concerned she is a bit overweight so we started low fat diet (Orijen fit and trim kibbles) and thought initial weight loss was just kibbles working well. She was on this diet for a year but over the course of last month she lost 1 kg all of sudden and down to 2.7kg.
What was more concerning was that her poop got solid but she was passing yellow, oily liquid (not pee, not poo) without control. Went to 3-4 vets and no one could give us an exact reason why and blood test came out all normal. She had no stomach pain which was common with acute pancreatitis so we couldnt find right meds other than trying anti-biotics and stuff.
I found some articles about EPI and thought the symptoms were similar. Searched further and found this website!! I suggested that we test for EPI and we are now waiting for the test results to come back. Meanwhile, I asked if we can try a med while waiting and the vet gave us Lypex and a shot of cobalamin (thanks to this website!!!). This immediately stopped the yellow, oily liquid passing! Havent made much progress on weight gain but its been only 3 days so im hopeful that we will make good progress.
Read the recommended diets from the site. She has been on Origen fit and trim but because this is for weight control, i thought we need to switch to a different one. Before we knew about EPI, we tried to 1) switch to Origen Dog Original slowly and her poo wasnt good so we went back to Origen Fit and Trim and then tried to switch to 2) Ziwipeak which was very well know high quality dog food. But Ziwipeak is a bit high on fat, so i stopped as soon as i read low fat is the recommended diet from here!
Question:
- She used to eat boiled chicken breast, sweet potatoes, and other meats/veggies/fruits that are known to be good for dogs. Can EPI dogs eat these without a problem as long as its grain-free?
- To switch kibble, is there a recommended method on how to switch kibble effectively?
Thank you!!