HELP!!!! new memeber
Posted: 25 Jul 2022, 17:34
Hello.
My name is Pedro from Ecuador, I'm really new here and I need some help.
First of all, I really want to thank the members of this forum, just reading the information that its available helped me a lot.
My dog's name is Dante, he is a border collie, just turned 1 year when the symptoms appeared (greasy stools, weight loss, eating his feces), instantly I started with some probiotics and hydratation, I took him as soon as I could to the vet, whom told me that it must be a gastric problem and everything should be ok!
A few days passed by and no improvement in stool, still greasy, with the material ingested, and he continued to lose weight so I started to read about possible diagnoses for bad absorption and started to appear to me a bad absorption problem. Then appeared epi4dogs and I knew it right away.
As I read everything I was so confident that this was the diagnosis, then I took back date to the Vet, whom appeared not to know much about EPI.
They run all the lab test and an ultrasound (I'm going to load all the lab exams) Amylase 563 ref: 500-1500
Lipase : 249 ref: 200-1800
Glucose: 66
Cholesterol 69
Red bloood cells: 6.95
WBC: 11.49 ref: 5-16
Vit b12: 2744.19
folic ac: 39.37
Idexx SNAP cPL: negative
No TLI because it is not available
ultrasound: no evidence of changes on pancreas So Here I am, it took us 2-3 weeks to diagnose EPI on Dante
We started with some enzyme with him, since I don't have powdered enzymes, we initiated with Enzybiotic (Amylasae 10.000 Unidades/USP, -Proteasa 10.000 Unidades/USP- Lipase 2.500 Unidades/USP) and Royal Canin Hypoalergenic 150% with little improvement on the first days so I decided to start CREON 5 min prior his meal, after few days I see a improvement on the stool! I would say we went from poop score 6 to 3.
I already bought Diane Enzyme, just waiting to be delivered
Dante right now is a lot more active, playful but still under weight (38 lbs its been 5 days since we started the treatment)
Still have some Questions:
- Should I start immediately Tylan? Even if there is improvement in stool?
- On lab test there is no evidence of Vit B deficiency, should I give him shots?
- Any suggestion
Thanks a lot for help
Pedro
My name is Pedro from Ecuador, I'm really new here and I need some help.
First of all, I really want to thank the members of this forum, just reading the information that its available helped me a lot.
My dog's name is Dante, he is a border collie, just turned 1 year when the symptoms appeared (greasy stools, weight loss, eating his feces), instantly I started with some probiotics and hydratation, I took him as soon as I could to the vet, whom told me that it must be a gastric problem and everything should be ok!
A few days passed by and no improvement in stool, still greasy, with the material ingested, and he continued to lose weight so I started to read about possible diagnoses for bad absorption and started to appear to me a bad absorption problem. Then appeared epi4dogs and I knew it right away.
As I read everything I was so confident that this was the diagnosis, then I took back date to the Vet, whom appeared not to know much about EPI.
They run all the lab test and an ultrasound (I'm going to load all the lab exams) Amylase 563 ref: 500-1500
Lipase : 249 ref: 200-1800
Glucose: 66
Cholesterol 69
Red bloood cells: 6.95
WBC: 11.49 ref: 5-16
Vit b12: 2744.19
folic ac: 39.37
Idexx SNAP cPL: negative
No TLI because it is not available
ultrasound: no evidence of changes on pancreas So Here I am, it took us 2-3 weeks to diagnose EPI on Dante
We started with some enzyme with him, since I don't have powdered enzymes, we initiated with Enzybiotic (Amylasae 10.000 Unidades/USP, -Proteasa 10.000 Unidades/USP- Lipase 2.500 Unidades/USP) and Royal Canin Hypoalergenic 150% with little improvement on the first days so I decided to start CREON 5 min prior his meal, after few days I see a improvement on the stool! I would say we went from poop score 6 to 3.
I already bought Diane Enzyme, just waiting to be delivered
Dante right now is a lot more active, playful but still under weight (38 lbs its been 5 days since we started the treatment)
Still have some Questions:
- Should I start immediately Tylan? Even if there is improvement in stool?
- On lab test there is no evidence of Vit B deficiency, should I give him shots?
- Any suggestion
Thanks a lot for help
Pedro