Epi4Dogs

Barb wrote: ↑06 Aug 2022, 16:32 We gave Kolby B12 injections for years before we switched to Wonderlabs pills and he never reacted at all. He didn't even feel them as they were given subcutaneously in the loose skin between the shoulder blades. As someone else said pulled up like a tent. They should not hurt at all. And yes, it should be the cobalamin, not any of the B combinations or they could sting, but not the cobalamin. The needle should be the right size also or they will feel it. We used 25 G single monoject. Worked like a charm.

Barb

Michaela wrote: ↑06 Aug 2022, 09:08 Poor Toby Nikki has been getting weekly B12 injections for years and never IM.

Maybe you can ask your vet to start giving them subcutaneous since he hates it so much?

Tara wrote: ↑05 Aug 2022, 13:18 Hi everyone, I’m Tara and my dog recently diagnosed with EPI is Toby. He’s a cavalier King Charles spaniel, 10 years old (11 at the end of the month) and we live in the UK.
Toby’s currently having weekly injections of B12 - 4 left out of a course of 6 of which he’s hating as it’s apparently an injection into the muscle… of which he doesn’t have
He’s also on Lypex. Vet said 1 a day but since talking to the lovely oracle known as Jean we are now increasing it to 1 capsule per meal. He’s having four meals a day. He’s on Arden Grange sensitive white fish and potato wet food which has been a life saver as he was diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease back in November and this food set his poops back too normal. One thing I forget to mention to Jean is that Toby also has a heart murmur of which he’s on Vetmedin for.

Is anyone else’s pup on heart medication? It’s just dawned on me whether or not that’s being processed by his body properly?! I know it’s processed by the liver but I didn’t think about EPI and whether that would have an effect on the tablet.

The questions I had for the forum have been answered by Jean so I thought I’d just introduce ourselves and give you Toby’s history.

I think compared too many we’ve been fortunate with Toby. As we’d stabilised his poops before his EPI diagnosis we didn’t know and you wouldn’t know there was anything wrong with him. He’s fine in himself, loves his food, loves his walks (that’s he doesn’t have any more due to no meat on his bones ) He’s only experienced dramatic weight loss. He’s gone from >10kg to 8.7kg in 5 months.
I guess because of his IBD he doesn’t get any treats other than the foods he’d had since being diagnosed with IBD so at the moment nothing is giving him diarrhoea or upsetting him.

The reason we requested a blood test was to see why he was loosing weight even though we’d found a food that was working and that’s when the vet said he had EPI. We thought diabetes or thyroid problem…didn’t know about EPI.
So far we’re 18 days into the tablets and injections. No changes yet but that’s because we don’t think his enzymes dosage is correct but fingers crossed now we’re increasing it we might see a bit of change.

Sorry to go on Just to remind you of the one question I could do with help on is the heart medication and EPI.

Thanks for reading.
Tara & Toby xx