Re: Hoppy the EPI Foster Dog
Posted: 29 Mar 2023, 22:58
Hi Everyone! Update on Hoppy- things have been... very *poopy around here (*substitute vulgar word here.)
Overall, Hoppy is improving- her weight was up to 58 lbs (her lowest was 40 and she was 46 when I got her). We followed the advice here and stopped the metro- but because she was actually at the end of her dose, we decided to try adding a probiotic (Proviable) to her regimen of slippery elm and B12 to see if that would help before trying Tylan. Not much changed with her poop, but her tummy sounds stopped and she seemed more comfortable overall.
Then everything changed! A new foster puppy come to stay with us, which seemed to coincide with Hoppy's poop getting worse. I thought it was because she was able to scrounge a little bit of the puppies kibble, so I've been making sure they are totally separate when they eat- not easy! Well, her poop went from bad to bloody (bloody stool lasted for 1 day and is now mostly gone but slimy, liquid diarrhea remains). The rescue thought it could have been the Giardia returning, but I wonder if it might have been that her out of control SID only needed one small push to go over the edge... Not sure, but we are starting Tylan!
My question is do I stop the Proviable while starting the Tylan? And then reintroduce in 2-3 weeks? Do I do the same with the slippery elm? I'm just realizing that we might not have started slowly enough with the Proviable... not sure if that would have anything to do with it- but we started that a couple of weeks ago.
Just for reference, Hoppy's diet is mostly the same as when I posted previously.
2 cups Nulo dog food (30% protein, 3.5% fiber, 17% fat, Ingredients- Turkey, Turkey Meal, Chickpeas, Sweet potato)
3/4 tsp Diane's 8x enzyme per cup
scant 1/2 teaspoon slippery elm
1 capsule B 12 (wonderlab)
1 capsule Proviable
We feed her 2x a day.
Thank you!!
Overall, Hoppy is improving- her weight was up to 58 lbs (her lowest was 40 and she was 46 when I got her). We followed the advice here and stopped the metro- but because she was actually at the end of her dose, we decided to try adding a probiotic (Proviable) to her regimen of slippery elm and B12 to see if that would help before trying Tylan. Not much changed with her poop, but her tummy sounds stopped and she seemed more comfortable overall.
Then everything changed! A new foster puppy come to stay with us, which seemed to coincide with Hoppy's poop getting worse. I thought it was because she was able to scrounge a little bit of the puppies kibble, so I've been making sure they are totally separate when they eat- not easy! Well, her poop went from bad to bloody (bloody stool lasted for 1 day and is now mostly gone but slimy, liquid diarrhea remains). The rescue thought it could have been the Giardia returning, but I wonder if it might have been that her out of control SID only needed one small push to go over the edge... Not sure, but we are starting Tylan!
My question is do I stop the Proviable while starting the Tylan? And then reintroduce in 2-3 weeks? Do I do the same with the slippery elm? I'm just realizing that we might not have started slowly enough with the Proviable... not sure if that would have anything to do with it- but we started that a couple of weeks ago.
Just for reference, Hoppy's diet is mostly the same as when I posted previously.
2 cups Nulo dog food (30% protein, 3.5% fiber, 17% fat, Ingredients- Turkey, Turkey Meal, Chickpeas, Sweet potato)
3/4 tsp Diane's 8x enzyme per cup
scant 1/2 teaspoon slippery elm
1 capsule B 12 (wonderlab)
1 capsule Proviable
We feed her 2x a day.
Thank you!!