julie
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Bile
Sept 12, 2014 17:38:42 GMT
Post by julie on Sept 12, 2014 17:38:42 GMT
I have a 8 year old dog, Digit, for the last few weeks he is bringing up bile between 4 - 6pm just before his evening meal. He is fed twice a day and he was being ill when his tummy was empty. After several vet visits, she suggested a small feed at lunchtime, obvious I thought, but this was not finding the problem why this is happening now. I started on Tuesday all seemed to be working well until tonight when poor Digit brought up his lunch time meal with bile. Sorry for the unpleasant subject but has anyone had this problem with their greys?
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Bile
Sept 12, 2014 19:06:17 GMT
Post by Ian on Sept 12, 2014 19:06:17 GMT
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julie
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Bile
Sept 12, 2014 20:03:02 GMT
Post by julie on Sept 12, 2014 20:03:02 GMT
After the first visit to the vet, he had a blood test, nothing abnormal other than a slightly low thyroid, he then had severe diarrhoea, spent 3 days in vets on fluids, steroids and antibiotics. No sickness in vets. Tummy now back to normal. He rarely eats grass, (unlike his brother, loves it and no ill effects). Can't say that I have noticed any tummy noises. Digit is never poorly with anything, eats well and poos always good. I am very worried and not sure what to do next, other than back to vets.
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Bile
Sept 13, 2014 6:25:13 GMT
Post by Ian on Sept 13, 2014 6:25:13 GMT
I'll fire this forum link to Pat, she may have some info she can provide.
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julie
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Bile
Oct 6, 2014 13:37:25 GMT
Post by julie on Oct 6, 2014 13:37:25 GMT
Just thought I would like to give you an update on Digit. Everything seems to have settled down, he is now back to his cheeky self, enjoying his food again and putting back on his weight. I now feed him three meals a day, this has stopped the sickness. I have had every test done at the vets (small fortune) and found no abnormalities. This remains a mystery. I would like to ask the members how many meals a day they give their greys? Do you give a small breakfast and larger evening meal? I always feed a good dry low protein food with my home cooked stews (beef, liver, kidneys or chicken). Is this the correct thing to do? Or as the vets says the dry food is enough on its own but I cannot help think how boring this would be for them.
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Bile
Oct 6, 2014 16:48:19 GMT
Post by sueb on Oct 6, 2014 16:48:19 GMT
Glad to hear Digit is back to his old self.
We feed ours 2x a day, a lightish breakfast & then evening meal- dried food (though with water) and mixed with mince, or chicken and sometimes also veg. Like you I think it must be boring to just have dried food, although they don't seem to mind!
Ps When you say home cooked stews, is this something just for the hounds? Just that if it's leftovers from "human food" it should not have onions in, as they are poisonous to dogs. (I once spooned some lovely leftover casserole into the dogs dinner, then for some reason only remembered about an hour later, so had to ring the vet, but luckily they didn't have any adverse reaction)
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gail
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Ben (the two of us)
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Bile
Oct 7, 2014 15:29:09 GMT
Post by gail on Oct 7, 2014 15:29:09 GMT
We find Ben is better with 3 meals a day Wheetabix for breakfast with bio yoghurt and low salt gravy Pasta or porridge or pilchards on toast for lunch Dry food, Lily's kitchen wet food, hypoallergenic rice mixer and veg for dinner. If we give him too much food in one go he gets indigestion and seems quite uncomfortable. I do cook liver/ meat/ chicken / fish for him as well, which he loves. I know a lot of dogs will happily eat just dry food, but they are all different
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