Hello all
My husband and I are at our wits end.
About 2 1/2 years ago our female spayed lab had her first bout with pancreatitis. Throwing up and refused to eat (something she NEVER does), we knew something was wrong and took her to the vet and discovered the pancreatitis.
We have since changed her food. At first, she was on Natural Balance Low Fat, but after another bout about a year ago we switched her to Science Diet I/D.
After another bout about two months ago, we switched her to Royal Canin Low Fat Gastro food. However, she despised the wet Royal Canin food and wouldn't touch it. So, we kept her on the Royal Canin dry food and feed her one can of I/D a day.
She has a host of other medical conditions considering she is 13 year old lab. She has heart disease, incontinence and arthritis, as well.
These are the medications we have her on currently:
Metacam (about 50 cc a day)-for her arthritis
Vetmedin (twice a day 50 mg)-for heart disease
Triple Omega 3-6-9 (twice a day)
Glucosomine with Chrondrotin (twice a day)-for her arthritis
Proin (one or two a day)-for her incontinence
Flagyl-one a day-we started her on this after her last bout with pancreatitis-the vet said she would have to remain on this for the rest of her life due to her issues
So, today she threw up again and seems to be feeling unwell. There is no way she got any table scraps, everyone who comes into the house is informed not to feed her anything. My husband (or me) watch her when she goes outside to poop/pee-we haven't seen her eat anything, even grass. We are VERY vigilant about not giving her ANYTHING other than her food and medication.
Does anyone have any insight on what we can do to help our pup? Could this be part of a bigger issue at this point (failure of the pancreas, diabetes, Crohns, anything?). Could it be all the medications she is on? Or, could this just be an old pup in her old age and some of her organs are just failing? Does anyone have anyone that has helped their pup with this issue? Anything?
Thank you, in advance, for any insight anyone might have...
My husband and I are at our wits end.
About 2 1/2 years ago our female spayed lab had her first bout with pancreatitis. Throwing up and refused to eat (something she NEVER does), we knew something was wrong and took her to the vet and discovered the pancreatitis.
We have since changed her food. At first, she was on Natural Balance Low Fat, but after another bout about a year ago we switched her to Science Diet I/D.
After another bout about two months ago, we switched her to Royal Canin Low Fat Gastro food. However, she despised the wet Royal Canin food and wouldn't touch it. So, we kept her on the Royal Canin dry food and feed her one can of I/D a day.
She has a host of other medical conditions considering she is 13 year old lab. She has heart disease, incontinence and arthritis, as well.
These are the medications we have her on currently:
Metacam (about 50 cc a day)-for her arthritis
Vetmedin (twice a day 50 mg)-for heart disease
Triple Omega 3-6-9 (twice a day)
Glucosomine with Chrondrotin (twice a day)-for her arthritis
Proin (one or two a day)-for her incontinence
Flagyl-one a day-we started her on this after her last bout with pancreatitis-the vet said she would have to remain on this for the rest of her life due to her issues
So, today she threw up again and seems to be feeling unwell. There is no way she got any table scraps, everyone who comes into the house is informed not to feed her anything. My husband (or me) watch her when she goes outside to poop/pee-we haven't seen her eat anything, even grass. We are VERY vigilant about not giving her ANYTHING other than her food and medication.
Does anyone have any insight on what we can do to help our pup? Could this be part of a bigger issue at this point (failure of the pancreas, diabetes, Crohns, anything?). Could it be all the medications she is on? Or, could this just be an old pup in her old age and some of her organs are just failing? Does anyone have anyone that has helped their pup with this issue? Anything?
Thank you, in advance, for any insight anyone might have...