From:
Fuzzbukket12@aol.com
Date: 2002-01-02 14:45:00 UTC
Subject: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Hello everyone.I've been reading posts on this site for 2 months
and haven't seen any thing pertaining to this as of yet.
One of my males-a rescue of undetermined age, has been diagnosed by
our vet to have inflammatory bowel disease. She figures Claymore to
be around 5 to 6 years old. We've had him for 4 years and until 4
months ago, he enjoyed good health, and his stools were textbook
healthy. He started having runny,sometimes birdseedy stools that
were transient, but then became the norm, which is when we took him
to our vet. She has put him on 2 cc's of pred daily and still his
poops are horrible. They also smell extremely foul. He has had no
dietary change until 2 weeks ago when the vet suggested we start
giving him Iams lamb and rice formula. Up until then, Claymore, as
well as the rest of our babies were eating a mix of Iams kitten and
Marshalls,and they seem to thrive on this. Today we took Claymore
once again for a re-check, as he is not responding to the pred and
now we're very worried because logistically, he's not getting any
nutrients from whatever he's eating. He does eat and play, however
his coat looks thin and has no luster as compared to his 'brothers
and sisters' , who all have thier winter coats that are absolutely
gorgeous.
Sorry to be so long winded, but I wanted to be as specific as
possible with this information. Our vet has now added Flagyl - .4o
cc's in addition to the prednisone to see if this works.
Have any of you had experience with this? Any help or comments are
greatly appreciated.
Erika and the gang....Claymore,Angus,Rocky,Jetson,Peanut,Blind Melon
Chitlin,Boy Named Sue,Tracy and Hepburn
In loving memory...Sis,Pig,Little Orphan Annie,and the Spark..