Flynn 11 y/o Foxie Cross - Right adrenalectomy- Good Bye Flynny We will miss you

Yes they went toooooo fast. I think Mel is away this week, she does need a break her work sounds manic, I hope she enjoys. I'm going back to work for a break lol don't feel like I've had a holiday but did get most if the garden sorted next holiday I think I will go away somewhere :)

I'm off to bed, you have a good day!! Cya later! x

Sun shining this morning and we are to have warm weather (warm for us).


I hope your party was a smash and the cake sounds yummy. Now I have a hankering for some chocolate and the Easter Bunny did not leave me a basket:rolleyes::)

Hope you had a wonderful day and a successful luncheon. Our dinner was fab and I am just now getting some computer time.

I am looking forward to tomorrow and just lazing around, catching up on some laundry, etc

hugs
Sharlene and Molly muffin

Hi Sharlene and Addy and all! Well we have had a great day, Flynny loved all the visitors. He really loves all the extended family and likes to sit by them all and give them a kiss. Loads of food plus tons of chocolate. We did take Flynn for a walk up the beach after lunch to try work some of it off! I just had a piece of celery and a bit of pork cracking for dinner lol... oh plus a few more eggs!

Flynn is not quite right though, bit quiet everyone commented he was not bouncing as much, slower than usual on his walk. Gone off his fishy biscuits which he loved and past three days he has not been eating them all, itchy... not as much as previous but more than he was. Loose poop, not diarrhea but bit mucousy. He was scrounging while we were eating lunch, so tonight I made him a scambled egg, rice and a couple bits of pork and he hovered it down. So he does have an appetite. I am wondering if I could try him on either turkey or duck. Chicken is not good for him but wonder if that applies to the other types of poultry?? I must go google that and perhaps send Mike an email to check. I hope it is just one of the never ending flares of allergies/IBD and these symptoms are how he gets with that, but of course I am scared it is his liver again especially with his high numbers. Scan and bloods/UPC in two weeks today will tell the story on that one. Except I do not want bloods done if he is off colour as that is never good news!

My new throw has fallen off the couch and he has wormed his way into it the middle of it and is snoring away, he looks snug as a bug in a rug :D x

Aww, feel better Flynn.
Daisy does the same. Burrows herself into everything. :-)

With all of the excitement, I forgot to do Easter eggs!

Aww poor baby, not feeling quite right, always a worry for us, I know.

Drat that IBD and allergies anyway. I dont think all poultry is the same so you could try duck or turkey but I would talk to Dr. Mike as if you have to keep changing proteins so often, you wont have any novel protein left and that is a worry.

Enjoy not working!!!!! Though I know that is hard when you are worried.

Sounds like everyone was having a great time. Poor Flynn, to not be feeling his best when everyone is around. Do you think anyone has sneaked him any bits of food he shouldn't have?
Hopefully this will just be a bit of IBD that will pass. So, do you have a spreadsheet with the proteins you've tried and what his reaction has been to it? Maybe you could rotate between a couple every few months if you can distinguish a pattern of how long it takes his tummy to start acting up.
I know what you mean, if there is anything going on, it affects their liver numbers it seems. What is a real pain is that you need things to be really really cleared up for at least a couple weeks, 3 - 4 being best. But it seems almost impossible to get that long of a clear run. :(
Fiddle sticks on it all anyway.
Hey, you're on holiday!!! Good times! Enjoy. Hope you get some late fall sunshine and can enjoy the time off.

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Oh Trish what's going on with the wee guy. Bruno couldn't tolerate chicken either so for a while I cooked him Turkey escalopes, veg and potato, it was time consuming but worked for a while. Has Flynn had any allergy tests, I got Bruno an allergy test which helped rule out what he was allergic to which was pretty much everything the dermatologist called him an enivromental dog as in allergic to the environment, maybe you could speak to dr mike about this, as dogs with allergies do tend (not always) to suffer from tummy troubles :)

Hope your enjoying your holidays x

Hi Valerie, Addy, Sharlene and Tracy!!

Yes, I have kept a spreadsheet, so far the novel proteins we have tried:
chicken
beef
lamb
fish
possum
venison

All end up the same, with itching and bad poops, occasional vomit. Venison has been the best, so I might try going back on that as he has not had it in a few months. He did good on the ziwipeak lamb for a while so think I will order a supply of venison. It comes in canned and biscuits and I do like giving him both together, he never enjoys just biscuits. He has only had the fish for a month.

Mike and I have talked allergy testing in the past, a blood sample has to be sent to the USA and it costs I think $700 from memory, Mike said it is not an absolute science either and he has only done it a few times with variable success. :eek: