Hope you are feeling well enough to enjoy all your festivities this weekend! A big hug for Molly!
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Hope you are feeling well enough to enjoy all your festivities this weekend! A big hug for Molly!
Everything is going good here. I'm swamped at work but nothing new there.
I am trying a switch of food with molly. I currently have her off her LP kidney food and I'm trying a canadian brand, nutram, that is turkey, chicken and duck, low phosphorus, and even lower fat content than the LP food and about the same protein. It also has a low glycemic index, grain free. So no potatoes, corn, etc.
I notice she seems to pee even less (and no her glucose wasn't high, but with certain foods it can spike of course) Also isn't as hungry, and sometimes doesn't even want her canned food for her pills. Energy level is the same and she seems to be doing okay. I wouldn't mind it if she lost a bit of weight to try and help her back legs (the patella), but not too much. Anyway, I'm giving this a go as I really don't care for the high fat content in the prescription kidney diets.
That's about it for us.
hugs
Molly didn't want to eat her breakfast this morning, even the wet food on top of the dry. Normally she'll scarf that down even if she just picks around the dry for the rest of the day (she has always been a grazer). She took her meds in her food ball, but then was uninterested in the rest of it and walked away. Finally I got her to eat some by hand and she ate the rest of it and did her normally picking at the dry. Now she has gone behind the french door in the corner and laid down. I've never seen her go there before. She was at my feet but then I kept reaching down to pet her and she didn't seem to want to be bothered by that, which is also normal, but going behind the french door is a new one. It's close to me though but not in hand reach.
She had her walk this morning and was totally normal on it. Barked at another dog, normal bowel movement (solid).
Just not sure what it means and I'll withhold tomorrow mornings pill just to be on the safe side.
sigh, never easy with cush pups
Hi, Sharlene! Hopefully, Molly is just having an "off" day -- good that she had a walk with normal poop. I can't remember if you give her pepcid before her morning meal. If not, maybe you could try that for a couple of days and see if her enthusiasm for breakfast improves.
Any chance she is hearing fireworks or thunder and it's making her a bit off? Canada Day was yesterday (maybe? :)) and not sure how it is up there but down here idiots shoot fireworks for weeks before and after the actual holiday - in spite of laws against them. :mad::rolleyes:
Just dropped by to say hi. We cushing parents get so worried about ever move,sometimes as Addy would say put cushing in the drawer for the day and take a break.
Sonja,Apollo and Ariel
Molly is acting better this evening. Interested in her food ball of meds and her treat after walking and when hubby came home. Nibbled at her food.
So, maybe this morning was an off morning, but I will hold the trilostane tomorrow morning, see how she does and then resume if she acts fine on Sunday. She didn't act really interested in food a couple mornings lately but never walked away like this morning.
Energy level as still a bit down on her afternoon walk, so have to gauge that too, but definitely wanted a piece of shredded cheese. Is currently trying to convince me she needs her dental treat or maybe chicken and squash..hmm..yea definitely the chicken she wants.
I have always had to combine a couple different kinds of food with her, and I wonder if trying to just give her this one kind of food isn't working for her. She would just not eat over having just one type of food. Since she has never been a really big eater, I guess that is a possibility.
She seems to have low energy and food drive in the morning and then perks up as the day goes on.
I gave her melatonin for the fireworks on Wednesday, probably will be some this weekend too. She didn't like the noise at all, but finally went to sleep and then was fine on Thursday.
I don't give her pepcid right now, but that could be a possibility. Would that only bother her in the mornings though?
Sharlene -- when I was only feeding Abbie once a day, my vet explained to me that acid build up could occur more in the mornings because her stomach had less food in it than any other point in the day. I then went to feeding her twice a day and it helped a lot. Since there aren't any downsides to trying the pepcid, maybe you could do that for a few days and see if it helps.
Hugs to Molly from Abbie!
Molly gets fed twice a day. Morning and evening although she usually has dry kibble in her bowl all day as she is a grazer. She gets topped with wet though twice a day as she has pills to take at those times and needs food.
I skipped the trilostane yesterday and she was fine all day. Gave her the trilostane this morning again and she is back to normal eating habit so guess Friday was just an off day for her.
Maybe had some acid buildup or something. She gets her joint and milk thistle treat style just before bed so never has a completely empty tummy over night.
I just worry about her I guess. I'd like her to be around for a lot longer and what ever I can do to help make that happen and keep her quality of life good for her I will do.
We are having some nice weather her finally this weekend. No rain! Lol. So she is getting some out door play time too which she loves.
Hugs all.
I totally get it Sharlene. This disease takes a toll on all of us. We worry about things we should never have to worry about because our babies are fragile. It's not fair, but we adapt because we love them so much and will do whatever we can to make life better for them.
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Originally Posted by molly muffin