She doesn't have dry eye. Her eyes get all that gooky, stainy look.
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She doesn't have dry eye. Her eyes get all that gooky, stainy look.
Actually, dry eye can cause more of the mucous to build up because it's not being flushed away. My pug Ichiro has dry eye. The eye itself never looks dry, it just builds up mucous or gunk in the eye and it may look red sometimes. This is caused by the underproduction of tears. It's odd because you expect a dry eye to look dry, but it doesn't.
Anyway, she may not have dry eye at all, I just wanted you to know that you can't rule it out simply because the eye itself doesn't look dry.
As for her stim results - I would not increase yet. If she's only been on 30mg since 1/21, it's too soon to increase. You'll want to test again in a few weeks and then reasses the dosage. She is right above the acceptable upper limit for vetoryl treatment, so I do believe she's getting close!
I wouldn't do anything right now either. I expect that number to come down some with your next test . Glad she is doing good and maybe the peeing will decrease with more time and the number coming down.
Thanks, Renee...how can you tell the difference?
Thanks, Sharlene....I had every intention of waiting until we reached 30 days, so I'm glad that's what our vet has suggested. We've had a couple of really good days and she seems to be engaging with me again, almost like she knows how hard I am trying to make her feel better...I know that's not it, but I can dream, can't I? :)
LOL My husband talks to molly when he comes home from work, explains he is going upstairs to change clothes and will come back down to have treat time with her, and she is to wait for him at the foot of the stairs. She does. He says it gives him the illusion that she listens to him. :) :) I'm sure molly does know that whatever he is saying, that if she waits for him (and she does know the word wait) that she'll share treat time with him. I'm sure that Lena knows that you are taking care of her and trying real hard to do what you can to make her better.
When anything is wrong with molly, I mean seriously wrong, she comes to me, because she knows, I'll try to make it better. They know. :)
Always go to mommy :)
Hello Joan! I'm very glad that your Lena feels better! I believe that even better days are surely coming and of course you can dream since you are too close to the suitable dosage for her!
Thanks! She is back to following me around and watching everything I do...didn't realize how much I missed that. Her tummy still does a lot of rumbling and I can hear how gassy she is, but she was like this before the Vetoryl, so I don't think it is that. Does anyone else have this issue? Is there anything that I can give her to help with the gas? My vet gave me Gasex, but that was before the Cushing's diagnosis.
Appreciate all of you!
Joan
When a dog eats something that doesn't quite agree with their tummy they sure can leave some smelly farts!! I don't know of any interactions with Gas-X and Vetoryl being used together, I do recall members using Gas-X while their dog is on Vetoryl.
I found this list of Over-The-Counter Medications (OTC) with dosages and that are supposed to be safe for dogs, although I would still talk to the vet before giving any OTC drugs: http://thedanedame.com/wp-content/up...-for-Dogs-.pdf
Hugs, Lori