WilburTheSphynx
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Hello everybody, I have recently discovered this forum in attempts to find help for my Sphynx. Wilbur is about 6yo, started developing skin allergies and horrible rush & red bumps within last year. The vet first prescribed antibiotics and probiotics but neither worked. The skin allergies looked terrible on him but did not seem to bother him. About half a year later he started having runny poop and the cover for his litter box would look like someone just sprayed it with a hose full of poop. The stool got worse, from runny to watery.
I took him to see a different vet from the same vet clinic and they suggested steroids and a prescription diet, Royal Canine hydrolyzed protein, supposedly, the hydrolyzed protein was going to help with the digestion and skin condition would improve as well. He would not eat the soy hydrolyzed protein prescription food and lost about 20% of his weight so there is just skin and bones, he looks terrible and he would scream all the time. It would get worse as he smells human food or dog's canned food when I feed our dogs. The vet suggested sticking to the prescription food and not giving in to his yelling, as the hydrolyzed soy protein is the only food he can have - they diagnosed him with IBD and said that he can not have any animal protein as his GI tract is terribly inflamed and he does not absorb and can not digest any animal protein. He was checked for giardia and the vet run a stool sample to check for any possible bacteria and did not find anything abnormal. Before I took him to the vet I tried virtually all cat food on the market, tried feeding rabbit, tried feeding raw and his stool was always runny. The vet also said that constant switching food worsens his GI issues. I need to say that soy protein kibble did help with the stool a little bit - he is not pooping as often, it does not have that horrible foul smell and the poop is more creamy than watery, however, his skin still looks bad, he hasn't put on any weight in over a month and he is constantly screaming bloody murder, I mean, all.the.time. It is hard to deal with as it almost sounds like a non-stop crying baby and he got pretty desperate and aggressive with human food when he smells it - I mean, he is fighting me, climbing the cabinets, tries to steal dog food while they are eating... I am not sure it is just a temper tantrum, I feel like I am starving the guy as he barely touches his prescription food, although the vet put him on appetite stimulant - Mirtazapine; the idea was that he would be so hungry he would eat the prescription food. Well, he is very hungry and he does not like his prescription food and can not have anything else...
He is currently also on Cerenia (anti-nausea medication), Buprenex (pain medicine) and had two rounds of metronidazole (antibiotic).
After about a month on prescription food, all the medications, and his screaming, I gave in and decided to feed him some Instinct rabbit formula canned food... He wolfed the food as he had been starving for months and calmed down. Did not hear a sound from him for the rest of the night. However, the price to pay for that the next day was his worsened diarrhea. I am back to Royal Canine hydrolyzed soy protein again and feel as it is a catch 22 for both of us: he seems to be very hungry and does not like his soy food and he can not have any other food as it worsens his IBD. I can not deal with a constant loud, unhappy meowing anymore if I do not feed him something else and I can not clean diarrhea paw prints off of kitchen table, stove, refrigerator, and all the countertops that he jumps on when he comes out of his litter box with runny poop on his feet after he eats something other than his soy food. I am desperate and tired and it is very painful to watch him, skinny, hungry, and unhappy. I was wondering if anyone here also had experience with severe IBD and got it somewhat under control?
I would appreciate any input.
I took him to see a different vet from the same vet clinic and they suggested steroids and a prescription diet, Royal Canine hydrolyzed protein, supposedly, the hydrolyzed protein was going to help with the digestion and skin condition would improve as well. He would not eat the soy hydrolyzed protein prescription food and lost about 20% of his weight so there is just skin and bones, he looks terrible and he would scream all the time. It would get worse as he smells human food or dog's canned food when I feed our dogs. The vet suggested sticking to the prescription food and not giving in to his yelling, as the hydrolyzed soy protein is the only food he can have - they diagnosed him with IBD and said that he can not have any animal protein as his GI tract is terribly inflamed and he does not absorb and can not digest any animal protein. He was checked for giardia and the vet run a stool sample to check for any possible bacteria and did not find anything abnormal. Before I took him to the vet I tried virtually all cat food on the market, tried feeding rabbit, tried feeding raw and his stool was always runny. The vet also said that constant switching food worsens his GI issues. I need to say that soy protein kibble did help with the stool a little bit - he is not pooping as often, it does not have that horrible foul smell and the poop is more creamy than watery, however, his skin still looks bad, he hasn't put on any weight in over a month and he is constantly screaming bloody murder, I mean, all.the.time. It is hard to deal with as it almost sounds like a non-stop crying baby and he got pretty desperate and aggressive with human food when he smells it - I mean, he is fighting me, climbing the cabinets, tries to steal dog food while they are eating... I am not sure it is just a temper tantrum, I feel like I am starving the guy as he barely touches his prescription food, although the vet put him on appetite stimulant - Mirtazapine; the idea was that he would be so hungry he would eat the prescription food. Well, he is very hungry and he does not like his prescription food and can not have anything else...
He is currently also on Cerenia (anti-nausea medication), Buprenex (pain medicine) and had two rounds of metronidazole (antibiotic).
After about a month on prescription food, all the medications, and his screaming, I gave in and decided to feed him some Instinct rabbit formula canned food... He wolfed the food as he had been starving for months and calmed down. Did not hear a sound from him for the rest of the night. However, the price to pay for that the next day was his worsened diarrhea. I am back to Royal Canine hydrolyzed soy protein again and feel as it is a catch 22 for both of us: he seems to be very hungry and does not like his soy food and he can not have any other food as it worsens his IBD. I can not deal with a constant loud, unhappy meowing anymore if I do not feed him something else and I can not clean diarrhea paw prints off of kitchen table, stove, refrigerator, and all the countertops that he jumps on when he comes out of his litter box with runny poop on his feet after he eats something other than his soy food. I am desperate and tired and it is very painful to watch him, skinny, hungry, and unhappy. I was wondering if anyone here also had experience with severe IBD and got it somewhat under control?
I would appreciate any input.
