Antibiotic responsive diarrhea?

[Ddski5]

That’s great news!!

 

[Ravenbird]

Thanks so much for the new update - hope it all stays under control and continual improvements!

 

[JanS]

It's great you went for a second opinion and got answers. Thanks for the update.

 

[Ravenna]

Hello friends! I have another update on Crowley. It’s been a while and stuff has changed, so i figured i would post on here again to share my experience and maybe help someone who might be looking for answers.

So spoiler alert our story didn’t end with the correct antibiotic prescription.. As soon as we took him off of medication he went back to diarrhea and we couldn’t keep him stable. So I’ve decided to go to the vet i used to go when i lived in Chicago previously and on the appointment we were recommended to go see the internal medicine specialist since we tried everything and more with no success in the long run.

The internal medicine specialist first of all said that it’s good that we didn’t do biopsy because it was never needed (the one that’s very intrusive), that it can be done through another “entrance” if even needed. Second, she looked at all of the paperwork we brought and said that the gut bacteria reports are fairly new thing and not everyone fully understands what exactly that means so do not put all your money on it, but based on his whole history she settled with dysbiosis diagnosis. She said he can never be cured fully, the best case scenario is for him to have diarrhea episodes but manage to stop them on his own with no medications involved and suggested we do fecal transplant twice. She explained that it doesn’t always work if you do it one time.

So we set an appointment for fecal transplant and got it done in either end of july/beginning of august. It was bad. Diarrhea didn’t stop for almost 2 weeks just in time for his second appointment in late august. After that he still had diarrhea but!!! He was able to come back to “normal” within days.

As of right now he has been medication free since 2 weeks before the first procedure so 7 months. He is very regular, he holds his weight and then some lol even if his tummy doesn’t feel well it last maximum half a day.

His diet is merrick lamb and brown rice/open farm lamb (we mix 2 foods because I’ve heard great things about open farm and saw merrick put on a list associated with dcm, but too scared to switch his food fully) and baked sweet potato every morning added to the meal.

Treats- he gets bully sticks, duck feet (dried raw), honest kitchen treats and beef liver treats regularly, and on occasion he gets carrots, dog bone broth, goats milk, green beans, different berries and in general id give him a piece of whatever is safe for dogs in small quantities and see how he reacts. So far no bad reactions (only to eaten toys that he throws up but that’s irrelevant). I also started supplementing taurine for heart health and continued supplementing beta glucan for overall immunity.

If you have any questions or suggestions, always welcome!
Here are some pictures of my chubby boy

Hi there, I know this is an old thread, but I'm hoping Wonka sees this, as I don't see any way to contact others on this forum.

I have a cat with exactly the same symptoms and history as Crowley, but with the added symptom of sky-high white blood cells indicating infection of some kind, which goes away with amoxicillin, zeniquin, etc., but comes back after a few months. Mickey has lost half his body weight from the diarrhea. I was wondering how Crowley got the fecal transplant? Was it via a pill, or did they put him out and insert it? When you say he had diarrhea for a few days, I was wondering if you could please elaborate on this? How long did it take for him to improve? I've tried the Animal Biome pills and they did nothing, but maybe I didn't give it long enough? Or maybe only the manual insertion method works? My cat is better on Hills Biome food and metronidazole, but it's a very high dose, and he hates the food, so I end up medicating him with lorazepam to get him to eat. Proviable, Boulardii, and other probiotics did nothing, and neither did Diane pancreatic enzymes. No infection, parasites, nothing on the DNA test, perfectly healthy other than the diarrhea. This has been going on since 2019. Like you, I've tried everything and spent thousands on ultrasounds, etc. Wonka, can you please give us an update, and be more specific on the thing(s) that worked for Crowley? Thank you much!

 

[Ravenbird]

Welcome to Doberman Chat. I believe there is a window of time for new members to be able to private message other members here to prevent spammers etc. To tag a member in a post use the @ sign in front of their name like @Wonka. They may or may not be following along but it helps when you tag them with the @ sign.

I hope you find answers for your cat! We love all the critters here and would love to help.