Carina and Shelly
Member Since 2026
New Diagnosis - Introducing Shelly - Advice Welcome
Hello FDMB,
A few things have been going on that we would like to get some support with.
First, we recently switched to the TR dosing method. We think TR will be a better fit for Shelly since she often seems stable on a dose and a reduction under 90 makes her numbers fluctuate a lot. Though we are conflicted about how we will feel shooting at lower numbers, we are hopeful this method will help us better regulate her and we know we can always change back if it's not a good fit.
That being said, we are currently dealing with what we think are IBD symptoms. We have been struggling to find a food she will eat. Our options are already somewhat limited because of her preexisting conditions – the IBD and the formation of bladder crystals.
As some of you know, she had been on Royal Canin PD (16% MC) for her IBD and crystal blocking support, but when she had an IBD flareup recently while on that food, her vet posited that the budesonide could be thinning her urine enough to not worry about the crystals and suggested we try Rayne nutrition. Long story short, that was a miss, as well as a number of novel proteins we tried off the shelf. We are currently having some sucess with a rehydrated freeze dried pork, fingers crossed. There is also a Lotus pork in the mix. We also added a probiotic to her regimen and we are hopeful that is supporting her digestion.
The budesonide is definitely not a perfect fit in terms of regulating her IBD, but we don't want to return to the prednisolone if we can avoid it (for the obvious reason that it caused the diabetes).
We are holding her current dose of 0.5 until we get her food stabilized. We would like to try 0.75 when she is eating more consistently. Does that sound like a good plan?
Also, for those who offer meals throughout the day, have you found a good system for that? She doesn't eat a lot of food at once so it makes it challenging. Right now some food is being left out, but as we incorpoate the freeze dried we want that to be more of a 'eat it now or it needs to go away' type system and get her used to that. This morning she had 1/4 c. rehydrated freeze dried that she ate in two sittings 30 minutes apart. Then 1/2 small can of the Lotus pork that she ate most of for a snack. With the IBD she is more of a grazer but with the DM we want her to have more defined meals. How do we reconcile that?
Thank you for any thoughts or support.
Hello FDMB,
A few things have been going on that we would like to get some support with.
First, we recently switched to the TR dosing method. We think TR will be a better fit for Shelly since she often seems stable on a dose and a reduction under 90 makes her numbers fluctuate a lot. Though we are conflicted about how we will feel shooting at lower numbers, we are hopeful this method will help us better regulate her and we know we can always change back if it's not a good fit.
That being said, we are currently dealing with what we think are IBD symptoms. We have been struggling to find a food she will eat. Our options are already somewhat limited because of her preexisting conditions – the IBD and the formation of bladder crystals.
As some of you know, she had been on Royal Canin PD (16% MC) for her IBD and crystal blocking support, but when she had an IBD flareup recently while on that food, her vet posited that the budesonide could be thinning her urine enough to not worry about the crystals and suggested we try Rayne nutrition. Long story short, that was a miss, as well as a number of novel proteins we tried off the shelf. We are currently having some sucess with a rehydrated freeze dried pork, fingers crossed. There is also a Lotus pork in the mix. We also added a probiotic to her regimen and we are hopeful that is supporting her digestion.
The budesonide is definitely not a perfect fit in terms of regulating her IBD, but we don't want to return to the prednisolone if we can avoid it (for the obvious reason that it caused the diabetes).
We are holding her current dose of 0.5 until we get her food stabilized. We would like to try 0.75 when she is eating more consistently. Does that sound like a good plan?
Also, for those who offer meals throughout the day, have you found a good system for that? She doesn't eat a lot of food at once so it makes it challenging. Right now some food is being left out, but as we incorpoate the freeze dried we want that to be more of a 'eat it now or it needs to go away' type system and get her used to that. This morning she had 1/4 c. rehydrated freeze dried that she ate in two sittings 30 minutes apart. Then 1/2 small can of the Lotus pork that she ate most of for a snack. With the IBD she is more of a grazer but with the DM we want her to have more defined meals. How do we reconcile that?
Thank you for any thoughts or support.
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I plan to try the Vaseline method next to see if that will help form the droplet.
