Brianna & Xander
Member Since 2024
Previous post: 12/9/2025
It's been a while again, but I couldn't not post and close out 2025 (good riddance) and wish a happy new year to everyone! So sorry that I didn't manage to respond to everyone's comments on my last post. Please know I read them all and just never was able to get back to it.
Our 1 year FD anniversary passed on Dec 14 and our forum joining anniversary was the 16th.
Things have been better. No more leaking for almost 3 weeks (
), though I attribute most (if not all) of that to the daily ondansetron making him constipated. I've started giving him 1/4 tsp of Clearlax a day split across 4 meals (even 1/8 tsp at once makes him sick).
As of the 23rd, we've fully transitioned him to KOHA LID Rabbit Pate (thank you so much again to @squeem3 for the sample!!!). He loves it. A little early yet to see if it'll work for him, but so far so good I think. Technically we're not managing a novel protein yet because he's still having seafood in his Churus (though I have eliminated all chicken). I'm hoping we may not need to, because I don't think there's an alternative that will work.
For a bit we'd been seeing some pretty good numbers. Not amazing, but pretty good. The past few days have been higher due to a combination of Libre change, vet stress and not feeling well.
Yesterday we finally got to see an internal medicine specialist. She seemed knowledgeable and spent plenty of time with us. I was worried about having expensive, dry prescription food pushed on us, and about being kind of interrogated about my FD practices, etc but it seemed like she could tell I at least had some idea what I was doing and was impressed by my switching proteins, etc. We're going to be starting him on budesonide to hopefully help his symptoms (with chlorambucil as a second option if the first doesn't work). From the bit I've read around here it sounds like the budesonide doesn't wreak absolute havoc on BG despite being a steroid, so hopefully just a little bit of insulin increase will help.
Really hoping that once that kicks in maybe we can stop with the daily cycle of twice a day Mirataz/Ondansetron/Clearlax.
I hope everyone's having/had a great NYE and holidays!
Sometimes my lips get stuck on my teefs 
It's been a while again, but I couldn't not post and close out 2025 (good riddance) and wish a happy new year to everyone! So sorry that I didn't manage to respond to everyone's comments on my last post. Please know I read them all and just never was able to get back to it.
Our 1 year FD anniversary passed on Dec 14 and our forum joining anniversary was the 16th.
Things have been better. No more leaking for almost 3 weeks (
), though I attribute most (if not all) of that to the daily ondansetron making him constipated. I've started giving him 1/4 tsp of Clearlax a day split across 4 meals (even 1/8 tsp at once makes him sick).As of the 23rd, we've fully transitioned him to KOHA LID Rabbit Pate (thank you so much again to @squeem3 for the sample!!!). He loves it. A little early yet to see if it'll work for him, but so far so good I think. Technically we're not managing a novel protein yet because he's still having seafood in his Churus (though I have eliminated all chicken). I'm hoping we may not need to, because I don't think there's an alternative that will work.
For a bit we'd been seeing some pretty good numbers. Not amazing, but pretty good. The past few days have been higher due to a combination of Libre change, vet stress and not feeling well.
Yesterday we finally got to see an internal medicine specialist. She seemed knowledgeable and spent plenty of time with us. I was worried about having expensive, dry prescription food pushed on us, and about being kind of interrogated about my FD practices, etc but it seemed like she could tell I at least had some idea what I was doing and was impressed by my switching proteins, etc. We're going to be starting him on budesonide to hopefully help his symptoms (with chlorambucil as a second option if the first doesn't work). From the bit I've read around here it sounds like the budesonide doesn't wreak absolute havoc on BG despite being a steroid, so hopefully just a little bit of insulin increase will help.
Really hoping that once that kicks in maybe we can stop with the daily cycle of twice a day Mirataz/Ondansetron/Clearlax.
I hope everyone's having/had a great NYE and holidays!
Sometimes my lips get stuck on my teefs 
Glad the Koha rabbit is working 
Does Xander like the venison?
