Carina and Shelly
Member Since 2026
Hi FDMB,
I posted just now in the Lantus group and I recall we are only supposed to do one post per day. This is a completely seperate issue and wanting to inquire outside the Lantus group in the bigger pool. If there is a better way to do this, please advise.
Prior to her DM Dx Shelly was diagosed with IBD and before that she had a pre-existing condition - urinary crystals. She was on medicated food and then we took her off and tried for a low phosphorous diet. She re-developed the crystals. When she was dignosed with IBD she wouldn't eat the wet RX food so we had her on HP dry. We didn't love that for her so we tried a novel protein instead (first rabbit and then duck from Royal Canin). She liked these for a while, but ultimately rejected them as well (explicitly with the rabbit, implicitly [read: loose stool] with the duck). We then reached out to our vet for advice and she said we could step away from the prescription diets and focus on novel protiens for the IBD and low carb for the diabetes. She thought the Budesonide (the steroid that replaced the diabetes causing Prednisolone) would suffice for thinning her urine.
We are still worried about the development of crystals due to our past experience with switching her off a prescription diet. Recently, we came across DL methionine, a supplement for dissolving crystals that we understand is what is added to these presctiption diets. We also are seeing that we would need to track the PH of her urine. Does anybody have any experience with this? Is there anybody who has a similar or comprable experience that could guide us or advise us?
I posted just now in the Lantus group and I recall we are only supposed to do one post per day. This is a completely seperate issue and wanting to inquire outside the Lantus group in the bigger pool. If there is a better way to do this, please advise.
Prior to her DM Dx Shelly was diagosed with IBD and before that she had a pre-existing condition - urinary crystals. She was on medicated food and then we took her off and tried for a low phosphorous diet. She re-developed the crystals. When she was dignosed with IBD she wouldn't eat the wet RX food so we had her on HP dry. We didn't love that for her so we tried a novel protein instead (first rabbit and then duck from Royal Canin). She liked these for a while, but ultimately rejected them as well (explicitly with the rabbit, implicitly [read: loose stool] with the duck). We then reached out to our vet for advice and she said we could step away from the prescription diets and focus on novel protiens for the IBD and low carb for the diabetes. She thought the Budesonide (the steroid that replaced the diabetes causing Prednisolone) would suffice for thinning her urine.
We are still worried about the development of crystals due to our past experience with switching her off a prescription diet. Recently, we came across DL methionine, a supplement for dissolving crystals that we understand is what is added to these presctiption diets. We also are seeing that we would need to track the PH of her urine. Does anybody have any experience with this? Is there anybody who has a similar or comprable experience that could guide us or advise us?
