Marina & Chico
Member Since 2021
Our sweet Chico has diarrhea for over a month now. We received all his blood work (which is updated in the spreadsheet as well) and everything is in normal range except high folic acid. We did an ultrasound as well and the vet thinks his lymphatic nodes are a bit increased.
Since Thursday (4 days) we changed his diet to a low fat (0.8%), our vet wants to do a biopsy if the change in diet doesn't help because she wants to exclude lymphome. He has a negative test for Fiv/Felv which we looked up online and seems to be the predominant cause for lymphome, plus lymphome has much more symptoms than "simple" diarrhea. Chico is except diarrhea doing fine, he is playful (even with high BG he is lazy playful
) he is cuddly, has good appetite and doesn't vomit. That is why think the possibility of colon IBD is more plausible than lymphoma.
Now we want to start making homemade food for him, start with 1 protein type and gradually change to new protein sources, to see which one works for him. We will start with chicken and then in a while if it won't work try turkey. Of course change in diet is on its own a reason for diarrhea so i am not certain how gradual should we do it not to bother his stomach even more. We kept on changing his diet lately too often because of various reasons. We know for a fact that Chico will love homemade food, there are no worries there.
On Wednesday we will have to go to the vet again for an Ultrasound and i am afraid that the next and only other thing she will propose will be a biopsy. I would hate to have to do an invasive procedure to Chico
We would appreciate your experience with diagnosing both and how to improve his condition if it will be IBD. @Gill & George said that there is another way of diagnosing lymphome without biopsy.
Thank you all in advance,
Marina & Chico
Since Thursday (4 days) we changed his diet to a low fat (0.8%), our vet wants to do a biopsy if the change in diet doesn't help because she wants to exclude lymphome. He has a negative test for Fiv/Felv which we looked up online and seems to be the predominant cause for lymphome, plus lymphome has much more symptoms than "simple" diarrhea. Chico is except diarrhea doing fine, he is playful (even with high BG he is lazy playful
) he is cuddly, has good appetite and doesn't vomit. That is why think the possibility of colon IBD is more plausible than lymphoma.Now we want to start making homemade food for him, start with 1 protein type and gradually change to new protein sources, to see which one works for him. We will start with chicken and then in a while if it won't work try turkey. Of course change in diet is on its own a reason for diarrhea so i am not certain how gradual should we do it not to bother his stomach even more. We kept on changing his diet lately too often because of various reasons. We know for a fact that Chico will love homemade food, there are no worries there.
On Wednesday we will have to go to the vet again for an Ultrasound and i am afraid that the next and only other thing she will propose will be a biopsy. I would hate to have to do an invasive procedure to Chico
We would appreciate your experience with diagnosing both and how to improve his condition if it will be IBD. @Gill & George said that there is another way of diagnosing lymphome without biopsy.
Thank you all in advance,
Marina & Chico
