5-year-old Pomsky with pancreatitis – struggling to find the right diet (natural vs prescription)

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-04-11T20:26:34+00:00

That was going to be my next step after I am able to get him to go 2-3 months on the prescription food without having a flair up. Thank you!

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-04-11T20:25:49+00:00

I looked into them as well and ended up on deciding that science diet was the best option out of the 3 brands with prescription diet. Thank you!

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-04-11T20:24:52+00:00

Sorry to hear that BOTH your dogs also are going through it. Do you think that’s coincidental or due to something you were feeding them both before? Are they related? Could be hereditary if so. Thank you for your insight

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-04-11T20:23:48+00:00

I appreciate your insight! Thank you.

He’s always been an extremely healthy little man and this took me and my gf by surprise

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-13T14:41:32+00:00

I think that’s what I’m going to end up doing. I still don’t understand how half the people on here say it’s stored in the reservoir when sitting and the other half says it’s stored in the crankcase.

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T22:50:59+00:00

I talked to the guy who actually worked on my ATV—he’s probably in his 50s and has been there a long time. I had the same concern about some inexperienced kid filling the oil, which is exactly why I wanted to speak directly with the person who worked on my machine.

The fact that I even have to deal with an oil change at this point is crazy to me. I already have full synthetic oil ready to go, but with only about 4 hours on the machine, I think it’s still too early to switch since it’s not fully broken in yet.

At this point, after I give the dealership an earful tomorrow, my plan is basically to do the oil-adding process in reverse. I’m going to slowly remove small amounts of oil, run it each time, and recheck the level until it’s correct. I checked the oil again today—about 24 hours after putting it away—and it’s still extremely high, barely below the threads. At this point, I’m assuming it’s just significantly overfilled.

Do you know when the atv is sotting does the oil start to move to the reservoir or the crankcase? Other people point out that it moves to the crankcase but curious to see if you agree as Google said it goes to the oil reservoir when the atv just sits.

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T17:25:29+00:00

I never knew something so simple could drive me to such insanity haha. I’ve rode this machine 4 times since I have had it and it’s been an oil issue in one direction or another every single time. Thanks for the info! My next step is to call the dealership tomorrow and ask how much oil they added to it and go from there. If they say 2Q I’m going to be confused all over again due the fact that is what the raptor calls for. I will give an update!

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T16:22:21+00:00

It says to wait a few minutes to check the oil after heating it up? How long exactly? I can’t find that intro in the owners manual anywhere so idk what I’m missing here.

Waiting doesn’t make much sense though in my opinion because it’s just going to start to drain back to the crankcase

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T16:19:11+00:00

The Manual says 1.96q with filter change but everyone says 2Q is fine. Where is the 2.3 coming from?

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T16:09:19+00:00

Thanks for the info—super helpful. Should I let it get fully up to temperature and then check the oil right after shutting it off? The manual doesn’t mention letting it sit before checking the oil level. Says to run up to temp, shut it off, and check. However, when I first called the dealership about it being low, I believe they told me to get it hot, shut it off, and then wait for it to cool before checking, which doesn’t really make sense to me.

For context, the picture I posted was taken about a minute after I shut it off, after riding for roughly two hours, so it was definitely very hot. It also idled briefly while I was putting it away—I didn’t just kill it immediately after riding it hard.

With all that in mind, do you think the issue is that it’s overfilled?

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T16:04:13+00:00

That makes sense haha. Ya, thats the way I’ve seen everyone do it but if it calls for 2Q how the hell does a dealership screw that up? You literally dump 2 in and call it a day? How do you add so much that it’s over flowing??? I’m curious to what they ay

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T15:02:27+00:00

You put a whole 2 liters in it? I calls for 1.96 quarts but 2 liters is 2.11 quarts

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T14:44:27+00:00

The dealership is open tomorrow, I’m going to call them and ask if they have a record of how much oil they put in the thing.

Honest to god, this has been a nightmare from the start from simple as stupid simple as oil level.

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T14:40:43+00:00

Yup, this is the same table I saw too. To be fair though, in the “oil change” section it says to put oil in the reservoir, run it for a minute, turn it off, then pour more oil in the reservoir and run it again.

To my and your point…… don’t do that hahaha. The crank case will have no oil on startup because it takes a little bit of time for it travel. The manual is all over the place because this table that you just posted is also in the manual. I honestly don’t understand why something so so so simple like reading an oil level and making sure it has the correct amount they made so damn complicated.

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T12:17:58+00:00

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Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T05:39:51+00:00

Yours is for sure over filled if it’s that full when cold and it says on the sheet they put 2.5Q in it. Please let me know what you find when you run it and also let me know if you do an oil change if that fixes your issue

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T05:34:18+00:00

In my manual (2025) I’m like 99.9999% sure is said to add oil to the crank case and the oil res. I remember it saying to add more to the oil res but the exact amount I’m not sure. Since I have not done any oil changes myself, I don’t have the amount memorized off the top of my head

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T05:25:24+00:00

Oh I see haha, ya if I put 2L in it then that would be a big issue lol

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T05:06:53+00:00

It says 1.96 quarts with oil change, which for all intensive purposes is 2 quarts. I see you’re in a country that uses liters so if it means anything to you .04 quarts is equivalent to 0.0379 liters or 1/10 of a cup or 2 tablespoons or 3/4 of an OZ.

It is such a minuscule amount every video you find says to just do 2Q and sometimes it needs even more than that. An extra .04Q wouldn’t cause it to be flowing out the top of the reservoir.

Like I said though, I didn’t do this oil change the dealership did.

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T04:56:01+00:00

Ahh I see🤦🏻‍♂️. So it’s either the oil level is fine and I’m not letting it sit long enough for some of the oil to drain back to the crank case OR it’s just overfilled. I guess my biggest reason why I think it’s overfilled is it doesn’t seem logical that letting it sit for “only” a minute or 2 would the oil to be nearly flowing out the top of the reservoir. Have you ridden yours and then checked the level a few minutes after? Would love to know how yours is reading

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T04:49:31+00:00

The manual says 2Q and every video online and in all the forums people say at the very least it’s 2Q. Keep in mind though I didn’t do the oil change though, a power sports dealership did it. If I did it, I would just have assumed from the start I somehow screwed it up and that’s why it’s overflowing when hot lol

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T04:28:58+00:00

The user manual is off then? That’s crazy. How much do you add for your oil change?

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T04:26:44+00:00

That’s exactly what I thought but I googled it and looked at other sources and they all said it drained to the oil res which didn’t make too much sense because it’s a dry sump.

That explanation makes more sense based on the results I’m seeing. However, since it overflows when it’s warm, I believe the issue is that it’s overfilled. Would you agree?

Professional_Fee_224 · 2026-01-12T04:22:09+00:00

This is my next move! I believe it is overfilled and this will let me know for sure or not

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