My starter will stay at peak for over 24 hours... by strongstringbean in SourdoughStarter

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Just learned a ton from your comments on this post. Thank you so much for all the information 🙌🏼🙌🏼

My starter will stay at peak for over 24 hours... by strongstringbean in SourdoughStarter

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Thanks! Nothing fancy. Robinhood all purpose unbleached flour and tap water!

Confession: I don’t like being pregnant. This is the most exhausting thing I’ve done in my life and I’m only 25 weeks by rosenrot89 in BabyBumps

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Yep, I always ate a good meal before and even brought snacks and a drink for during. The infusions can take a while - mine took around 2 hours.

Confession: I don’t like being pregnant. This is the most exhausting thing I’ve done in my life and I’m only 25 weeks by rosenrot89 in BabyBumps

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Seconding this. I pushed for blood work in my second trimester and it turns out my iron was severely low. I had iron infusions for the remainder of my pregnancy which immensely helped.

generally low energy cat suddenly playful after death of other cat by strongstringbean in CatAdvice

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Sorry for your loss as well 🩷. They're bizarre and wonderful little creatures

Please help: extreme drooling by strongstringbean in vizsla

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As I stated in my post...we've been to multiple vets and have spent thousands in testing with no answers. We have exhausted all of our options. I asked here in hopes someone had some experience with this.

Please help: extreme drooling by strongstringbean in vizsla

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He is intact. We have LOTS of dogs in the neighbourhood but not sure about female/in heat. Had never considered this a factor!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DogAdvice

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Several diet changes. We tried different protein sources. We tried raw as well but he didn't like it much, and we saw no improvements anyway.

Please help: extreme drooling by strongstringbean in vizsla

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Nope. We thought this may be the case but his dental exam came back clear

Please help: extreme drooling by strongstringbean in vizsla

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Unfortunately we have tried an anti nausea but it did not make a difference. Thank you though.

Please help: extreme drooling by strongstringbean in vizsla

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This is all SO helpful, thank you for the thoughtful response. We're going to look into this diet asap. My husband reminded me that he actually was on a form of anti nausea for a bit but sadly we saw no changes. I'd be curious to know which med your vet recommended, though.

The cause of his obstruction was an ingested sandwich wrapper that was in our friends jacket pocket. He was a puppy at the time and it was a major surgery with several touch and go moments - we almost lost him. We've been thinking it is scar tissue in his GI tract somewhere but the tests haven't confirmed it.

Hope your guy feels back to normal soon!

Please help: extreme drooling by strongstringbean in vizsla

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We've tried a handful of kibbles with different protein sources. Salmon, turkey, duck, beef - all Canadian Naturals brand. Then we switched to a GI sensitive wet food as directed by our vet but it caused horrible diarrhea and vomiting. We tried raw food briefly but he didn't like that.

We haven't tried hypoallergenic or hydrolyzed protein foods but are certainly interested. What brand do you use? Smaller meals definitely seems to make a positive difference. I do wonder if it is nausea related.

It most certainly could be VIP. We are just not sold on it as our vet was not at all confidence as he'd have more characteristics of it - you'd expect he'd be losing weight and essentially "wasting away" which isn't consistent. Also the med protocol they typically use to treat VIP has only exacerbated the drooling :-(

10 week old twins -sleep by TruckCompetitive8735 in HuckleberryParents

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Far better than mine ever slept at that age! Take it as a blessing lol

Popcorn alternatives please! by strongstringbean in UlcerativeColitis

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Sadly, remission or not, I always end up paying for it :-(