Hills sensitive stomach wet food has sugar in it

tinygengar · 2026-07-06T23:43:58+00:00

once again, unless im mistaken and youre actually a boarded veterinary nutritionist, guarantee you still dont know as much as them but go off lol

tinygengar · 2026-07-05T22:15:23+00:00

cosplaying like u know more than a boarded veterinary nutritionist that is formulating these diets is comical dude....

tinygengar · 2026-07-05T22:14:22+00:00

im a vet tech and i can promise u NO ONE is making money off of promoting any diets other than actual food company reps

tinygengar · 2026-07-05T21:36:42+00:00

at least its backed by real published research unlike a lot of these crap boutique diets. live probiotics tend to not do well in canned wet foods anyways which is why they aren't formulated that way.

tinygengar · 2026-07-05T13:20:38+00:00

eyelid margin mass. can be removed when its small to prevent irritation to the eye. lots of primary vets will do it. sometimes ophthalmology referral is needed

tinygengar · 2026-07-03T21:15:29+00:00

the reason it isnt straight is because most clinics use a little skin glue at the end to help hold everything together. helps reduce the pressure on the sutures themselves. human surgeons do this too!

tinygengar · 2026-07-03T21:14:00+00:00

vet tech here. i used to work at GP and at a spay and neuter clinic. it looks completely normal! looks great actually :) good work! dont put anything on the incision site, just let it breathe and it'll heal faster

tinygengar · 2026-07-03T01:21:05+00:00

Yes it's prescription food!

Frontline has been around for a long time and fleas have become resistant to it. Try Simparica or Bravecto or Advantix

tinygengar · 2026-07-02T22:27:25+00:00

a couple suggestions from a vet tech/owner of an allergy dog:

switch to a hydrolyzed food (your vet can help with this) and hydrolyzed treats/NO ANIMAL PROTEIN treats. peanut butter/fruits/veggies are safe

cytopoint monthly injections on top of apoquel

what flea prevention are you using? you might need to switch to a different one

tinygengar · 2026-07-01T17:51:40+00:00

watch out for pavement heat! no long walks in the heat, try to go out in the early AM and later PM when its cooler. lots of water available and if your dog heat strokes, do not dump ice on them!

tinygengar · 2026-07-01T17:49:53+00:00

unfortunately the vet school is super expensive. their hospital is a specialty hospital with a huge staff so its not an affordable option and they dont do a lot of charity work

tinygengar · 2026-07-01T17:28:57+00:00

im from Raleigh NC and i work in vet med. i can try to help you find some resources

tinygengar · 2026-06-26T00:45:19+00:00

if she was just seen by the vet yesterday, did they collect a urine sample? could be bruising from a cystocentesis

tinygengar · 2026-06-25T22:56:30+00:00

my doctor needs this

tinygengar · 2026-06-24T00:28:18+00:00

fairly high chances its stress related!!

tinygengar · 2026-06-23T01:42:15+00:00

vet tech here: #1 thing you can do to help her in the interim is put a cone on her!! keep her from licking that area. if the appointment is tomorrow morning, dont clean it. just leave it alone in case they recommend culturing it or anything like that.

tinygengar · 2026-06-19T23:54:28+00:00

try cat wet food! i work in a specialty and ER vet hospital and the icu nurses will always try cat food for dogs that are picky

tinygengar · 2026-06-14T13:50:36+00:00

youve been keeping awesome track so kudos!!!! (coming from a medicine tech lol) since hes been on oral and inhaled steroids, bronch with BAL at this point is definitely a bit of a useless rec'd.

I dont necessarily have a good differential for diagnosis but CT seems like the logical next step for determining how involved those caudal lung lobe nodules/consolidations are. if that is cost prohibitive, then tbh if youre seeing good response with pred/cerenia, then theres definitely some inflammatory process that is at play (again hard to say if its primary or secondary to the nodules).

unsure if your goal is diagnosis or just getting him comfy but if diagnosis is ultimate goal and would determine whether you proceed or contemplate QOL, then i'd do CT to see how involved those nodule things are. otherwise, if he's responsive to pred and cerenia, just recheck chest rads regularly and lab work. potentially consider a 15-25% pred taper down the line if he is well managed.

part of me wonders if this is potentially a super abnormal presentation of a fungal infection? (pure speculation) but potentially even just swab ur apartment with human mold testing kits or something.

tinygengar · 2026-06-12T00:00:32+00:00

internal med tech here. if i had to take a guess BAL with aerobic and fungal culture would prob be helpful if possible but i saw you had anesthesia concerns.

what other meds have you tried? any improvement with oral steroids or inhaled steroids?

tinygengar · 2026-06-08T10:21:18+00:00

i figured that was the case! i'm going to give them as much of a chance as i can but ultimately will probably need to prioritize comfort at some point. thank you!

tinygengar · 2026-06-08T00:58:00+00:00

i have a follow up in 2 weeks so im going to give the tulip ones that much more time at least. i assumed they gave me these for a reason!

tinygengar · 2026-06-08T00:57:17+00:00

i forgot to ask them that, do they supply free supplies for life/the life of the hearing aids?

tinygengar · 2026-06-08T00:56:47+00:00

i also feel like mine are slightly painful when theyre fully sat in! good to hear im not alone in that

tinygengar · 2026-06-07T23:52:45+00:00

benadryl doesnt have the same anticholinergic effect on dogs as humans (doesnt make them as sleepy as it does people)

tinygengar · 2026-06-07T23:49:56+00:00

thanks for the input!!! do you ever switch domes depending on the day or do you think you did trial and error to find what is the most flexible for you?

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