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« on: August 23, 2007, 03:12:17 am »
This is what I did when Tonka was diagnosed with IBD, the vet told me she really did not want to put Tonka on meds as she was 10 mos old and asked me if I wanted to do some research, and that I did, I literally looked up everything on IBD imaginable, printed off stacks of papers on foods/treatments and everything. We have been on Pinnacle Duck and Potato for over a year and the only thing she has to take is Pepcid every now and again. It is from Breeders Choice, I swear by it, she could not even tolerate prescription diets and I spent $$$$$ on them. I would give Pinnacle a shot, it never hurts to try, also when you switch you have to do it COLD TURKEY, start with very little food more often, like 1/2 cup then every 2-3 days increase until you get to the amount you will be feeding, it is very very important not to mix the foods of the dog can become intolerant to the new food. This happened to me several times. I found that since Tonka and Nala live together to have them on the same food so we did not have any accidents of Tonka getting Nala's food. The best advice I can give you is to look up SIBO and pick foods out and take the information on the foods to your vet, it could be that your baby may not need medicine if given the correct diet. Sending Malahugs and Malakisses to you for good luck.