"Susan" > wrote in message
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> x-no-arcahive: yes
>
> On 8/23/2011 9:39 AM, Storrmmee wrote:
>> the dog is better for it, and the yolks help with hairballs in cats,
>> Lee
>
> Speaking of cats, puke and hairballs...
>
> I've posted in the past about Jasper's water gulping and increasing
> puke fests, which would diminish each time I changed food, then
> resume, finally resulting in bright pink water puddles of puke, about
> a 25% sudden weight loss and a home visit by a vet who insists he be
> sedated before she ever tries to examine him again (he's very anxiety
> ridden and gets aggressive when he's scared/threatened in any way).
>
> Rather than image him for possible cancer, she did blood testing
> (everything perfect, despite one enlarged kidney and his health issue)
> and decided to treat him with a very restricted ingredient rx diet for
> presumed food allergy/inflammatory bowel disease. It's still high
> protein, grain free, and the proteins are limited to rabbit and pea
> since those are most unlike to foods they've had in the past.

If there has been some kind of inflammatory thing happening then he
should respond to probiotics. Sometimes people (and presumably animals)
take a very long time, sometimes never, to get over the effects of
inflammation and be able to eat without pain, vomiting and general
discomfort. Every so often I get 24 hour tummy bugs and before using
probiotics after these events I would be in pain and vomit after certain
foods for weeks. Some people say taking probiotics all the time can
actually prevent you from catching stomach bugs in the first place but I
can't afford to stay on them permanently.