My dog just got over a few weeks of kidney trouble. He was drinking large volumes of water, frequently urinating in large volumes and the specific gravity of his urine was measured to be 1.009. (I understand that normally it would be about 1.035.)Various tests for bacterial agents proved to be negative; it was unclear what might be causing his diabetes insipidus.
Because he was in 'stage 2' renal failure, however, our veterinary recommended that we switch to food that is low in protein and phosphorus to reduce the load on his kidneys. She supplied us with a quantity of prescription diet based on duck.
Within about a day my dog no longer displayed any heightened thirst or need for frequent urination. Beyond that, his specific gravity is now 1.027.
I mention all this because the main change we made was from 'Performatrin natural Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Formula Adult Nutrition' to a product from Medical.
Has anyone else happened to have had similar experience with a recent batch of this product from 'Performatrin'? It is labelled 11:55 BB 24/12/11 (which we take to be a 'best before' date).
Thank you.
On Friday, February 18, 2011 at 4:00:52 PM UTC-5, Bill Bell wrote:
My dog just got over a few weeks of kidney trouble. He was drinking
large volumes of water, frequently urinating in large volumes and
the specific gravity of his urine was measured to be 1.009. (I
understand that normally it would be about 1.035.) Various tests
for bacterial agents proved to be negative; it was unclear what
might be causing his diabetes insipidus.
Because he was in 'stage 2' renal failure, however, our veterinary recommended that we switch to food that is low in protein and
phosphorus to reduce the load on his kidneys. She supplied us with
a quantity of prescription diet based on duck.
Within about a day my dog no longer displayed any heightened thirst
or need for frequent urination. Beyond that, his specific gravity
is now 1.027.
I mention all this because the main change we made was from
'Performatrin natural Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Formula Adult
Nutrition' to a product from Medical.
Has anyone else happened to have had similar experience with a
recent batch of this product from 'Performatrin'? It is labelled
11:55 BB 24/12/11 (which we take to be a 'best before' date).
Thank you.
My dog had Performatrin Senior and broke out in an allergic rash.Lost
a lot of fur. Odds are there was Round up in the corn that was in it
as well. Never again will I ever give that to a dog. The only other
time he was ever sick was from Advantage multi. He is chemical
sensitive. He only had about 10 pounds or maybe a bit more when he
broke out all over.
My dog just got over a few weeks of kidney trouble. He was drinking large volumes of water, frequently urinating in large volumes and the specific gravity of his urine was measured to be 1.009. (I understand that normally it would be about 1.035.)Various tests for bacterial agents proved to be negative; it was unclear what might be causing his diabetes insipidus.
Because he was in 'stage 2' renal failure, however, our veterinary recommended that we switch to food that is low in protein and phosphorus to reduce the load on his kidneys. She supplied us with a quantity of prescription diet based on duck.
Within about a day my dog no longer displayed any heightened thirst or need for frequent urination. Beyond that, his specific gravity is now 1.027.
I mention all this because the main change we made was from 'Performatrin natural Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Formula Adult Nutrition' to a product from Medical.
Has anyone else happened to have had similar experience with a recent batch of this product from 'Performatrin'? It is labelled 11:55 BB 24/12/11 (which we take to be a 'best before' date).
Thank you.
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