Getting weight on pancreatitis patient

Re: Getting weight on pancreatitis patient

Sal the 1st — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:02:22 GMT

yes the vet I mentioned earlier used to use Chappie with 'Dinx' it was only because he became so picky and refused to eat she used the other recipes

Re: Getting weight on pancreatitis patient

loobylou — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:59:33 GMT

One of our vets recommends chappie for pancreatitis cases. For a cheap food its actually pretty good stuff!

Re: Getting weight on pancreatitis patient

Caro Laithwaite VN — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:56:21 GMT

Do you use chappie?My Poca used to get bad pancreatitis and had a heart murmur and also kidney problems but was happy on chappie lived to about 18 and to be honest if she was happy on chappie it may not have been a fancy sript diet but it worked.

Chappie never gave her a bout of pancreatitis.

Re: Getting weight on pancreatitis patient

Sal the 1st — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:35:18 GMT

dont know if this will help or not - and would run this past your vet before you try it.

One vet I used to work with had a very elderly tiny JRT . Very picky eater and went off dog food, dog was about 16yrs old from what I recall, had liver problems, stonking heart murmur and suffered from occ pancreatitis. I know she spoke to somebody at Cambridge vet school about him and the result was he used to eat things like tuna and rice or chicken and pasta, if he was being really picky he used to like the little mini frankfurters ( low fat /low salt ones) and used to sometimes eat cottage cheese (again very low fat), but didnt get any cottage cheese when his pancreatitis was acting up. She also used mashed potato, sometimes small amount of scrambled egg (no fat done in microwave) and cooked rabbit . Obviously when she could get him to eat it would use i/d but more often than not he was an awkward little bugger. She used to give him ?canovel or vionate as well to make sure he wasnt vit /mineral deficient

Hope this helps

Re: Getting weight on pancreatitis patient

Fleabee99 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:45:33 GMT

chicken and pasta mMmMmMmMm

Re: Getting weight on pancreatitis patient

Maisy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:43:45 GMT

Pasta maybe? Pretty mild but should still help with getting some weight on him. Hope he does okay