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something for the person, for when the chi goes home, is to buy a smaller bowl. Maybe get her to feed twice a day but lots of carrot, pumpkin, bit of bran etc. And see if you can get her to give lower fat treats (rather than half of her own biscuit). There are a range of low fat treats around. The other thing (that works with some people) is to look at the % of food intake compared to body weight. Once that is put against their own ratio it can be easier to see exactly *how* much they are feeding too much. Good luck storm

Hello My little girl was exposed to chicken jerky treats from china for about 3-6 months last year and got very sick. ..... I only started her on the herbs on saturday. I'm not saying this will help your girl as i'm not a vet but if surgery can be avoided i'm all for it! Keep me updated and i would seriously ask about alternative treatment if you have time on your side. Cheers Kris with Miss Lizzy ___________________________ Thanks for that Kris, I know the vet you are talking about. They are actually only a couple of suburbs away from me. I was pretty keen to go for the surgery because the illness came on so suddenly - left for work and she was a bit flat, came home and she was nearly dead. I felt I couldn't risk another occasion of illness that sudden. anyway, so Maddy had the surgery Tuesday last. She recovered incredibly quickly, helped I suspect, by her very stiff back which meant she can not get to the stitches. Stitches out on Friday - healed up nicely We are still on a fat-reduced diet and have in a week some more blood work scheduled to see how her liver is coping. Hopefully then we can go to a more normal diet. In the mean time she is enjoying have 4 meals a day, instead of 2. How is Miss Lizzy responding to her herbs? thanks storm

Hi Lizzy I'm late for work but can you tell me what lead you to the ultrasound and what sort of treatments you are looking at? I haven't looked at not removing the gallbladder - everything is happening so quickly. Maddy got sick last Monday - in the morning she didn't finish her breakfast, when I came home she had collapsed and was up to the vet - on a drip with loads of abs, plasma etc, unable to do anything for her self. She's responded so well to the treatment that it looks like a bacterial infection. I like to research my options before hand but there hasn't been any time with this one so I am really interested in your experience. thanks storm

Thanks for that. My vet is very keen on pain relief so there will be plenty of that going on :-) I want to have a fentanyl patch too - it's only fair. Last week she had a peracute infection that was located in the gallbladder - I nearly lost her and am keen to avoid that happening again. I hope the vet is being cautious with the amount of time in hosp. They usually let me spend a couple of hours with her each day she is in there so I should be able to tell when she is ready to come home.

Depending on how much money you can spend, and where you are, is it worth taking an x-ray to confirm dx? Is the vet suggesting that the dog is urinating in bed because he can't get up, doesn't want to get up, or don't know that he needs to get up? Is it worth trying for a neuro consult?

Maddy, my ACDx had an acute gall bladder infection last Monday. She is now stabilised and home for some R and R. Next Tuesday the plan is to remove the gallbladder. I understand it's a big operation and the vet has told me that Maddy will need to be in hospital for 2 - 5 days after the op. I did a search on other topics and couldn't find anything. There appears to be very little on line so I suspect it is not a common procedure. I'm interested in other peoples' experiences so I can have some ideas of what might happen post op. thanks storm