Pancreatitis With Red Meat, Is Kangaroo An Alternative?

[Kajtek]

kangaroo meat did not work for my babe

[sllebasi]

thanks again for the info. Naturally I would never do anything intentionally to harm my dog. It looks like I might have to do some more work, felt like I was on the right track keeping food diary and monitoring and changing the diet.

[*Avanti*]

Hi sllebasi, I'll share my experience but as persephone said, every dog is different and I am still not sure what is best for dog. One of my Labradors had pancreatitis last year and we put her on a diet of cooked, diced kangaroo (I wasn't sure about parasite issues so I cooked it and also removed any fat - which was hardly any).

After 6 months on the kangaroo diet she started losing weight and was diagnosed with kidney failure. She has been on Royal Canine Renal diet ever since and has returned to a good healthy weight and so far been a happy dog. I'm not suggesting this diet of course, but to say, though the cause is not certain she did develop kidney problems after a kangaroo diet. I do worry about the pancreatitis returning though. She also has grass allergy issues (the kangaroo diet was also part of an elimination diet for her allergies).

I wish you well in finding a workable diet, you might be better to give her chicken breasts.

edited to add more

Edited August 14, 2010 by LabTested

[sllebasi]

thanks for that, am thinking will stick to chicken and fish as well as rice, and veges which seems to be working well with her. i make her own treats for her like all bran muffins and oat cookies, frozen bananas are another treat, but i was just looking for something else and making sure that it was as well rounded a diet i could get. was a little worried about lack of iron, but will start giving her an egg a week and i have just remembered she gets a fair bit of spinach so perhaps i should stop worrying so much. has started limping in last three weeks but am thinking she has hurt herself jumping as she is pretty much back to normal now - am loving the fish oil and flaxseed oil and so does she.