E.p.i.?

[gagsd]

I started my epi dog on enzymes before doing the panel. Weighing only 34 pounds, we didnt have a lot of "play around" time. She received a B12 shot as soon as blood was pulled for the folate test.
EnzymeDiane.com
If you end up not needing the extra enzymes, please consider donating them back to Diane. She and the EPI yahoo group help an awful lot of dogs.

[3dognite]

Yep, he's going to do all three of those tests. He's a great vet!

[3dognite]

Originally Posted by gagsd

I started my epi dog on enzymes before doing the panel. Weighing only 34 pounds, we didnt have a lot of "play around" time. She received a B12 shot as soon as blood was pulled for the folate test.
EnzymeDiane.com
If you end up not needing the extra enzymes, please consider donating them back to Diane. She and the EPI yahoo group help an awful lot of dogs.

Thank you, I'll keep that in mind for sure!

[tacticalseries]

Please help! My GSD puppy is 2 months old she had her last puppy shots today and she just fell asleep and I noticed these red looking sores on a few nipples anyone have any insight?


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[lzver]

You've gotten good advice so far. When we thought Jake had EPI back in the summer, the people at the epi4dogs forum were great! They have a lot of knowledge and experience there.

Sounds like your vet is running the TLi, Folate and B12 tests all at once which is good.

We had those 3 tests run in August and the vet said Jake didn't have EPI. The folks over at epi4dogs pointed out though that Jake's Folate levels were on the high side and to talk to our vet about SIBO and getting him put on the antibiotic Tylan. Turns out that was Jake's issue. He spent 2 months on Tylan and the improvement after just a couple days was amazing.

Good luck figuring out what is wrong with Rebel. After months and months of vet visits, tests and trying different foods, I was pretty desperate by the time we were running the EPI blood tests. Part of me almost wished he had it just so we had an answer as to what was wrong. At the end of the day, running the tests gave us an answer and fortunately he doesn't have EPI. Without being proactive and seeking out advice at epi4dogs, I'm not certain when we would have figured out what was wrong. I used to feel bad about going to the vet and asking about certain issues and asking for tests they didn't really think were necessary, but sometimes you need to be proactive and fight for an answer.

[3dognite]

Originally Posted by lzver

You've gotten good advice so far. When we thought Jake had EPI back in the summer, the people at the epi4dogs forum were great! They have a lot of knowledge and experience there.

Sounds like your vet is running the TLi, Folate and B12 tests all at once which is good.

We had those 3 tests run in August and the vet said Jake didn't have EPI. The folks over at epi4dogs pointed out though that Jake's Folate levels were on the high side and to talk to our vet about SIBO and getting him put on the antibiotic Tylan. Turns out that was Jake's issue. He spent 2 months on Tylan and the improvement after just a couple days was amazing.

Good luck figuring out what is wrong with Rebel. After months and months of vet visits, tests and trying different foods, I was pretty desperate by the time we were running the EPI blood tests. Part of me almost wished he had it just so we had an answer as to what was wrong. At the end of the day, running the tests gave us an answer and fortunately he doesn't have EPI. Without being proactive and seeking out advice at epi4dogs, I'm not certain when we would have figured out what was wrong. I used to feel bad about going to the vet and asking about certain issues and asking for tests they didn't really think were necessary, but sometimes you need to be proactive and fight for an answer.

Thanks...thankfully having been here on this forum for a while and seeing some of the posts, I may have by-passed a ton of the testing some have gone through. I just feel sick that I have to wait til Tuesday to get the testing done. For sure we're looking at SIBO as a possible problem--and one of the people on the epi4dogs site said that she thought that might be his only problem. But the testing should tell the tale.

I did order some of the enzymes, just a sample for now and luckily if he needs b12 shots, my sister in law is good at giving dog shots since they run a Shorthair kennel--AND she's a nurse in her "real" job.