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Pepsi was dx almost a year ago (7-23-07) with Addison's Disease, and at that time she
weighed 78 lbs (under weight). After DX and meds, She slowly climbed up and up and up. Now she's at
105 and the vet wants her at 95lbs TOPS. The reason this is so
important is that she has sores in her vulva area that just will not
go away. The vet thinks if she loses weight the skin flaps in that
area will shrink and they will not rub together so much.
For about the past 4-5 months Pepsi has been on the Science Diet R/D
Diet food, and has only lost 2 lbs. I do mix 1/2 a can of a non-
diet brand food with her dry in the morning and 1/2 a can at night.
Her primary diet, though, was the R/D. I recently stopped feeding
her the R/D because it is known to contain a bunch of "not so good"
ingredients and it wasn't doing anything anyway. Does anyone have
suggestions on weight loss? I am also considering lowering her
daily prednisone dose, but I am also looking for good foods to help control weight. (I am open to both commercial and home cooked foods)
Oh, and I did feed Pepsi the Addison's Disease Diet from Monica
Segal for a while. I am really not sure if that has anything to do
with the weight gain or not. I am not sure if I am allowed to post
what the diet contains, but if anyone is familiar, maybe you will
know.
I would say she is moderately active. We go for a minimum of 2
walks per day, and she does have a fenced back yard where she will
occassionally run around chasing squirells and barking at other dogs
that go by. Since it's been so warm out (and she's always so hot
anyway) we really can not walk for more then a mile at a time.
I am very dedicated and just want to do something that works - we will stick with a plan - but we need a plan!
Here's her medications, which could be part of the cause, but I really need to figure out some way to get her weight down.
1.25 Percorten 28 Days
1 MG Pred a day
1 MG Estradiol a week
Thank you!!
Pepsi was dx almost a year ago (7-23-07) with Addison's Disease, and at that time she
weighed 78 lbs (under weight). After DX and meds, She slowly climbed up and up and up. Now she's at
105 and the vet wants her at 95lbs TOPS. The reason this is so
important is that she has sores in her vulva area that just will not
go away. The vet thinks if she loses weight the skin flaps in that
area will shrink and they will not rub together so much.
For about the past 4-5 months Pepsi has been on the Science Diet R/D
Diet food, and has only lost 2 lbs. I do mix 1/2 a can of a non-
diet brand food with her dry in the morning and 1/2 a can at night.
Her primary diet, though, was the R/D. I recently stopped feeding
her the R/D because it is known to contain a bunch of "not so good"
ingredients and it wasn't doing anything anyway. Does anyone have
suggestions on weight loss? I am also considering lowering her
daily prednisone dose, but I am also looking for good foods to help control weight. (I am open to both commercial and home cooked foods)
Oh, and I did feed Pepsi the Addison's Disease Diet from Monica
Segal for a while. I am really not sure if that has anything to do
with the weight gain or not. I am not sure if I am allowed to post
what the diet contains, but if anyone is familiar, maybe you will
know.
I would say she is moderately active. We go for a minimum of 2
walks per day, and she does have a fenced back yard where she will
occassionally run around chasing squirells and barking at other dogs
that go by. Since it's been so warm out (and she's always so hot
anyway) we really can not walk for more then a mile at a time.
I am very dedicated and just want to do something that works - we will stick with a plan - but we need a plan!
Here's her medications, which could be part of the cause, but I really need to figure out some way to get her weight down.
1.25 Percorten 28 Days
1 MG Pred a day
1 MG Estradiol a week
Thank you!!