My border terrier is 12 months old. 4 weeks ago, he was vomiting badly and was unwell - he eventually threw up what looked like little beads of clotted blood the size of sesame seeds. Vet found he had lost 0.4kg since his last check up (he was 7.2kg in November and had dropped to 6.8kg), diagnosed a possible food intolerance or IBD, and put him on a 6 week elimination diet. I was weaning him onto Hills ZD when I let him have some roast chicken (because I'm an idiot and assumed chicken would be fine), and that made him very ill - he spent a night in the hospital on fluids. He recovered but hated the Hills, so I tried to transition him to Royal Canin Hypoallergenic, but that gave him terrible yellow diarrhoea and he dropped a little more weight.
He's been back on 4 meals a day of pure Hills ZD (dry mixed with wet) for 10 days, he's filled out a bit and stools are back to normal, but he's still vomiting and shows signs of cramping (praying/posturing after a gurgly stomach) - he repeatedly vomits up a large volume of food early evening, but is otherwise fine and seems to still want to eat. He is occasionally nauseous in the mornings and throws up froth.
Tonight he's just done it again - thrown up what he's eaten today, but seems hungry and otherwise well.
It can't be a food allergy if he's still vomiting on the hydrolysed diet can it? The vets have made noises about doing blood tests for vit B12 and folates to start the process of investigating inflammatory bowel disease, but they seem fairly casual about it and wanted to give him more time on the diet. He does 2 - 3 firm stools a day, no blood (and no blood in vomit since the first time).
I'm at a loss, they are reluctant to do more than blood tests and leave him eating hydrolysed protein, but he's vomiting every other day virtually?
Any experiences of IBD effecting the stomach rather than lower intestine?
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Dog still vomiting on elimination diet?
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CarinaMarina · 17/01/2021 20:47
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