Thank you, please do ask her. Lucy won't eat her raw now anyway, so is on i/d, which she will eat, which is the prescription food for ibd. ironically, it is giving her loose bowels. her ibd does not do well on the prescription diet. which worries me. However, this diet is specially formulated for pancreatitis as well, and I think the raw may be bad for it-- the pancreatitis diet is supposed to be low in protein and fat and high in carbs, and the raw diet is obviously not that. So in that respect I figure it may be just as well she wants the i/d, even if it upsets her bowels, in case she has pancreas problems. Belinda, do you know what kind of cancer the pancreatic cancer was? Was it a sarcoma, adenocarcinoma, lymphoma, etc.? I ask because they are treated differently and I am considering whether to push for higher steroids, acemannan, or both. Thanks, Michelle In a message dated 1/20/2007 12:54:16 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A friend of mine whose kitty would have pancreatitis attacks frequently but not so much now that they have figured out what works for her, gives her cat higher doses of prednisolone when she has an attack, this cat has been on prednisolone for many years because of it (over 7 years I think). She just had an eposide about 6 months ago that presented differently and they took her in and did over 600 dollars in tests that were basically inconclusive, so my friend decided to up her pred and guess what it cleared up. They were almost considering euthanizing her because she was so miserable, but the higher pred took care of it so it was a pnacreatitis attack same as before. I think this kitty is about 15 or 16 years old. She keeps her on a higher dose of pred when she is having an attack and when she is over it weans her very slowly down to a maintenance dose. I can talk to her and find out what food she eats. She has a lot of, in fact almost all of her cats are special needs. They all have special diets, and many are on various medications. I'll try and get a hold of her tomorrow and ask her about it. Bailey was also on the raw diet when he got sick, I don't know if that had anything to do with it or not, I do know he got quite plump on the raw and was eating really good until he got sick.
