Hey all, I am Dee from Arkansas my Basenji Stormy Ifound out has the fanconi disease. i figured she did when i noticed her drinking alot of water last month. I took her to the vet and he has two of them I had not been to the vet for her except for her shots once a year. But I am on ss and no money to spare but I took her in and told him up front what was wrong and what she had been doing and right away he knew what she had and I told him I just wanted to make sure and that I had no money for all the tests. So I left came home and cried and gues I am watching her die, but she plays runs and pees all the time and she stays out alot with my St. Bernard except at nite and some during the day. So what do I give her feed her to help her live longer, any suggestions I would appreciate.
Try giving him a good tasty drink immediately after his meal Mine are not drinkers (and in many years I've never had a Basenji that is) so I weakly flavour water with meat juice, veg water and actually anything tasty left over and they each have approximately third of a pint as a 'dessert' after their main meal.
Ah yes, the flavored water trick. Last night I put some cut up chicken breast in a bowl, added some water and stirred for flavor and down it went. I got a copy of the urine analysis and it said PH was 8.5, trace amount of protein and Amorphous Phosphate Crystals 2-3. I just collected another sample today and it's yellow cloudy. Not red or pink.
