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  • @pedro:

    Tanza!!! A dr.keller called me from the ofa office, explaineing it more to me!!. I understand it more now!!!!.

    That's great for you… again, I am not sure why they changed the wording, but still means that according to his DNA he is at risk to develop Fanconi. I hope that it never happens, but at least you will be prepared

  • thanks to all of u guys and tanza your websie helped alot too!!. u guys are soooo da~` cool i wish u guys all the best and thanks for helping to not make a very big bad mistake on breeding him!, that would have been a nightmare for me!!!!. thanks everyone!.

  • i have one question for u all! my boy will not eat unless he sees me eat !, how can i get him to eat without have to eat something!!!!!!?????? i have no idea why he does this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????

  • @pedro:

    i have one question for u all! my boy will not eat unless he sees me eat !, how can i get him to eat without have to eat something!!!!!!?????? i have no idea why he does this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????

    He will eat when he is hungry… they will not stave themselves.... put his food down, leave for 15/20 minutes tops and then pick it up... no food till the next regular meal time... tough love... eat or not.... his choice

  • k thks i'll try that!!.

  • hay there can you guys try and find out what kinds and how much it coast on a mothly basis for the fanconi med's i couldnt get on the yahoo site!. i have to go to the pet shop tomarrow afternoon. and i need to try and get this information so i can get them to pay for it!!. i'm still trying to find out what meds and prices a month for him!!.

  • The sodium bicarb, which is the most critical, runs about $12 - $15 per 1000 tablets. I used Doc Roy's Daily Care Extra Vitamins from Revival Animal Health as my kids didn't like the Pet Tab Plus. They were $21.95 for 180 tabs. For the Pet Cal, you can use Dicalcium Phosphate powder instead- a 5 lb container lasts forever… The Centrum Silver - just see what your local WalMart or Target sells it for. Probably the most expensive item is the Amino Fuel. Not sure what it's running now, you can check at GNC or other place that carries health foods.

    Contact Cheryl Silver to see about joining the Yahoo group - I will send you her e-mail address in a private message.

    Terry
    Terry

  • hi terry how can we do a private conversation?.

  • terri where would i get the sodium bicarb,pet cal dicalcuim phosphate, and the amino fuel stuff!!.

  • terri how much does it cost you a month for medication !? could you please talk to her and find out for me , i have to go to my daughters basket ball game for and with the handycap kids!!. ya, she's handycap with c.p and leg perthes!!. it would help me alot to know the monthly coast of meds for this before i go to the pet shop today to see if i get 1/2 or all my money back!!. i'll let you guys all know tonight about 8p.m.! thks.

  • hi is there anyone that can tell me how much it coast a month for the medicine for a fanconi infected basenji!??.

  • It varies from dog to dog depending on what its blood gas results are.

  • Aren't the blood gasses the most expensive part of the expenses re to fanoni?

  • If you use the estimates from the article the medication is about $60/month. Blood gases are $100 per test which is done every 6 months so that would be another 16.67 a month if you are saving up for it. Making the monthly costs around $76.67 provided you don't end up with something like a UTI which can easily add another $100-$200 for the month.

  • @lvoss:

    If you use the estimates from the article the medication is about $60/month. Blood gases are $100 per test which is done every 6 months so that would be another 16.67 a month if you are saving up for it. Making the monthly costs around $76.67 provided you don't end up with something like a UTI which can easily add another $100-$200 for the month.

    I think that general blood work is a good thing to do also, at least every six months to see how the internal organs are doing (liver,kidneys, etc)

  • how much would a ut test cost?

  • is the blood gasses the same as a general blood work?.

  • tanza would i have to do a urine test every month!??>

  • General blood work is separate from blood gases and costs an additional $100. Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) costs between $100-$200 depending on the antibiotic costs. Fanconi dogs are prone to urinary tract infections due to the sugar in their urine. You may run frequent urinalysis but it would be due to the infections causes by the sugar in the urine not to test the urine for sugar.

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