It's not unknown for us every now and then!

Both are very well this morning which is great news.

Thank you, Fran. It was good to have the support here when things were looking a bit dubious. I'll post updates from time to time.

Mike

Thanks, Patty. Yes, Poppy is, in herself, pretty much back to normal this morning but minus the drain! There's no sign of it whatsoever so we'll be scrutinising Rosie's little piles for signs of what happened to it!!! Fortunately the vet was amused…

Thank you, K Rass & Shelley, for your kind responses.

Will do, Vicki, thanks!

Meanwhile our attention has shifted to Poppy, our Dane bitch, who woke up today with an abscess on one of her anal glands. Very uncomfortable for her and a temp of 106. Now lanced and she has two drains in until Thursday but she's a little happier now…

At last, some real progress!

Rosie is putting on weight and improving day by day.

While no clear diagnosis has been forthcoming she is responding to the drugs often prescribed for IPSID and similar conditions and so we are hoping the progress continues, though she may have to be on them for an extended period if not permanently.

Here's a link to one reference I found online which appears most relevant to her:

http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:Zro42h38DOYJ:www.2ndchance.info/inflambowel.htm+basenji+%22metronidazole%22&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

Mike

Is that also why I've always done my own thing?!

"As I stopped to take in my familiar view across to the rounded green hills on the other
side of the valley, I noticed, out of the corner of my eye, a small black, brown and
white streak carving out an arc through the rippling green shag-pile carpet which
stretched out and fell away in front of me. Did Basenjis ever run in
straight lines, I wondered?"

They are very different, aren't they?

I don't do giving up! Will take a look at Animal Health products; thanks!

Patty, Rosie (& Bing) had a bug last year which gave them diarrhoea as a result of which they both lost weight. Rosie pretty much recovered and put back on most of her weight after a course of antbiotics. Bing didn't but because of his other problems (hypoparathyroidism) he eventually had to be put to sleep.

Rosie's current weight loss began not long after we lost Bing, prompting us to wonder whether his loss was affecting her.

She is now thinner than she ever was last year: our vet has a suspicion she might have a tumour though her white blood cell count was normal.

So we persist, ever vigilant for signs she might have had enough but she continues to eat though switching her likes with the wind!

Umm.. Yes, thanks for the puppy suggestion but I think I'll stick to giving her food she likes!

She ate her biggest meal for a while last night (muesli + raw beef mince). So while we might be succeeding for now in keeping her eating, what we really want to see is some weight going on & so far we're not. Not an encouraging sign really. But we'll keep on while she's keeping on…