Back to the vet!

[Mandy]

Boiled chicken, and rice with mashed carrots is good, i would keep them both on that for a couple of weeks, unless your vet tells you differently.
Let us know what the vet said please.

[DianaB]

I feel so sorry for Gracie Leigh and Max. I hope they are better soon!

[Forgivenmom5]

Hope Gracie and Max are better soon. It is awful to see them sick. They are so helpless.

[judy]

The vet wanted them on the Panacur, which I'm done with until the 18th. Then they go onto 3 more days of it.

They're eating chicken, rice and carrots at the moment with a couple of spoons of chicken broth mixed in to hide the medicine taste.

I don't know if it's the food or the Panacur, but what a difference! I still don't like Gracie's poop. It's stringy, but much less diarrhea and no blood. I'm so glad for her. Actually, she hasn't pooped today or during the night. She's probably constipated now from all of the rice!

There have been drops of wet poop around the house that I don't see (yet) today, so thank goodness. Sorry to be so gross.

I am now the official champion poop cleaner upper of NYS. Odoban is good. It disinfects as it cleans and deodorizes.

To be honest, cooking chicken and rice for them is really easy, cheaper and probably healthier than dog food. I may stick with it. I bought a big package of chicken cutlets, boiled them, cut them up, baggied them in daily portions and stuck them in the freezer. Minute rice couldn't be easier and you can do a few day's worth at a time. I have nothing against freezing rice anyway. Veggies are absolutely no problem.

Anyway, I hope this works!

[rivermom]

I'm glad you are finding something that seems to be working for you and Gracie. Mandy cooks homemade for her girls - maybe the two of you can swap "fur kid" recipes.

I think it's a superb idea to cook homemade for the furkids. I have to admit, I don't, wish i did, and have no excuse why i don't...but i think it's good.

[Janet]

I'm really happy that the 'kids' are getting better. It does sound like fixing their food is easier. I had thought about homecooking for mine, but LOL I hate cooking! Plus, you have to make sure you get the right amounts of everything. I just don't feel like thinking that hard.

[judy]

I never would either Sheryl, but had no choice and it's a lot easier than I thought.
I don't cook at all. Right now, I'm microwaving stuff I bought ready made and packed up for Weight Watchers meals.

For me, that's heavy duty cooking!

I'm also wondering what else they get in dog food, like vitamin and mineral and other supplements that I'm not giving them. I really don't want to make a career out of this domesticity thing, you know!

[Mandy]

Judy, cooking for the fur kids is about the only proper cooking i do around here, i dont like to stand and stir pots, i'm not made to be a proper housewife/keeper, but one thing i make sure of, is that they get the proper meals they need, us people can help ourselves, dont get me wrong, my family gets a cooked meal every night, but i promise, i do not spend more then 30min. in the kitchen. I'll send you recipes i use. They easy, i make a batch once a week, and freeze the potions. I spoke to the vet about this, and gave her the recipe, she said it's the best they could have.