Just got back from the vet visit. I didn't get the results for her fecal, but her heartworm blood test came back negative for everything. She is physically in great shape. I got some meds for her that she will be on for the next week to clean out her system. With just what I was telling him, he said it could really be anything, especially since there isn't anything abnormal about her stool and vomit (no blood, mucus, or anything like that). The meds will treat her for all of the intestinal problems that it could be, and if she's still having problems, Dr. Griese said to bring her back and they'd do further tests.
I did finally break down and buy her some canned food to mix in with her dry and she is downstairs happily chowing down. *shakes head* We'll see how long that lasts though. Let me tell you, trying to find a good canned food that wasn't expensive was hard. I bought this Natural Life Adult Lamaderm (Lamb and Rice formula) for a buck twenty per 13 oz can. The ingredients are Lamb broth, Lamb, Lamb liver, Brown Rice, Rice Flour, Peas, Carrots, Flaxseed Meal, etc., etc.
Even when she isn't feeling well (she had a bacterial infection along with a case of worms when she was spayed) she would eat her food when I mixed canned in with it, so at the very least this will keep her from starving.
She weighs 42 pounds, which is what she weighed a couple of months ago when I had her in for a bath. So while she hasn't lost any weight, she hasn't gained any either, which she should have done as she's matured a bit.
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