Recent content by blackbean

help! I'm so torn and confused as to what is going on with Tyson. He has been eating a bit but he's having trouble walking. Its been hard for him to walk up and down the stairs. It looks like he is learning how to walk. Has anyone had experience with this?

They did they water deprivation test and diagnosed him with diabetes insipidus ;[. they put him on desmopressin on monday but ever since then he hasn't been eating! Then this morning his stool became orange! i'm worried. i called the vet and they said it could be the medication or its his liver...

They said his kidney values were normal. i dont believe they ran a test for the ionized cal level. I did do the cushings test and it came back negative. they think he might have diabetes insipidus and they want to do a water deprivation test. Do you any of you guys have any input in this?? Any...

Last week, my boy Tyson had a horrible stomach problem. I took him to the vet and he advised me to give him Pepcid. They did a blood test and it showed that his calcium level is high. From then on, he has been consuming massive amounts of water and peeing every 2 hours. Can this happen all of a...

oh how adorable!!! do boxers act friendly to ferrets?? hmm maybe i should get tyson a friend too! hahah

I just switched tyson from merricks to SG BATM. I wanted to give it a try and see how it would work out for tyson. I started the switch two days ago and when i came home today there was soft stool and some diarrhea everywhere in the house!!! I was wondering if anyone had this problem? How much...

hmm so after i had incorporated his dog food back into his diet, he is getting diarrhea again. is it possible for the dry food to have gone bad?? i have been feeding him merricks since i got him (2years) so i have no idea why he would be having diarrhea. he acts normal and is still hyper and...

thanks for all the advice! he is currently on merricks. but i'm thinking about changing him to solid gold. he is getting better and i'm slowly incorporating his food back. so hopefully all goes well!!

All of a sudden Tyson has diarrhea and i have no idea what it is from. I started to feed him just chicken and rice for 3 days and that held him up, but once i started to incorporate some of his dog food back he has diarrhea again. Should i keep him on chicken and rice longer? and for how long...

hi all, just wanted to introduce myself! i have a 2 yr old brindle boxer that was given to me by my brother. i wanted to join and learn more!