calliecritturs
Posted : 4/6/2008 10:17:44 PM
Hmmm -- that leads me to wonder if you already have an ulcer forming. He's been on some pretty heavy hitting drugs.
My holistic vet gave me a super recipe for what she calls "Slippy elm cocktail" that she gives to dogs she suspects have ulcers. She's given me permission to post it and it HAS chlorophyl in it. (it's good for stomach healing)
1 -- half a cup of boiling water.
2 -- add 1 rounded tsp. of ground slippery elm
3 -- let cool totally
4 -- add 1/8 c. + 2 tablespoons of aloe juice
5 -- add 10 drops of chlorophyll
6 -- Add 2-3 capsules (open the caps) of acidolpholus
Get 2-3 of those baby medicine syringes -- give a whole syringe-full of this mixture 1/2 hr before meals and one extra time in the middle of the day and again at bedtime if you can swing it.
Make it up every 3-4 days (the acidolpholus will 'die' any longer than that). It's BEST if you give it room temperature so after I give one, I take the next syrying out of the fridge to get to 'room temperature' before I give the next one. I hate futzing with stuff like that so I generally have as many syringes as I'm going to use in a day and load them all the night before so I can take them out p.r.n. (as needed).
Generally you can get chlorophyl at a health store. Slippery elm you usually can get in bulk at health stores or at least you can get the capsules (and empty them). Get a good quality liquid aloe -- tell them it's for a dog and you want the least 'bitter' one they have. If you get a good aloe the mixture isn't at all bad tasting.
But it might help the gut a LOT and it will help mitigate the damage from the other meds. You can also use stuff like Tagament or Zantac. Your vet can tell you the dose.