Prednisolone = clingy anxious constantly hungry dog?

Yes they are always hungry. My boys is on Prednisolone for Chronic Bronchitis and is hungry all the time. He has never pinched food but we do not leave any food around. He even pinches the yard cats food

It will go away once off the drug.
 
hey my dog is on one twice a day soon to rise to 1 1/2 two times a day. he is like a savage with food if you came to my house you would think i starve him with the way he is he drools over everything even when i peel the potatos :D:D

he is also very thirsty i have been told by vet to make sure clean fresh water is always around but im pretty good at that lol.
 
My little JRT is on 10mg a day until mid Jan. The vet said you get maximum effect at between 4 and 6 weeks. We are on about week 4 or 5 and she is ravenous (she is a scrounger anyway). She is also clingy and rather "up and down" - sort of very quiet some days and her usual self others. She is drinking 3 or 4 bowls of water a day and is developing an impressive bladder capacity - huge wees for such a tiny dog:eek:
 
misst said:
My little JRT is on 10mg a day until mid Jan. The vet said you get maximum effect at between 4 and 6 weeks. We are on about week 4 or 5 and she is ravenous (she is a scrounger anyway). She is also clingy and rather "up and down" - sort of very quiet some days and her usual self others. She is drinking 3 or 4 bowls of water a day and is developing an impressive bladder capacity - huge wees for such a tiny dog:eek:
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sorry to ask why is your one on so many? mine is a JRT cross
 
She is on 2 x 5mg tabs a day. She is taking them because she has a paralysis of her brachial plexus (nerves to front leg) which "may" be due to a nerve inflamation, but is more likely to be due to a small tumour on her nerve sheath. She sees the vet again in January to see if it is worth scanning her again as last time he felt the tumour was too small to see (scan looked clear but he is convinced there might be one there:(). Whatever the outcome she is much less lame on the predisolone so it is worth it for now.
 
She is five :( We are just waiting to see what the future holds. It is frustrating but I am trying to take it one day at a time and hope that it is just an unusual inflamatory condition. The vet is amazing (Noel Fitzpatrick the "bionic vet") and is so kind and supportive.
 
misst- does your dog have good quality of life on those tablets? As just be careful that you are not going beyond what is fair. Amputation might be more fair (depending on any other medical conditions)
 
Suzie T I can assure you she is fine on the tablets and it is a short term solution to what may or may not be a long term problem.

Since the problem is in her brachial plexus amputation is hardly an option. Imagine needing to amputate her whole shoulder - so please accept that she is under one of the best vets in the country and that she is monitored from day to day. At present she is pain free and is able to run around nicely which she could not do before she started the steroids.

I am offended that you think you know better than myself or my vet. She is the most loved and adored JRT ever and I am not the sort of person who would put off the inevitable.:( For now as I said it is one day at a time so please allow me to decide what is best for my dog alongside my vet and my family.:mad:
 
misst said:
Suzie T I can assure you she is fine on the tablets and it is a short term solution to what may or may not be a long term problem.

Since the problem is in her brachial plexus amputation is hardly an option. Imagine needing to amputate her whole shoulder - so please accept that she is under one of the best vets in the country and that she is monitored from day to day. At present she is pain free and is able to run around nicely which she could not do before she started the steroids.

I am offended that you think you know better than myself or my vet. She is the most loved and adored JRT ever and I am not the sort of person who would put off the inevitable.:( For now as I said it is one day at a time so please allow me to decide what is best for my dog alongside my vet and my family.:mad:
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look im here if you need me :o
 
Cheers ibot - just got a bit wound up there:cool: Sensitive subject I am afraid. She is fine for now though and we are no where near decision time so we are enjoying each day for now.
 
'Suzie T I can assure you she is fine on the tablets and it is a short term solution to what may or may not be a long term problem.

Since the problem is in her brachial plexus amputation is hardly an option. Imagine needing to amputate her whole shoulder - so please accept that she is under one of the best vets in the country and that she is monitored from day to day. At present she is pain free and is able to run around nicely which she could not do before she started the steroids.

I am offended that you think you know better than myself or my vet. She is the most loved and adored JRT ever and I am not the sort of person who would put off the inevitable. For now as I said it is one day at a time so please allow me to decide what is best for my dog alongside my vet and my family. '

Seems like a touchy subject.. Note how I asked, why so defensive? The vet you are under is no doubt v. good but as seen on tv(!) might be guilty sometimes of pushing things beyond what is fair for the animal. Amputating the shoulder blade is actually a standard technique. You say yuor dog is ravenous, anxious and clingy, which does not then equal the happy dog you say she is now the you have been questioned, hence my question. I don't know your dog or how paralysed she is, hence my question! We have to think about these things, I am not saying either way is right without knowing the animal-only asking the question!
 
Susie T why don't you just butt out for once please.

You seem to enjoy controversy and stirring things up. Yes this is a sensitive subject - I have posted before about this and no doubt will do again.

Unless you have something useful to say then why not just say nothing.
My dog is, as I have said, loved, cared for and assessed regularly.

Time for UI I feel.
 
'Unless you have something useful to say'
Are you being too sensitive because you know that actually the dog does not have quality of life? No other reason for the snarkish replies to a simple q...

To quote 'clingy anxious constantly hungry dog' -doesn't strike me as a happy dog
 
SusieT - I think you're confused. Misst did not say her dog was clingy, anxious and constantly hungry, that was the OP who is actually someone different.
Misst said "She is also clingy and rather "up and down" - sort of very quiet some days and her usual self others" which is very different. I'm her daughter so can vouch that the dog still has a good quality of life. She comes down the yard every day and runs around, she had a great time at Christmas opening all the presents and she is generally happy. However, the steriods do make her more clingy but then she's rarely left alone so this isn't a problem per se. We are taking each day as it comes but will always make sure her quality of life is the top priority and she is due for her six week review at in January.
 
My apologies, I got mistaken between the op and misst, not sure how that happened regarding the title which suggests far less quality of life than subsequent posts. My bad. So long as we all remember to keep asking the question is this fair.
 
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