Monday, July 30, 2018

Tummy Troubles? # Chewy Influencer

My three boys have sensitive tummies. Sebastian has irritable bowel syndrome. We've managed to get it pretty well under control but from time to time he has a flare up. When it happens he usually refuses to eat because nothing stays down for long. At one point he was vomiting up every meal. We put him on a strict diet along with medication and he's much better lately.
Fudge had leaky gut syndrome and it took a long time to get him better. Again, we dealt with it by both medication and diet. It took several years before we saw progress. Today he's doing well with no vomiting and good stool, but it was a struggle to get to this point.

Noah has not been as lucky as the others. He has colitis and his stool is a mess. He eats homemade food made with turkey and veggies and any changes in his diet cause a setback. We use a combination of supplements and medications and a probiotic. When we manage to get him stabilized we can't relax because he doesn't stay stable for long.
This month Chewy offered us the chance to try NaturVet Digestive Enzymes Plus Probiotic Dog and Cat Powder Supplement to see if it would help my boys. This  contains some totally unpronounceable ingredients, all of which are meant to help ease their tummy troubles. It's made to support diet change and a healthy digestive tract and helps with sensitive stomachs and flatulence.
 Although the jar isn't very big, the digestive enzyme supplement is a very fine powder and you only use a quarter of a teaspoon at each meal. Be careful opening the jar because it's full of this fine powder.
 I put it on top of their food and they eat it happily, so I guess it tastes good. I do wish they had included a scoop.
It's really too soon to know if this has helped but it certainly hasn't done any harm. Sebastian and Fudge are both doing well and Tess has been getting it because of  some messy poops recently. She has shown improvement. The evening air also seems more breathable so I guess it must be helping that part.
We received a jar of NaturVet Digestive Enzyme Supplement from Chewy at no cost to us in exchange for our honest review. We'll let you know if Noah shows improvement with time.

4 comments:

♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...

We know you have been through a lot with the dogs with digestive issues. We hope these enzymes will help all of them.

Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber

Ruby said...

Tummy problems are never ever funs. Ma's Angel Annie had about the worse case of colitis that our vettie had ever seen. nothing would help except the metronidazole. butts after a while that didn't help eithers. Nothing is worse than not being able to fix it....I am glads this might help! Sounds tasty, and since there were no bads...wooohoo!
Kisses,
Ruby ♥

Molly the Airedale said...

We soooooo hope the supplement works and you boys have no more tummy troubles!

Marjie said...

The dog on the jar looks like Sebastian, just a little whiter. I hope it helps your guys' tummy issues.