We recently rescued a newf pup (9 months) who has a had months of digestion problems. Can this correlate with Cysturnia?

We've had a NBT panel done through Dr. Goldstein to evaluate her nutrition in relation to her host of health issues (bilateral elbow stenosis, mild hip dysplasia, bilateral cherry eye, etc). We have ordered three months of supplements to try in order to address her deficiencies, but she's been on the sensitive stomach diet (chicken and rice) for almost 2-months and it's only slightly helped her diarhea. Any time we try to add real food, it goes back to being runny and covered in mucous. She also get random tummy pains (curls up and crys - protects her tummy). I read that Cystinuria is common is young newfs and I'm just trying to see if this correlates with any of her other symptoms. She's not peeing irregularly. Any ideas? We're working with our vets, but at this point, I don't think they quite know what to do either.

Oh yeah, and we find chunks of the rice/chicken undigested in her stool and when she vomits.

Asked by Ellie on Oct 13th 2009 Tagged digestionissues, newfoundlands, cysturnia in Health & Wellness