My senior French bulldog drinks/pees a lot, tests normal. What's next?

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My 10 yr old French bulldog has recently been drinking and urinating excessively. A trip to the vet revealed blood sugar of 83, all blood work and urinalysis normal. Any suggestions on what it could be or what to try next? Allergies? Food allergy? He had pancreatitis 8 mo ago, we switched his food right after that (from Whole Earth Farms to Solid Gold Lil Boss). Nothing else has changed. Pet's info: Dog | French Bulldog | Male | neutered | 23 lbs

Dr. Heidi DVM, CVA, CCRT, CVTP, CVSMT, CVCH · Accepted Answer

I'm sorry you're having such a challenge diagnosing what is going on with Dude. An increase in water intake and urination is not commonly associated with allergies of any kind. As you know, the first step in evaluating an increase in water intake and urination is to check a urine sample and blood work. Based on those results, did your vet recommend any additional testing? I would presume that Dude's urine concentration was low That can hide a number of things that can be going on. So, you could consider getting a sterile urine sample to submit to the lab for urine culture and sensitivity to see if a urinary tract infection is hiding in a dilute urine sample. You can have an abdominal ultrasound performed to further evaluate the internal organs in the abdomen to see if that gives you additional information. Or you could also do some addition blood or urine tests for Cushing's disease ( https://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&S=0&C=0&A=635 ). Sometimes, I will recommend this testing be done with an internal medicine specialist ( http://find.vetspecialists.com/ ). In the meantime, I would recommend measuring Dude's water intake since that may give them additional information about how much water he is drinking. Good luck! I hope that was helpful and you can figure out what is going on with Dude. Thanks for using PetCoach.

My senior French bulldog drinks/pees a lot, tests normal. What's next?

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