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Well he did seem interested in the Rad Cat but smelled it and turned his head, warmed it a little and still a no. Tried the goats milk again and that actually made him gag (head/tongue) again. Here the best video I have of him doing it
I don't want him eating the treats but I feel the treats are better than nothing. He used to love all kinds of food, wet food used to be his treat and now he wants nothing to do with it. Ive been offering the treats as a last resort but Zoneout are you saying its better if he wouldn't eat anything then? I only started offering treats (bought some) after I had tried pretty much everything else. At the time, since he wouldn't take any type of wet food/liquid or mush (baby food) and I was thinking it may be a problem with his mouth/teeth I bought some soft treats because I thought they may be easier to eat.
Ive tried the Beechnut baby food (only meat) on 2 separate occasions, also tried warmed up...nothing.
Ive watched videos on syringe feeding and although I have not tried, I really cant see that even happening. He has never really liked to be held or picked up, even giving him pills is quite difficult. In the past I would do a liquid med or would crush and mix with wet food juice but since hes not taking any of that (food or liquid besides water) and I cant even crush the Deramarin (directions state)...Anyways Ive been wrestling him 2x's a day (since I have been giving the Pepcid every 12 hours now), he hates it, I feel like a jerk, and as soon as he can he goes and hides for about a half hour.
2 different vets/Dr's checked his mouth thoroughly. For a while I was convinced it was something with his mouth/teeth but both vets said they could not see anything, gums looked healthy, teeth in good condition and strong. They did an x-ray of his upper chest, neck, and mouth, but did not do specific dental x-rays. This was when I showed the video and that particular vet/Dr was convinced it was nausea, gave him a shot, fluids, and prescribed the Pepcid. They also gave them to me pre-cut, so yes, the coating is broken and doesn't make giving him the pill every 12 hrs any easier.
At this point, because of all the money I already spent, I would love answers! but also need to do whats best for him nutritionally, so I would rather (as I did) do the sub-c fluids and did the NG Tube feeding. I know finding the cause (at this point could do dental x-rays, an ultrasound, a biopsy) would help figure out how to treat, but financially (unfortunately) I can only afford so much at a time. If I had the money, trust me, I would do whatever is necessary, but Ive just been taking the vets recommendation as far as whats top priority for him based off my budget. They also want payment at the time of visit, unfortunately no payment plan. Ive looked into vets that offer the Care Credit (financing plan) and they charge a lot more than the vet I go to...but if that's what it ultimately came down to, I would pay the extra as long as I could be on a payment plan.
As for fever: out of the probably 6 times + he has gone to the vet in the last 2 months he only had a fever 1 time but nothing extreme, believe the vet used the word "mild". Was actually back to the vet 2 days after that and he no longer had a fever. I'm not sure about this last time (during the feeding tube), if they did I wasn't in the room, and it wasn't mentioned, I'm sure he would have if checked and had a fever.
As for the fluid in his lungs, this is the x-ray, you can obviously see the difference, but not totally positive but I believe he said surrounding the lungs (pleural effusion).
There are past issues for sure but nothing that he was being treated for when all this started. Guess I also didn't want to initially make a super long detailed post, in fear of people not reading it, so I'm just going off what has been happening now and over the past 2 weeks roughly. Right now, besides the not eating and the tongue/head thrashing (not sure how else to really describe it) and the "slightly" elevated liver enzymes just in the last few days, he IS healthy according to the vet. Yes, an ultrasound/biopsy could show something, whats going on, but might not, and either way will have to continue treating.
(Edit: Almost forgot) Heartworm has never been mentioned by the vet. When all of this started I would say he was more congested (that's when there was the fluid build up) while purring/breathing, breathing was more labored (not open mouth breathing) and at a fast rate (short deep breaths).
Also, the only time he vomited during this whole time was only during that 1 week he was on the Tapazole, which made this all confusing because side effects(he had, I noticed) include: loss of appetite, weight loss, vomiting (those were the only side effects I noted at that time, breathing/congestion has gone away) but after he had been off the Tapazole for a week (only received it for 1 week) I thought perhaps that was why he no longer seemed interested in food (because that's when he started to barely eat anything). This was when he had blood work ran a 2nd time and results showed everything was in the normal/healthy range, was given the trans-dermal form of the Tapzole but told to decrease the dosage by half (from 2x's a day to 1x a day)
I don't want him eating the treats but I feel the treats are better than nothing. He used to love all kinds of food, wet food used to be his treat and now he wants nothing to do with it. Ive been offering the treats as a last resort but Zoneout are you saying its better if he wouldn't eat anything then? I only started offering treats (bought some) after I had tried pretty much everything else. At the time, since he wouldn't take any type of wet food/liquid or mush (baby food) and I was thinking it may be a problem with his mouth/teeth I bought some soft treats because I thought they may be easier to eat.
Ive tried the Beechnut baby food (only meat) on 2 separate occasions, also tried warmed up...nothing.
Ive watched videos on syringe feeding and although I have not tried, I really cant see that even happening. He has never really liked to be held or picked up, even giving him pills is quite difficult. In the past I would do a liquid med or would crush and mix with wet food juice but since hes not taking any of that (food or liquid besides water) and I cant even crush the Deramarin (directions state)...Anyways Ive been wrestling him 2x's a day (since I have been giving the Pepcid every 12 hours now), he hates it, I feel like a jerk, and as soon as he can he goes and hides for about a half hour.
2 different vets/Dr's checked his mouth thoroughly. For a while I was convinced it was something with his mouth/teeth but both vets said they could not see anything, gums looked healthy, teeth in good condition and strong. They did an x-ray of his upper chest, neck, and mouth, but did not do specific dental x-rays. This was when I showed the video and that particular vet/Dr was convinced it was nausea, gave him a shot, fluids, and prescribed the Pepcid. They also gave them to me pre-cut, so yes, the coating is broken and doesn't make giving him the pill every 12 hrs any easier.
At this point, because of all the money I already spent, I would love answers! but also need to do whats best for him nutritionally, so I would rather (as I did) do the sub-c fluids and did the NG Tube feeding. I know finding the cause (at this point could do dental x-rays, an ultrasound, a biopsy) would help figure out how to treat, but financially (unfortunately) I can only afford so much at a time. If I had the money, trust me, I would do whatever is necessary, but Ive just been taking the vets recommendation as far as whats top priority for him based off my budget. They also want payment at the time of visit, unfortunately no payment plan. Ive looked into vets that offer the Care Credit (financing plan) and they charge a lot more than the vet I go to...but if that's what it ultimately came down to, I would pay the extra as long as I could be on a payment plan.
As for fever: out of the probably 6 times + he has gone to the vet in the last 2 months he only had a fever 1 time but nothing extreme, believe the vet used the word "mild". Was actually back to the vet 2 days after that and he no longer had a fever. I'm not sure about this last time (during the feeding tube), if they did I wasn't in the room, and it wasn't mentioned, I'm sure he would have if checked and had a fever.
As for the fluid in his lungs, this is the x-ray, you can obviously see the difference, but not totally positive but I believe he said surrounding the lungs (pleural effusion).
There are past issues for sure but nothing that he was being treated for when all this started. Guess I also didn't want to initially make a super long detailed post, in fear of people not reading it, so I'm just going off what has been happening now and over the past 2 weeks roughly. Right now, besides the not eating and the tongue/head thrashing (not sure how else to really describe it) and the "slightly" elevated liver enzymes just in the last few days, he IS healthy according to the vet. Yes, an ultrasound/biopsy could show something, whats going on, but might not, and either way will have to continue treating.
(Edit: Almost forgot) Heartworm has never been mentioned by the vet. When all of this started I would say he was more congested (that's when there was the fluid build up) while purring/breathing, breathing was more labored (not open mouth breathing) and at a fast rate (short deep breaths).
Also, the only time he vomited during this whole time was only during that 1 week he was on the Tapazole, which made this all confusing because side effects(he had, I noticed) include: loss of appetite, weight loss, vomiting (those were the only side effects I noted at that time, breathing/congestion has gone away) but after he had been off the Tapazole for a week (only received it for 1 week) I thought perhaps that was why he no longer seemed interested in food (because that's when he started to barely eat anything). This was when he had blood work ran a 2nd time and results showed everything was in the normal/healthy range, was given the trans-dermal form of the Tapzole but told to decrease the dosage by half (from 2x's a day to 1x a day)
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