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Thanks, I'll ask about this. If he had pancreatitis, would he show signs of pain when his belly was being palpated? I have to look closer at what his panel covered, it cost me so much money I would hope it included GI. :paranoid:

Thanks for the link! Very helpful. So todays update is that hes eating better, still slowly but finished a bowl in 2 hrs vs half a day like a few days ago. His behavior is still very different though. He no longer wakes us up crying for food in the mornings.. he doesn't cry for treats in the...

So he ate a bit faster this morning (finished his serving over 2 hours vs 5-6) but is still acting out of sorts. Hes up and about though, rather than sleeping which is good. Just super quiet and lower energy. We did get him to play a bit with his feather, which was nice. Thinking ahead...

THANK YOU! So we got an rx fir Entyce...this is a new one for me. How long until it shows some effect? Does anyone have experience with this particular med?

He seems to tolerate that for a few bites then gets tired. I just talked to the vet and they rx'd an appetite stimulant to try. if that doesn't help we will go for the u/s. since he's still getting food in him and hasn't lost weight I think I can rest a bit easy at least for the weekend and...

Yes! he seems to eat his favorite Greenies no matter what, so I give him them! :) So here's another funny behavior. He was snoozing all morning and then I went into the kitchen to measure how much of his wet food was left in his bowl. (he gets a full 5.5 oz can). I started putting the food...

He's snoozing in my lap now, but he's definitely not himself and ate just a few bites of his morning meal. so cerenia didnt' have any effect. he will walk over the bowl occasionally, sniff and walk away.

Thanks for the reassurances. I'm trying to not worry but about 6 mos ago we went through a similar experience with his littermate/sister- she ended up having high liver levels and discovered lymphoma:( poor girl. So im trying to not think about this being a repeat of that. Anyway, the vet...

Hello all! Thanks for your support. So my kitty Al had a BM Tuesday and again today which is great, things are moving. Went to the vet and she said his stomach felt soft which was great, no fever and no weightloss which is surprising. She gave him an injection of cerenia and said it could...

Friday, my cat had a regular checkup with a full blood workup and fecal/urinalysis and it came back perfect. Temperature, lungs, heart, stomach great. We get home and the next day he starts being fussy about eating... then within 24 hrs he gets up an enormous hairball (typical for him...hes a...

I'm curious about the comment "low end wet is better than high end dry" - what does this mean? I'm currently migrating my 'coons to high-grade dry food from Meow mix, and was pondering the cases of Friskies wet I have in the closet. I was going to just donate them to a shelter, but should I...

thank you so much for your feedback, sharky. I think I am overfeeding! That was another thing i heard about the "lesser quality" foods - that they'll eat more of those to feel full, so they'll consume less of the "higher quality" stuff. I just did not know how many cups to do.

Hi all! As the title suggests, I'm a new cat owner and am trying to do the best I can for the little (well, big!) furballs. I've adopted two large breed cats who are already 14lbs and 20lbs respectively. I've been reading so much conflicting information about how much to feed them. after a...