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Oh, and thanks so much to all of you for the level of care and concern, the following up, and the insight and suggestions provided. We really appreciate you!

It looks like this was simply an extreme IBD flare up. We've never experienced this with him before (only one or two minor flare-ups since his 2015 diagnosis.) Going forward, we may increase his prednisolone dosage from 4 days/week to 5; and we will be much more on the lookout for early...

Unfortunately no. We will try again later.

Lol. I think he is one of the absolutely quirkiest. Wish we had captured more of his quirks on video while he was healthy. We have no assurance we can get him back to good health :( I had been feeling optimistic, but he just came into the kitchen for a snack time with his brother Buddy the...

Well, as with most things, we got different vet opinions - so we are doing a virtual vet visit tonight for further insight. We have changed the feeding location. That did seem to potentially help. We've been using different plate strategies. He is currently fine with eating liver treats off...

The vet prescribed Elura today because Mirtazapine wasn't doing the trick. It seems like either the Elura helped, or Theo perhaps improved slightly today. Difficult to assess. Yesterday he was entirely refusing food. Today he is very interested in food, though most of the time has been...

Hi GreenJ - It looks like I saw this a bit late unfortunately. I took our regular vet, and he did get a shot of Convenia. Though some follow-up from the emergency vet seemed to be in agreement with what you were saying - that the Convenia may not be effective against whatever the infection is...

Our cat Theo has gotten very sick very suddenly - we thought it was his IBD having an outbreak. Saturday morning he ate a meal and all was fine - after that, everything has been frequent water or nothing BMs, and he would not eat other than a smaller meal Monday night. He's been given Cerenia...

Unfortunately he's not yet back on track. It seems he is only about half unclogged, and his subsequent attempts to unclog more have been unsuccessful. His appetite this morning is not great. He definitely is not feeling well :-(

Only wet. Very wet - we add water.

Most definitely they are not. I'm not sure how many alternative solutions are left. I am hoping we can get the diabetes well regulated and hoping that will help. We also changed his food back to what he was eating before the constipation arose.

The strangest part is that the constipation seems to have come on suddenly - but did coincide with unregulated diabetes and weight loss. For the last two days, his diabetes regulation has been getting back on track (increased insulin dose) and we're hoping that all else will follow. Appetite...

Re: home enema - we'd only be going in a couple inches, and with a very flexible thin tube - so I don't think perforation would be a concern. Although he is not a kitten, below is a Kitten Lady video for a kitten enema. We bought the same items for the enema. Re: bowel motility - I did some...

Hi - What is your reason for not trying an enema at home? Re: glycerin suppositories - our usual vet is out of town - the less experienced vet covering for him didn't seem knowledgeable re: glycerin suppositories. I've seen numerous mentions of it being recommended by others on this forum and...