Recent Content by violet976

Thanks for the reply. Yes, the Z/D food is definitely not my food of choice, but since my only concern right now is trying to finally get her out of that blasted cone, I'm willing to give it a try. I figure if it doesn't work, we move on. If it does, then we can perhaps use it as a stepping...

Thanks for the advice. We ended up taking another kitty to the vet today, Bagerra, as suddenly this week both him and our cat Jinx began getting scabs on their ears. I don't think it's related to Loki, as Loki has been eating different food than the other cats for over 2 months now. Loki also...

Right now I think we are at that perfect point to try different approaches to getting her out of the cone, as every one of her lesions healed up completely once we got the right cone (one that was large enough that the rim wasn't scratching anything when she attempted to groom). Her back...

I tried typing in head circling and not eating on google, just to see what came up. One that might fit the symptoms was: Hepatic encephalopathy: is a neurologic syndrome seen in a number of liver diseases. Signs suggestive of hepatic encephalopathy include circling, head pressing, aimless...

How does his coordination seem? Does he seem to have any balance/jumping issues? I would almost be suspecting neurological at this point, but I'm no expert by any means. The circling of the head had me wondering. Perhaps inner ear infection? I know with my rats at least, when they start seeming...

Bumping this thread back up. Since Loki's initial diagnosis of severe allergies (highly suspected of them being to chicken), Loki has been on a 30 day course of prednisone: 30 days of 10mg's per day - divided into two 5mg doses morning and night with meals 5 days of 5mg's once per day (to...

For the depo madrol vs pred. pills, I only suspected it might be a better option due to her doing the bloody vomiting with the addition of this last antibiotic. Given that she stopped throwing up completely once we discontinued the Biomox, I still believe that it was the problem, but I also...

@ Quiet: I hadn't thought to inquire about a dermatologist, but I'll do some digging around to see if we have any in the area. I know it took me ages to find even one vet in the area comfortable with mouse spays/neuters and she's still an hour away - so we're a bit limited on specialty vets in...

Just wanted to update on Loki. She began a second round of Pred. yesterday, we discontinued the Biomox and added Carafate (sp?) to try and soothe her tummy. We haven't seen anymore vomiting since Sunday. She is, however, itchier again - I'm suspecting because we were weaning her Pred. back down...

Just got off the phone with the vet's office. They want to discontinue the Biomox but do one more round of the pred, since her nailbeds are not 100% healed. They are *much* better than they were, but the tissue still appears a bit swollen. The back lesions are almost 100% gone, we just need the...

@Quiet You stated Pred should be given at night? I was not aware of that. May I inquire as to why? I am actually witnessing her vomiting. I sleep with her now on the couch, and each time she would jump down and begin vomiting. If it was in the middle of the night I woke up and turned on the...

Sorry for the delay. I ended up on a 7 hour drive to rescue a mouse. The suspected bloody vomit I saw was quite red, and since she hadn't eaten since the night before, it was pretty much just blood and bile, I assume. She threw up on our light gray carpet and the spot was a noticeable, bright...

She began the antibiotic Sunday night, and I'd say the throwing up started perhaps Wednesday or Thursday. She definitely did eat some afterwards and it appears to have stayed down, but I haven't given the antibiotic yet.

Our cat Loki has been through a run of tests these past few months. I had another post up asking advice for her severely infected nailbeds and some back lesions. Since that post, a biopsy was run which showed a form of allergy, which we were hoping might be chicken related. About 10 days ago she...

Absolutely. I myself have used long term, "quality of life" steroids for two of my rats when we had nothing else to fall back on. There is definitely a place for the steroids and one rat had many months of good time with daily injections. But a food allergy of which we are just in the early...