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If it only happened a few times, went away, then came back 10 years later I personally doubt it's seizures. They don't tend to disappear for a decade. More likely he had an impinged nerve from tight muscles or maybe an injury which healed itself, then 10 years later he's aggravated it or his...

I know this is an old post but i thought i would reply in case someone finds the thread (like i just did). If you don't want to read a lot skip to the summary at the end. My cat is a former stray and has always squatted rather than sat. By squatted I mean the position a cat takes to eat or...

I will NEVER be going back to those vets but will definitely tell the new one that he is not to be given Convenia, or anything else without my consent.

I thought you might appreciate an update so here goes. It's day 55 since the second Convenia injection. About 30 days ago my "terminally ill" cat started nibbling actual cat food again, despite the vet refusing to give him an appetite stimulant. About 20 days ago I found a probiotic/prebiotic...

Update: It's now Friday and my puss has gone from not eating anything but lick-e-lix for a month to eating a packet of cat food, a couple of lix and the odd small piece of meat (chicken, beef) every day. It's 25 days since his second convenia injection and about 55 days since his first and his...

The vet has finally replied and sent my a very long message stating all the reasons why an appetite stimulant without bloods to find out what the problem is is a very bad idea, but she will do it if I sign a waiver. At this point my big beautiful cat is now a shadow of his former self and I...

Also the cat treats clearly have far more calories in them than it says on the packet otherwise no way would he weigh as much as he does!

It's closer to 2lbs but still not terrible for 7 weeks. Any treatment was dependent on blood results in case she gave him something for an issue he didn't have and made him worse. That was £200 alone, but I've just spent £2000 on him for his original operation so I can't afford more just to...

Thanks. The vets may well be right, it might be nothing to do with Convenia, but it's strange that he has enough appetite to maintain an okay weight after 7 weeks (was originally 5.5kg = 11lbs and is now 4.5kg = 10lbs) even if it is with junk treats and is currently sitting in the sunshine...

Update: I took my cat for an appointment today, late because I'm feeling ill so stressed when I arrived. A different vet examined him but couldn't find anything wrong but said it was probably cancer even though she couldn't feel any growths. Something like lymphoma. She did say he was now...

Yes I will be saying No Convenia for any future cats. Even if it wasn't responsible for what's happening right now I don't like the idea of injecting something that can't be removed if there is a bad reaction. Especially when there are other antibiotics. I just wish I'd known about this before...

This is what concerns me - there is obviously something wrong with him, they don't know what, but they won't even entertain the idea that it might be the Convenia. They're probably right, but it could be. Sadly I doubt I will find a vet who thinks differently. I don't live in a big city so...

I didn't get the impression an appetite stimulant would be denied, just that she wouldn't prescribe something to any animal she hadn't first examined. She told me not to believe anything I read on the internet and that Convenia is out of the system in 2 weeks and so the side effects would end...

Been chatting all day on Whatsapp with the vet (who insists Convenia is perfectly safe and not to believe anything I read on the internet) followed by a lengthy phone call and I've had to relent and book an appointment for Monday. I'm praying that they don't finally find out that what's wrong...

I replied to the vet again and mentioned the Convenia injections and recevied a unusually quick reply. The senior RVN wrote and strongly feels my cat should be examined by the veterinary surgeon which will also enable me to ask any questions I have "such as the query with Convenia." No doubt...

The vet has replied and said they can only prescribe if I take my cat in for an examination, despite me telling them the reasons why I am against this.

Last night I realised that I still have an open thread to the vet on Whatsapp left from his original operation so I messaged them with the situation and asked if it would be possible to prescribe an appetite stimulant without having to bring my cat in. The reply was that the message has been...

It's definitely not nutritionally complete. It's treat junk food that I would normally never let any cat have. My sister brought some when he wasn't eating or even drinking and it probably saved his life at the time.

Example, I just brought him down to try to get him to eat some cat food. He walked straight past it. Then I put it in front of him and he vaguely sniffed it then went back upstairs. So I took him up a lik-e-lix and he had most of it. Furious licking then stops for a bit, has some more then done...

I just want to stress, I hope this doesn't come across as me not wanting to spend money. I've hardly slept for weeks worrying about him and since his operation, if I'm not at work I'm by his side either trying to feed him or online trying to find a solution. The other issue is he is so timid the...