Hi all-
Recently, Raphael got sick...he dropped a lot of weight, all but stopped eating, was vomitting and was just very, very lethargic. We took him into the vet, had a CBC, urinalysis, fluids, x-rays...the whole shebang. The only thing out of the ordinary were a slightly inflamed pancreas and liver enzyme levels that were also slightly off. We got him to eat on his own again almost right away, he was prescribed denamarin and metronidazole and seemed to perk right up.
Except that on Friday his appetite started to get lower and yesterday he was very, very lethargic. No dehydration or vomiting this time, though! Yesterday he only ate a pinch in the morning, so I had to give him Friskies (turkey and giblets) + baby food, because that typically gets him to eat, and I can mix in his food again gradually. He's eating that again, and he wolfed down a full two heaping tablespoons of that about an hour ago like he hadn't seen food in 8 years. He's taken his meds relatively well..I've gotten the denamarin in him every time and I THINK I'm getting the flagyl in him, but he seems to pretty much drool most of it out.
My question is this: I'm worried about him because he seemed tobe doing so much better, and then he crashed. Any ideas of what could be causing this? Do I need to take him back in for more tests? The CBC and X-Rays were about a week ago, I believe. Either 1 or 2 weeks ago. He was doing great until Friday, and he seemed to relapse, but not completely.
Ideas?
Recently, Raphael got sick...he dropped a lot of weight, all but stopped eating, was vomitting and was just very, very lethargic. We took him into the vet, had a CBC, urinalysis, fluids, x-rays...the whole shebang. The only thing out of the ordinary were a slightly inflamed pancreas and liver enzyme levels that were also slightly off. We got him to eat on his own again almost right away, he was prescribed denamarin and metronidazole and seemed to perk right up.
Except that on Friday his appetite started to get lower and yesterday he was very, very lethargic. No dehydration or vomiting this time, though! Yesterday he only ate a pinch in the morning, so I had to give him Friskies (turkey and giblets) + baby food, because that typically gets him to eat, and I can mix in his food again gradually. He's eating that again, and he wolfed down a full two heaping tablespoons of that about an hour ago like he hadn't seen food in 8 years. He's taken his meds relatively well..I've gotten the denamarin in him every time and I THINK I'm getting the flagyl in him, but he seems to pretty much drool most of it out.
My question is this: I'm worried about him because he seemed tobe doing so much better, and then he crashed. Any ideas of what could be causing this? Do I need to take him back in for more tests? The CBC and X-Rays were about a week ago, I believe. Either 1 or 2 weeks ago. He was doing great until Friday, and he seemed to relapse, but not completely.
Ideas?