I am going to get Azodyl for Coco when we pick Sasha up at the vets.
Have any of you used it before?
Have any of you used it before?
Thank you! I will ask the vet about the drugs you have mentioned. I know that my bengal cat had problems when she was a kitten with suspected IBD and they gave her an appetite stimulant to kick start her again and it worked like a champ.Originally Posted by Pookie-poo
Ollie's mom, please talk to your vet about appetite stimulants for Ollie.
Ask your vet if cyproheptadine (Periactin) might work for Ollie. Periactin is a human antihistamine, but works as an appetite stimulant for cats. It comes as a 4 mg pill, but most people on the CRF-Support-Site recommend starting low, 1/4 pill every 12 to 24 hours, and increasing until effect. My parents cat, Samson, only needed about 1/6 of a pill, twice a day. Too high a dose can cause either sleepiness/lethargy, or conversely, can cause agitation and vocalization. Both side effects will go away when the drug is metabolized out of the system. I have used it with Cleo and it also worked for her. Some people have said that it doesn't work for their cat, so I guess it might not work for all. Other people have had good luck with using Winstrol (a steroid) for appetite stimulation, but I'm not real fond of using steroids, unless the benefits outweigh the risks. Winstrol is also used for red blood cell production when cats become anemic from CRF. I have used Epogen for RBC production with great results. I would consider Winstrol for this indication, if Epogen didn't work.
Other methods for encouraging eating include: Warming the food to make it smell better, sprinkling Brewers Yeast on the food (some cats go crazy for it, Cleo was never affected by it.) Another trick is using Bonito flakes sprinkled on the food. Bonito is dried fish flakes (you can get this in oriental food stores.) Some pet food stores sell it as Kitty Kaviar.
(I copy/pasted this from a reply I made a couple of weeks ago. Sorry, I've got a cold and just can't seem to get my brain kick-started enough to think it through and type it again!)
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