I am new here but hoping I can get some advise on Fuzzy, its a long story but I will try to condense it:
This all started June 27 when he suddenly got a bloody nose that wouldn't stop. We have been doing allot of drywall work in the house and have been doing allot of sanding. I took him to the vet and they did xrays and dental work on him which included extracting 2 teeth. Xrays showed nothing wrong and the vet gave him Doxcycline, 1/4 tablet a day for 2 weeks and prednisolone. I also found out that he had two teeth pulled and has 2 stitches in his upper front jaw, that will dissolve. Also the bleeding stopped entirely that day and hasn't happened since.
Now the problem I have is that he won't eat. Sat night he was so bad I thought he was going to die so I stopped all the antibiotics and the steroid, and he seemed to get better but on Monday he was sorta of quiet slept all the time, but was eating kitty treats, not allot of them, about 5 or 6. Took him for his follow up on Tuesday and the vet said that he was sort of dehydrated so gave him the liquids and fed me the riot act for stopping his meds. She also gave him a shot for pain and told me to try to pump the calories into him.
She also told me that his platelet count was low along with his red blood cell count was low.
Wed it was like he was a new cat! He was running to his food dish, nibbling lightly on dry food, eating a few kitty treats but still looking at his wet food and turning away. This was great until I went to give him his pills. I fought with him for 20 minutes to get them down and ever since then he is lethargic and won't even look at food.
Well its like one step forward and two steps back. He was starting to nibble on his food and the next day I got up and he had a little blood on the bottom of his nose. I was like here we go again. But I opened his mouth and found an abrasion on his gum right behind where his front teeth would be if he had them. So off to the vet again. This vet is obsessed with tumors and she said that it could be a tumor surfacing. That and his temperature was a little low but she said she wasn't to concerned about that. I asked her if it could be from the antibiotics, they switched me tetracycline in a powder form three days prior that I had to syringe in him and it was terrible, he was frothing at the mouth and gagging like he was going to throw up afterward. She said possibly or a trauma from the pill popper or syringe, or dry food. I stopped the antibiotic after the frothing incident.
I am down to the every other day on his pred, but I am concerned that his tummy is upset from the pred. He keeps smacking his lips and looks like he doesn't feel good, and it gets worse when I put food in fromt of him. I gave him his pred tonight and he started to drool afterward and now is resorting to hiding behind the couch. I am so frustrated, last night he came out when company came over and he was such a lovey kitty, now tonight he is acting really sick again. If I knew he wouldn't get sick from stopping the pred right now I would just stop it and see if I can get him feeling well again.
Its been threes weeks now and I am about ready to cry, so any support or help would be greatly appreciated.
This all started June 27 when he suddenly got a bloody nose that wouldn't stop. We have been doing allot of drywall work in the house and have been doing allot of sanding. I took him to the vet and they did xrays and dental work on him which included extracting 2 teeth. Xrays showed nothing wrong and the vet gave him Doxcycline, 1/4 tablet a day for 2 weeks and prednisolone. I also found out that he had two teeth pulled and has 2 stitches in his upper front jaw, that will dissolve. Also the bleeding stopped entirely that day and hasn't happened since.
Now the problem I have is that he won't eat. Sat night he was so bad I thought he was going to die so I stopped all the antibiotics and the steroid, and he seemed to get better but on Monday he was sorta of quiet slept all the time, but was eating kitty treats, not allot of them, about 5 or 6. Took him for his follow up on Tuesday and the vet said that he was sort of dehydrated so gave him the liquids and fed me the riot act for stopping his meds. She also gave him a shot for pain and told me to try to pump the calories into him.
She also told me that his platelet count was low along with his red blood cell count was low.
Wed it was like he was a new cat! He was running to his food dish, nibbling lightly on dry food, eating a few kitty treats but still looking at his wet food and turning away. This was great until I went to give him his pills. I fought with him for 20 minutes to get them down and ever since then he is lethargic and won't even look at food.
Well its like one step forward and two steps back. He was starting to nibble on his food and the next day I got up and he had a little blood on the bottom of his nose. I was like here we go again. But I opened his mouth and found an abrasion on his gum right behind where his front teeth would be if he had them. So off to the vet again. This vet is obsessed with tumors and she said that it could be a tumor surfacing. That and his temperature was a little low but she said she wasn't to concerned about that. I asked her if it could be from the antibiotics, they switched me tetracycline in a powder form three days prior that I had to syringe in him and it was terrible, he was frothing at the mouth and gagging like he was going to throw up afterward. She said possibly or a trauma from the pill popper or syringe, or dry food. I stopped the antibiotic after the frothing incident.
I am down to the every other day on his pred, but I am concerned that his tummy is upset from the pred. He keeps smacking his lips and looks like he doesn't feel good, and it gets worse when I put food in fromt of him. I gave him his pred tonight and he started to drool afterward and now is resorting to hiding behind the couch. I am so frustrated, last night he came out when company came over and he was such a lovey kitty, now tonight he is acting really sick again. If I knew he wouldn't get sick from stopping the pred right now I would just stop it and see if I can get him feeling well again.
Its been threes weeks now and I am about ready to cry, so any support or help would be greatly appreciated.
