The vets here are opened on the weekends. I'm feeding him his supper now...and he seems to be afraid of the new glass plate his food is on......WHYJust keep in mind the weekend is coming. Don't let yourself get caught in an er situation.... Whatever you have to do, do before Friday.
Because that is how cats are with new things. move it back to the old plate.
He had a couple bites of the HC. his stomach must still be upset from the 7pm puke. Ill try again in an hour or two. Is that ok?Because that is how cats are with new things. move it back to the old plate.
I gtg for now.... Have an early trip tomorrow - will be back tomorrow night or so.
Take care hun,
I second the cerenia suggestion it really saved my cat when he had a hairball/throwing up problem. They have a shot at the vet which lasts 24 hours, but the pills are great too. Also agree with doing lots of small meals.
EYL and Probiotics usually keep his hairballs at bay, but as I mentioned earlier, I had forgotten to get some and the lack of it in his food has probably got him into this mess.
Sorry, I've been having internet issues, so posting is hit or miss.
Fingers crossed definitely.I'm so glad he's doing so much better!
As to the frothy puke - it's not clear how long after he'd eaten that was, or the timing in relation to the grass, but the clear liquid is usually just bile.
Sounds like he's getting over the hairball crisis!
No worries on the lack of posts. This is great advice!Sorry, I've been having internet issues, so posting is hit or miss.
I mean actual egg yolk.The egg yolk lecithin helps by emulsifying the fat that binds the hairballs; but including a whole egg yolk or two a week provides further prevention, because of the acetylcholine (a component of the choline in egg yolks: eggs are rich in choline). This blog is in reference to ferrets, but the principles are the same: http://www.ferretharmony.net/2013/04/27/hairballs-eat-an-egg/
The two can be used together, but the addition of the egg yolks should provide the added benefit of improved motility.
This is a very dangerous recommendation for novices at syringe feeding. If someone has experience, or the cat is very compliant, that's one thing. But for the benefit of others reading the thread, hairball remedies should never be forced into a struggling cat's mouth, especially via syringe.
If they are aspirated, they can cause lipoid pneumonia. (http://www.merckmanuals.com/profess...nia/aspiration_pneumonitis_and_pneumonia.html). This is difficult to impossible to treat.
Sorry, but YES! Definitely WAIT until his tummy troubles are cleared up. :nod: (Thank goodness for your good sense. :lol3: ).No worries on the lack of posts. This is great advice!
I'm a little anxious to introduce egg yolk to him now, what with his recent tummy troubles, but maybe I can do it 1x a week (in addition to the EYL) once all this is cleared up?
Thank you
He absolutely loves to play with hair ties. But, believe me, he does not eat them. All the ones I've found around the house (that have sneaked their way under desks, are completely intact - none look like they've been bitten or broken. He just carries them around in his mouth, drops them, throws them, then runs after them. I've never found any in his litterbox either.
Okay, I'll do so. Yesterday, I added a tiny bit of water to a capsule of EYL, so I could be sure he took some (just in case it got lost when he puked his food up earlier that day). He seemed to like it .. A LOT. Maybe this will be a way to help entice him to eat more and different proteins? As I'm trying to get him on a grass-fed diet and all...Sorry, but YES! Definitely WAIT until his tummy troubles are cleared up.(Thank goodness for your good sense.).
And because his IBD is in the form of diarrhea, this is definitely something to be introduced slowly. When Carolina fed Bugsy a whole egg yolk, he got diarrhea.So I'd start with like 1/4 egg yolk every 2-3 days, and see how it goes.
:nod: Most cats LOVE egg yolks, so if he likes them and does well with them, it might be a good way to introduce new proteins!Okay, I'll do so. Yesterday, I added a tiny bit of water to a capsule of EYL, so I could be sure he took some (just in case it got lost when he puked his food up earlier that day). He seemed to like it .. A LOT. Maybe this will be a way to help entice him to eat more and different proteins? As I'm trying to get him on a grass-fed diet and all...
Thank you for the tip
The Taurine issue scares me a little, just due to its complexity - I don't really understand how to use it/how I should use it with my cats.Good point about the taurine, Franksmom.
Taurine is a rather complicated nutrient. The amount of taurine available to a cat from the diet depends on a bunch of things, such as the amount of protein, the quality of the protein, whether the diet is cooked or raw, what other ingredients are present (like bacteria) in the diet that might increase the amount of taurine needed. This is a raw diet, and high quality protein (meaning animal-based protein, not plant-based, which is what the studies in cats compare), with high bioavailability.The UC Davis ground raw rabbit study resulted in a taurine deficiency in several of the cats; one of the theories was that bacteria in the food OR existing bacteria in the intestines of the cats broke down some of the taurine. Their conclusion was that neither of these circumstances would be detrimental to diets containing excess levels of taurine, but would be detrimental if the diet was borderline, and they noted that vitamin E levels in their raw rabbit diet were low, which can cause meat to lose taurine as it is processed and ground.And vitamin E is one of the ingredients Dr. Pierson recommends be added to the diet; so if vitamin E isn't added when the mixture is ground, it's a good idea to add the taurine.
So even though the amount of taurine needed can vary depending on a lot of things, FNES walks through taurine supplementation: http://feline-nutrition.org/answers/answers-how-much-taurine-should-i-add
Taurine is water soluble, so it isn't a vitamin that builds up in their systems like A or D. Supplementing with 200mg - 250mg would be more than sufficient. I used to buy the NOW 1,000mg capsules and sprinkle on 1/4 cap. I think Carolina buys loose taurine powder and uses 1/4 teaspoon.
