need advice.
I have been having issues with my cat for about four years. He will be 11 in April.
He has always been a puker, so I switched him to grain free a couple years thinking either ibd or just a sensitive belly. During this time, a couple times he threw up he actually passed out. Nit a seizure, passed out. A lot of tests, emergency visits, nothing came up abnormal. They suspected just syncope.
A couple times throughout the years, he stopped eating for one or two days, then would bounce back and be fine.
Last April, he was diagnosed with a heart condition, he has a slightly enlarged heart and one of his kidneys was deformed. He has been on atenolol for about a year, doing good on that.
He also wakes ¼ Pepcid twice a day for his stomach issues.
In December, he stopped eating all together, was puking, letahargic.
H went to the vet and they initially thought it was his kidneys. He stayed there all weekend on iv
When we got home, he ate one day then stopped again, Went back a week later for blood, and his levels were normal. So we had to get an ultrasound.
He had gallbladder sludge, showed his kidney (which I knew), Mild ileocolic lymphadenopathy, and Scant peritoneal fluid.
He went on meds for the infection(sludge) which is now gone.
The one vet suggested an endoscopy but I wasn’t sure with his heart. When I went to his main vet(who wasn’t there that day) he said he wouldn’t do it because it will not show 100% of what it is.
He suspects either the start of cancer or IBD which have similar signs. HE does have extremely smelly poop and its loose a lot plus his vomiting issues which he hasn’t had in a while except hair balls.
He is on 1mg of predisone a day plus the heart and Pepcid.
He has been ok until this week. He stopped wanting his rotation of food and will only eat one flavor. I know that his diet should be strict with the IBD buy my main concern was him eating.
I had fancy feast with gravy for a couple weeks, not the best but he ate and he was his go to food when he was sick because he would eat that but now he smells it and walks away. I have been trying to get him off anyway but I need him to eat.
So is this a case of I am being picky or I don’t feel good. Let be clear, he is eating. But he is a eater, steals my other cats food, begs for more. Now he is just eating the one flavor and not begging as much.
I hesitate to take him to the vet just yet as I said he is eating the one food. Do I ask the vet if the one pill a day is enough(lowest dosage per heart)
Do I just give him the one food or will he get sick of it? I keep wasting money on trying different food and its very frustrating. One day he eats it, next he doesn’t.
I also am tired of stressing him out at the vet. He used to be fine now he gets upset because he has been there so much
Has anyone been in this sitation?
Any feeding suggestions? This is so heartbreaking and frustrating
I have been having issues with my cat for about four years. He will be 11 in April.
He has always been a puker, so I switched him to grain free a couple years thinking either ibd or just a sensitive belly. During this time, a couple times he threw up he actually passed out. Nit a seizure, passed out. A lot of tests, emergency visits, nothing came up abnormal. They suspected just syncope.
A couple times throughout the years, he stopped eating for one or two days, then would bounce back and be fine.
Last April, he was diagnosed with a heart condition, he has a slightly enlarged heart and one of his kidneys was deformed. He has been on atenolol for about a year, doing good on that.
He also wakes ¼ Pepcid twice a day for his stomach issues.
In December, he stopped eating all together, was puking, letahargic.
H went to the vet and they initially thought it was his kidneys. He stayed there all weekend on iv
When we got home, he ate one day then stopped again, Went back a week later for blood, and his levels were normal. So we had to get an ultrasound.
He had gallbladder sludge, showed his kidney (which I knew), Mild ileocolic lymphadenopathy, and Scant peritoneal fluid.
He went on meds for the infection(sludge) which is now gone.
The one vet suggested an endoscopy but I wasn’t sure with his heart. When I went to his main vet(who wasn’t there that day) he said he wouldn’t do it because it will not show 100% of what it is.
He suspects either the start of cancer or IBD which have similar signs. HE does have extremely smelly poop and its loose a lot plus his vomiting issues which he hasn’t had in a while except hair balls.
He is on 1mg of predisone a day plus the heart and Pepcid.
He has been ok until this week. He stopped wanting his rotation of food and will only eat one flavor. I know that his diet should be strict with the IBD buy my main concern was him eating.
I had fancy feast with gravy for a couple weeks, not the best but he ate and he was his go to food when he was sick because he would eat that but now he smells it and walks away. I have been trying to get him off anyway but I need him to eat.
So is this a case of I am being picky or I don’t feel good. Let be clear, he is eating. But he is a eater, steals my other cats food, begs for more. Now he is just eating the one flavor and not begging as much.
I hesitate to take him to the vet just yet as I said he is eating the one food. Do I ask the vet if the one pill a day is enough(lowest dosage per heart)
Do I just give him the one food or will he get sick of it? I keep wasting money on trying different food and its very frustrating. One day he eats it, next he doesn’t.
I also am tired of stressing him out at the vet. He used to be fine now he gets upset because he has been there so much
Has anyone been in this sitation?
Any feeding suggestions? This is so heartbreaking and frustrating
very frustrating. I hope you get an answer. One thing I thought of is if he's feeling nauseous he won't eat even though he's hungry. I know there are anit-nausea meds you can give which could help, maybe worth discussing with the vet.
