My kitten Dobby has had health issues since we brought him home. The biggest is his chronic vomiting.
We adopted him from the humane society early last summer and he will be turning one this weekend.
The issues he has had is endless but he is otherwise a happy and energetic kitten.
When we first brought him home we had to take him to the vet for a respiratory infection. He got some medicine and felt better.
He originally ate Science Diet dry kitten food.
Dob had begun regurgitating his food in early September. First we attributed it to him eating too fast or from playing too hard after eating.
We begun giving him many small portions throughout the day and it did not stop.
We tried multiple store brands of cat food and nothing helped.
He was not only regurgitating his food (chunks) he would puke (watery) hours later.
We took him to the vet and they suggested trying a vet food, I think the first one was EN formula. They also gave him nausea pills to be taken daily (Cerenia)
Since the first visit to the vet we have had multiple appointments and have seen 4 different vets to try to diagnose his chronic vomiting.
He has had the following tests which all came back normal:
Blood work
Urine sample
Stool sample
Ultrasound
He once had to go to the emergency vet for dehydration where they gave him fluids.
We have tried every type of food and it seems like it will work for a while and then not anymore (always while taking Cerenia)
-Purina Pro Plan
-EN
-ID
-ZD
The vets have also given him Antibiotics, a different nausea pill, and a round of dewormer
Dobby cannot go a day without puking unless he is on his nausea medicine and even then it sometimes does not work.
He APPEARS healthy and happy most days. Although it did not seem like he was gaining weight at first he definitely has been maintaining a good weight.
He has periods where you know he doesn't feel good, he is very tired and is warm to the touch.
His third eyelid shows frequently.
His eyes water (mainly right eye) very often.
You can tell when he is nauseous..he will lick his lips and sometimes drool.
He has had every type of vomit
-chunky
-watery
-pale
-splattered
Etc.
In addition his stool is often showing problems. He will go weeks with healthy looking stool but other times it has been
-diarrhea
-infrequent
-very hard (constipated)
-pale, almost white spots
And the most recent black.
I just cleaned out his box and there was very very little stool. The stool that was there, was all very hard. A few were all black and some are multi colored -pale tan, light brown, and black
He is currently eating just ZD formula right now and has not puked in a few days (also taking Cerenia)
He also has baby food (turkey) as a treat when we can tell he doesn't feel good.
We have tried every formula of dry food and he pukes it up almost immediately.
Our best bets are with wet food. He seems to like/tolerate salmon flavored the most.
He has gone long times tolerating Purina Pro Plan kitten Salmon wet food.
Also with Rachel Ray salmon flavored but he always loses tolerance eventually.
His nausea medicine (Cerenia) is not made for long term use. Most prescriptions are for two weeks and the cat gets better. Dob has been getting his refilled for months.
It doesn't seem like ANYONE has any answers to what his underlying issue is or how to help it.
I don't want to just keep trying foods I know will not work, I also do not want to keep him on this nausea medicine his whole life. He is only a year old!!
Has anyone had a cat with similar issues?? I read all the time trying to self-diagnose him and I've never found (or the vets) someone who has had the same problems.
Please help.
We adopted him from the humane society early last summer and he will be turning one this weekend.
The issues he has had is endless but he is otherwise a happy and energetic kitten.
When we first brought him home we had to take him to the vet for a respiratory infection. He got some medicine and felt better.
He originally ate Science Diet dry kitten food.
Dob had begun regurgitating his food in early September. First we attributed it to him eating too fast or from playing too hard after eating.
We begun giving him many small portions throughout the day and it did not stop.
We tried multiple store brands of cat food and nothing helped.
He was not only regurgitating his food (chunks) he would puke (watery) hours later.
We took him to the vet and they suggested trying a vet food, I think the first one was EN formula. They also gave him nausea pills to be taken daily (Cerenia)
Since the first visit to the vet we have had multiple appointments and have seen 4 different vets to try to diagnose his chronic vomiting.
He has had the following tests which all came back normal:
Blood work
Urine sample
Stool sample
Ultrasound
He once had to go to the emergency vet for dehydration where they gave him fluids.
We have tried every type of food and it seems like it will work for a while and then not anymore (always while taking Cerenia)
-Purina Pro Plan
-EN
-ID
-ZD
The vets have also given him Antibiotics, a different nausea pill, and a round of dewormer
Dobby cannot go a day without puking unless he is on his nausea medicine and even then it sometimes does not work.
He APPEARS healthy and happy most days. Although it did not seem like he was gaining weight at first he definitely has been maintaining a good weight.
He has periods where you know he doesn't feel good, he is very tired and is warm to the touch.
His third eyelid shows frequently.
His eyes water (mainly right eye) very often.
You can tell when he is nauseous..he will lick his lips and sometimes drool.
He has had every type of vomit
-chunky
-watery
-pale
-splattered
Etc.
In addition his stool is often showing problems. He will go weeks with healthy looking stool but other times it has been
-diarrhea
-infrequent
-very hard (constipated)
-pale, almost white spots
And the most recent black.
I just cleaned out his box and there was very very little stool. The stool that was there, was all very hard. A few were all black and some are multi colored -pale tan, light brown, and black
He is currently eating just ZD formula right now and has not puked in a few days (also taking Cerenia)
He also has baby food (turkey) as a treat when we can tell he doesn't feel good.
We have tried every formula of dry food and he pukes it up almost immediately.
Our best bets are with wet food. He seems to like/tolerate salmon flavored the most.
He has gone long times tolerating Purina Pro Plan kitten Salmon wet food.
Also with Rachel Ray salmon flavored but he always loses tolerance eventually.
His nausea medicine (Cerenia) is not made for long term use. Most prescriptions are for two weeks and the cat gets better. Dob has been getting his refilled for months.
It doesn't seem like ANYONE has any answers to what his underlying issue is or how to help it.
I don't want to just keep trying foods I know will not work, I also do not want to keep him on this nausea medicine his whole life. He is only a year old!!
Has anyone had a cat with similar issues?? I read all the time trying to self-diagnose him and I've never found (or the vets) someone who has had the same problems.
Please help.
