Hello,
I'm new to this forum but very glad to discover it.
I have an incredibly sweet 14-month-old cat named Moso who has FIP. It started as the dry form, but now it appears to be progressing into the wet form. For the past several weeks, his appetite has been poor, and for the last week, he has barely eaten anything. He's sometimes hungry--he goes to the place where I feed him and waits expectantly for his food--but he doesn't eat. No matter what I offer him (a huge variety of cat foods, cat treats, human foods), he will at best take one or two tiny bites and then turn away. My veterinarian is attributing this to nausea, which makes some sense (though he never vomits). She has prescribed mirtazapine, odansetron, Cerenia, and Pepcid, but nothing has helped. I also made a syrup of slippery elm bark powder, but that did nothing.
Does anyone have any experience or suggestions on how to deal with lack of appetite in a cat with FIP? I would be most grateful to learn of others' experience.
Many thanks.
I'm new to this forum but very glad to discover it.
I have an incredibly sweet 14-month-old cat named Moso who has FIP. It started as the dry form, but now it appears to be progressing into the wet form. For the past several weeks, his appetite has been poor, and for the last week, he has barely eaten anything. He's sometimes hungry--he goes to the place where I feed him and waits expectantly for his food--but he doesn't eat. No matter what I offer him (a huge variety of cat foods, cat treats, human foods), he will at best take one or two tiny bites and then turn away. My veterinarian is attributing this to nausea, which makes some sense (though he never vomits). She has prescribed mirtazapine, odansetron, Cerenia, and Pepcid, but nothing has helped. I also made a syrup of slippery elm bark powder, but that did nothing.
Does anyone have any experience or suggestions on how to deal with lack of appetite in a cat with FIP? I would be most grateful to learn of others' experience.
Many thanks.