Quick overview: Toby is 13 and was diagnosed beginning of this year, have not been told his stage or shown his bloodwork. Started SubQ fluids which has recently become painful for him and also prescribed metoclopramide, hasn’t been prescribed anything else this far.
Beginning of last week he had began vomiting profusely, dropped weight and would not eat. I’d show him food, he’d act interested and check it out but would ultimately walk away. During that time I scheduled an appointment and could only get a date for this week-they offered something to rub on his ears to stimulate hunger despite me clarifying he is interested in food but won’t eat. After the first three days of his constant vomiting, weight loss, inappetence, I had noticed his neck seemed to be dropping a bit, he was sleeping near his water bowl and overall wasn’t looking good. I decided to start fluids daily (was doing every other day) despite it obviously being painful for him because I wanted to make sure he was getting a little bit of potassium to hold him off for vet visit and it did seem to help a tiny bit, there was a little less vomiting and started to eat plain chicken. I did try some wet food and he kinda ate it but more so just pushed the food around and made a mess. Now he acts incredibly hungry, will still only gorge on the chicken, he ate a tiny amount of diet kibbles and the gravy off some wet food but that’s it. My initial problem here leads back to the nausea medication which I really don’t find to be useful, he has moments where he finally stops vomiting but eventually goes back to doing it daily, which I suspect has caused a potassium deficiency. Are there any other alternatives to metoclopramide? Any advice on getting him to eat cat food which has the nutrients he needs instead of plain chicken? He dislikes diet wet (which has made his vet rather unhappy) so I had been giving him Wellness Morsels which is the lowest I’ve found in phosphorus thus far. I’m new to this so excuse any mistakes here, this is why I’m posting so I can get more advice because I feel my vets hasn’t been useful. Thanks and apologies for the rambling.
Beginning of last week he had began vomiting profusely, dropped weight and would not eat. I’d show him food, he’d act interested and check it out but would ultimately walk away. During that time I scheduled an appointment and could only get a date for this week-they offered something to rub on his ears to stimulate hunger despite me clarifying he is interested in food but won’t eat. After the first three days of his constant vomiting, weight loss, inappetence, I had noticed his neck seemed to be dropping a bit, he was sleeping near his water bowl and overall wasn’t looking good. I decided to start fluids daily (was doing every other day) despite it obviously being painful for him because I wanted to make sure he was getting a little bit of potassium to hold him off for vet visit and it did seem to help a tiny bit, there was a little less vomiting and started to eat plain chicken. I did try some wet food and he kinda ate it but more so just pushed the food around and made a mess. Now he acts incredibly hungry, will still only gorge on the chicken, he ate a tiny amount of diet kibbles and the gravy off some wet food but that’s it. My initial problem here leads back to the nausea medication which I really don’t find to be useful, he has moments where he finally stops vomiting but eventually goes back to doing it daily, which I suspect has caused a potassium deficiency. Are there any other alternatives to metoclopramide? Any advice on getting him to eat cat food which has the nutrients he needs instead of plain chicken? He dislikes diet wet (which has made his vet rather unhappy) so I had been giving him Wellness Morsels which is the lowest I’ve found in phosphorus thus far. I’m new to this so excuse any mistakes here, this is why I’m posting so I can get more advice because I feel my vets hasn’t been useful. Thanks and apologies for the rambling.
