Hello everyone!
I'm hoping to get your opinion and experience with your cats on steroid treatmant as I'm really concerned weather I should continue with the treatment for my 4 year tomcat Felix or not.
He was diagnosed with stomatitis and after trying several treatments that only worked short term, we decided to follow the advice of the vet and go for partial mouth extraction. After the surgery he was put on Prednisolone treatment and has been on the dose (5 mg) for 1 month and a half. Before the treatment he was a very active cat who loved to play as much as he loved to eat. Even when the stomatitis in his mouth was at its worst, preventing him to eat he was still very playfull. Now his mouth is almost fully cured, he eats a lot more than he should (also due to the steroids) but the worst part is that he is very lethargic...he is sleeping all day and night and sighting a lot. We bought him new toys, but nothing excites him. The vet says we should lower the dose in the next 10 days...and continue with half a dose for a month. But, to be honest, seing him in such a state makes me wonder if this steriod isnt't beginign to affect his health or state of mind in another way.
What is you experience with steroids? Did your cats returned to their old selves after you have stopped the treatment?
I'm hoping to get your opinion and experience with your cats on steroid treatmant as I'm really concerned weather I should continue with the treatment for my 4 year tomcat Felix or not.
He was diagnosed with stomatitis and after trying several treatments that only worked short term, we decided to follow the advice of the vet and go for partial mouth extraction. After the surgery he was put on Prednisolone treatment and has been on the dose (5 mg) for 1 month and a half. Before the treatment he was a very active cat who loved to play as much as he loved to eat. Even when the stomatitis in his mouth was at its worst, preventing him to eat he was still very playfull. Now his mouth is almost fully cured, he eats a lot more than he should (also due to the steroids) but the worst part is that he is very lethargic...he is sleeping all day and night and sighting a lot. We bought him new toys, but nothing excites him. The vet says we should lower the dose in the next 10 days...and continue with half a dose for a month. But, to be honest, seing him in such a state makes me wonder if this steriod isnt't beginign to affect his health or state of mind in another way.
What is you experience with steroids? Did your cats returned to their old selves after you have stopped the treatment?