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Hi all,
My 11 year old cat finally had some long overdue dental work done. This would have been done sooner, but he had difficulties with diabletes that we seem to have in remission. We delayed treatment because of his vets concerns over infection. Turns out he needed some teeth removed due to resorption. This past Thursday he had 10 teeth removed. He was sent home with Clindamycin and two pain meds - Buprenorphine oral suspension 0.5mg to be given every 8 hours for 3 days and Onsior oral suspension 20mg to be given every 24 hours for 3 days. After 2 doses of the Buprenorphine, he was acting weird - almost like he was hallucinating, fearful to walk down the hallway, very skittish and not sleeping for almost 24 hours after returning home. Spoke to the vet dentist and he said to stop the Buprenorphine because he thought that it was too much medication for him and that was causing those problems. We were directed to continue the Onsior. He’s scheduled for his last dose of Onsior today. He’s better than he was, but still having problems. He’ll be fine for a few hours and then he‘ll have odd behavior… running away from us, hiding, that sort of thing. Liter box habits and eating are mostly normal (although I know he misses his crunchy treats). The vet dentist indicated that this was behavior not usual during recovery. Can anyone share their experiences with this sort of dental surgery. Part of me feels like he should be further along and more himself. I’m worried sick and would appreciate any input. Thank so much.
My 11 year old cat finally had some long overdue dental work done. This would have been done sooner, but he had difficulties with diabletes that we seem to have in remission. We delayed treatment because of his vets concerns over infection. Turns out he needed some teeth removed due to resorption. This past Thursday he had 10 teeth removed. He was sent home with Clindamycin and two pain meds - Buprenorphine oral suspension 0.5mg to be given every 8 hours for 3 days and Onsior oral suspension 20mg to be given every 24 hours for 3 days. After 2 doses of the Buprenorphine, he was acting weird - almost like he was hallucinating, fearful to walk down the hallway, very skittish and not sleeping for almost 24 hours after returning home. Spoke to the vet dentist and he said to stop the Buprenorphine because he thought that it was too much medication for him and that was causing those problems. We were directed to continue the Onsior. He’s scheduled for his last dose of Onsior today. He’s better than he was, but still having problems. He’ll be fine for a few hours and then he‘ll have odd behavior… running away from us, hiding, that sort of thing. Liter box habits and eating are mostly normal (although I know he misses his crunchy treats). The vet dentist indicated that this was behavior not usual during recovery. Can anyone share their experiences with this sort of dental surgery. Part of me feels like he should be further along and more himself. I’m worried sick and would appreciate any input. Thank so much.