My cat was prescribed doxycycline in oct that I gave him for 1.5 weeks. He was severely anemic for part of it and wasn't eating too much but I made sure that he swallowed water after the pill. The vet switched his antibiotic in late oct and he finished his course by the end of Oct.
In early December, he started throwing up dry food. He will make all sort of noises, would heave, retch just like normal cat vomiting and then throw up. I started giving him more wet food and he is able to keep down wet food, boiled chicken, turkey and steak. He can also eat 15 to 20 kibbles at a time without throwing up. The only time he throws up is when he eats dry food by himself and I guess gobbles down too much too quickly. He has this habit of not always chewing his food so I can sometimes see full kibbles in his throw up that's covered in mucus. The vet suspects that the doxycycline may have caused damage to his esophagus but as he is eating, they are giving him antiacid right now to rule out any other issues before we go to expensive tests/ treatments.
He also has an autoimmune blood disorder, on prednisolone for last 3 months and his rbc numbers are going down.
I am torn on this one. He is young, very very happy and friendly cat. I am also feeling so bad that I may have caused this because of not administrating the pills correctly, I was told to give him 3 to 5 ml of water after the pill and I tried to do that but may be I missed sometime. I have heard stories about stricture treatments not working all the time and requiring multiple treatments and failing even after that.
I guess what I want to ask is,
* Can the prednisolone be causing this (like acid reflex or something) and not doxycycline? It happened a month after I stopped giving him doxycycline while strictures usually happen within a week or two.
* With his condition, is it worth doing anything about it? I am wondering if I let him be happy for whatever time he has left and feed him what he can eat easily. The cats with his autoimmune disorder have a median life expectancy of 1.6 years with maximum 9 years. He has already been fighting it for at least 6 months.
In early December, he started throwing up dry food. He will make all sort of noises, would heave, retch just like normal cat vomiting and then throw up. I started giving him more wet food and he is able to keep down wet food, boiled chicken, turkey and steak. He can also eat 15 to 20 kibbles at a time without throwing up. The only time he throws up is when he eats dry food by himself and I guess gobbles down too much too quickly. He has this habit of not always chewing his food so I can sometimes see full kibbles in his throw up that's covered in mucus. The vet suspects that the doxycycline may have caused damage to his esophagus but as he is eating, they are giving him antiacid right now to rule out any other issues before we go to expensive tests/ treatments.
He also has an autoimmune blood disorder, on prednisolone for last 3 months and his rbc numbers are going down.
I am torn on this one. He is young, very very happy and friendly cat. I am also feeling so bad that I may have caused this because of not administrating the pills correctly, I was told to give him 3 to 5 ml of water after the pill and I tried to do that but may be I missed sometime. I have heard stories about stricture treatments not working all the time and requiring multiple treatments and failing even after that.
I guess what I want to ask is,
* Can the prednisolone be causing this (like acid reflex or something) and not doxycycline? It happened a month after I stopped giving him doxycycline while strictures usually happen within a week or two.
* With his condition, is it worth doing anything about it? I am wondering if I let him be happy for whatever time he has left and feed him what he can eat easily. The cats with his autoimmune disorder have a median life expectancy of 1.6 years with maximum 9 years. He has already been fighting it for at least 6 months.
