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Hi, I'm new here. I ran across this site over the last two weeks while trying to do some research on my one cats behaviors upon returning home from the vet and am looking for some help. I have two cats, Chazz (3yr old orange tabby) and Samus (2yr old grey tabby). Both have been pretty normal, loving, playful cats who have been the loves of our lives. I have a vet who we love, very smart and helpful when we brought Chazz in for stomach problems, he ended up having IBD. But this is regarding Samus. Last year at this time we left for a long weekend trip and she ended up totally backed up. She was given an enema, and we were told to give her Miralax in her food to push through her BMs. Over the last year she has been fine and returned back to normal. The Miralax was giving Chazz diarreah and we stopped giving it to them when Chazz returned home from the vet 3 months ago.
Fast forward to now, Samus was brought in two weeks ago tomorrow due to excessive vocalizations. Nothing helped. She wanted treats, wasnt eating her wet food, I was sleeping on the couch to make her stop crying, it was bad. Found out she was again totally backed up which was weird because she was taking large BMs everyday. The vet kept her for 4 days on a water treatment to flush her system. She did great and got everything out. I brought her home and she seemed normal. I was told to give her Metoclopramide twice a day and he wanted to see her in 2 weeks. The vocalizations started again at 5am and I was back on the couch. She wasnt eating much. The vet gave me an appetite stimulant (Mirtazapine) and pain meds (Buprenophine). The appetite stimulant made her eat ravenously and the pain meds would calm her however, the vocalization would get worse as soon as it would start to wear off. I discontinued the appetite stimulant after 72 hrs and upon realizing the stomach medication was making her nutty I stopped that too. After 3 days of little rest, we went back to the vet for a metabolic test which checked out fine and he gave me Clomicalm for her to sleep through the night and stop the vocalization.
Now here we are today, 4 days later. The Clomicalm is keeping her asleep and the vocalizations are limited, however she's barely using the litterbox, only using it once or twice a day. She has hard, large BMs when she does go, she's barely eating her food which up until the last 2 days has eaten, and has now vomited 3 times in the last 36 hrs. Her playfulness has come back and is acting more like herself, but just isn't at the same time.
I'm sorry for the very extensive post, I just felt the need to explain everything that has gone on. This is truly upsetting my husband and I and we don't know what to do. Anyone have any suggestions? I would appreciate any advice at all.
Fast forward to now, Samus was brought in two weeks ago tomorrow due to excessive vocalizations. Nothing helped. She wanted treats, wasnt eating her wet food, I was sleeping on the couch to make her stop crying, it was bad. Found out she was again totally backed up which was weird because she was taking large BMs everyday. The vet kept her for 4 days on a water treatment to flush her system. She did great and got everything out. I brought her home and she seemed normal. I was told to give her Metoclopramide twice a day and he wanted to see her in 2 weeks. The vocalizations started again at 5am and I was back on the couch. She wasnt eating much. The vet gave me an appetite stimulant (Mirtazapine) and pain meds (Buprenophine). The appetite stimulant made her eat ravenously and the pain meds would calm her however, the vocalization would get worse as soon as it would start to wear off. I discontinued the appetite stimulant after 72 hrs and upon realizing the stomach medication was making her nutty I stopped that too. After 3 days of little rest, we went back to the vet for a metabolic test which checked out fine and he gave me Clomicalm for her to sleep through the night and stop the vocalization.
Now here we are today, 4 days later. The Clomicalm is keeping her asleep and the vocalizations are limited, however she's barely using the litterbox, only using it once or twice a day. She has hard, large BMs when she does go, she's barely eating her food which up until the last 2 days has eaten, and has now vomited 3 times in the last 36 hrs. Her playfulness has come back and is acting more like herself, but just isn't at the same time.
I'm sorry for the very extensive post, I just felt the need to explain everything that has gone on. This is truly upsetting my husband and I and we don't know what to do. Anyone have any suggestions? I would appreciate any advice at all.