Thank you I will start looking through some of these posts. I haven’t looked up anything yet online, I came here first after getting the results.
hello! Yes this is her littermate. I see abnormal stools from time to time. Sometimes it’s long phases sometimes it’s just a one off. Anything from mucus, bloody mucus, blood mixed in the stool or blood spots in the litter box and golden or mustard color. Sometimes diarrhea. There are times they get down periods where they see m lethargic and keep to themselves. These periods will last a couple days. Maybe 1.5 years ago I noticed a first bad down phase in one of the cats. The other oddly enough at the same time has started crying all the time at the potty box and I was starting to see a change in her attitude as well. I texted my vet about the gal that was lethargic flat like a pancake rapid breathing. He had me bring her in right away said sounded like pancreatitis (this was my old vet who I just adored!! We have since moved) Once he found out it was both girls, said Highly likely not pancreatitis in two… suggested biome or fiber response but at the time of pandemic could not get either. Fast forward to today one cat eats a a small amount of fiber response Hard food. We also tried metronidazole for a short period and saw no change.
The night she called with the blood work results and treatment plan, she said they had two brands they kept in stock. At pick up the front desk girl was just confused so I’m hoping they are just out. It was also an extremely busy day for them, getting everyone in and out very quickly. If I can’t get more I will ask for a script and see if I can get from chewy or PetSmart.
So just an update on this food. It was a hard pass for my cats. It looks like pate but it’s a jello consistency. There is no breaking it up it just sticks to the spoon. I tried hiding a VERY small amount into the side of the plate with their morning meal. One cat ate around it, the other chose not to eat at all as she noticed it right away. I didn’t think it had much of a smell but I guess she could smell. That’s how she is tho.. if something she doesn’t like is in her plate.. she can’t eat any of it. Jeez reminds of myself growing up. Can’t eat the mashed potatoes because the green beans are touching them!
Hi! I thought I was being sneaky and mixing it in but kept it to one side in case it caused issues. Didn’t want to have to throw the entire plates of food away if they refused. As far as the food this is our first rodeo. I know nothing about it or other brands I just took what the vet gave me. This is the start of a new adventure of now looking for new brands. The vet only mentioned RC HP and Purina ZD. Looking back at notes she also mentioned it could be possible ibd or food intolerance or ibd due to food intolerance?? which I think I left out in my first post.. i guess one could lead to the other. Looking at your links, mind blown!! My dog had very bad skin allergies and he ate RC pR and PV. I’m just seeing there is cat PR, I had no idea this stuff was hydrolyzed. The kicker.. I used to pay $110 for the 24/pk 15oz cans. The cat food is nearly the same price for 5oz cans lol. Nuts. Think I’ll try that next. Thank you for the links.
