We have a cat who is tentatively diagnosed with IBD. We just had an endoscopy done at an internal medicine specialist and initial results indicate no lymphoma, but he has inflammation and scar tissue. He is 2.5 years old with no prior health issues other than being a little chunky.
In November he started dropping weight and he went from 10 lbs to now 7. We started on depo medrol shots in Jan after initial diagnosis with little improvement after the first until they referred us to the imed. He, of course, fully went off food at that point and luckily they got us in sooner. We've done tests for everything and we are left at IBD unless some of the other endoscopy results come back with lymphoma which seems unlikely at this point.
He is on oral prednisolone and mirataz. We are syringe feeding him slurried hill's z/d because he won't eat. I got some Lotus foods to try and he got really excited about the venison the first day, was a little pickier the second and by the third refused it.
I tried Fortiflora on both z/d and the Lotus venison. Same thing. Yesterday he was crazy about it, today started off excited and by the end refused it.
He generally hasn't thrown up at all through this except at the very beginning until the last couple days. He did throw up bile around 530 this morning and maybe the night before (we can't be certain because we didn't notice it until the other cat had been in that space a while).
He only likes his food fresh out of the can. Not cold, not microwaved, not left out to warm, not given a water bath. I've tried like 6 limited ingredient or single protein foods.
I gave him a little Koha Rabbit au Jus tonight and he ate all of it, but I'm not expecting it to last.
I tried scrambled eggs out of desperation. He will fight you for human crackers, which he has never shown interest in before.
He just keeps dropping weight though it has at least slowed down as we near 7 lbs. Not sure how much more he can truly lose. I would love some ideas. Currently I plan on asking about B12 shots and Cerenia on Monday. This is so hard and I just want my sweet boy back. Thanks for any suggestions you can give.
In November he started dropping weight and he went from 10 lbs to now 7. We started on depo medrol shots in Jan after initial diagnosis with little improvement after the first until they referred us to the imed. He, of course, fully went off food at that point and luckily they got us in sooner. We've done tests for everything and we are left at IBD unless some of the other endoscopy results come back with lymphoma which seems unlikely at this point.
He is on oral prednisolone and mirataz. We are syringe feeding him slurried hill's z/d because he won't eat. I got some Lotus foods to try and he got really excited about the venison the first day, was a little pickier the second and by the third refused it.
I tried Fortiflora on both z/d and the Lotus venison. Same thing. Yesterday he was crazy about it, today started off excited and by the end refused it.
He generally hasn't thrown up at all through this except at the very beginning until the last couple days. He did throw up bile around 530 this morning and maybe the night before (we can't be certain because we didn't notice it until the other cat had been in that space a while).
He only likes his food fresh out of the can. Not cold, not microwaved, not left out to warm, not given a water bath. I've tried like 6 limited ingredient or single protein foods.
I gave him a little Koha Rabbit au Jus tonight and he ate all of it, but I'm not expecting it to last.
I tried scrambled eggs out of desperation. He will fight you for human crackers, which he has never shown interest in before.
He just keeps dropping weight though it has at least slowed down as we near 7 lbs. Not sure how much more he can truly lose. I would love some ideas. Currently I plan on asking about B12 shots and Cerenia on Monday. This is so hard and I just want my sweet boy back. Thanks for any suggestions you can give.