After 2 years of perfect health, my sweet boy Pippin is ill. He's a three year old, male, neutered gray tabby. He started vomitting on Tuesday. By Wednesday, I took him to the vet as he was very lethargic and couldn't keep anything down.
He didn't have a temperature nor did he have any signs of a blockage. The vet gave me Metoclopramide 5MG to give him three times a day to help prevent the vomitting. It didn't help, so I took him back today (Friday).
He was severely dehydrated and I had tried to force water on him with a syringe in his mouth. That helped some, but the vet was very concerned. His temperature was very low. They put him on warm IV fluids all day, took blood tests, urinalysis, temperature, weight and observed him. He vomitted again at the vet and they gave him a shot to help with the nausea. His tests showed nothing unusual and they got him back to full hydration and sent him home with me around 5 this evening.
I have him here with me with orders not to feed or water him until I speak to the vet tomorrow. He is very listless and antisocial. He wants to sleep in his cat crate or under the bed, doesn't acknowledge my voice, but responds a bit to me petting him.
I'm wondering if the meds they gave him might have made him very drowsy. It was the same medication as they gave me for nausea, except in a shot.
I'm very worried about him. His brother Merry had a similar thing happen to him in 2003. After 8 months of tests, vet visits nearly every week, a multitude of meds, x-rays, bloodwork, and a visit to the specialist he died of unrelated causes. I never did get a diagnosis, although the specialist called me a couple of weeks after he died with an idea about a hernia in his diaphram. She also thought it *might* be cancer, but thought that was less likely.
Could something like that be genetic? I'm terrified of going through something like that again. I don't want Pippin to have to experience it either. Merry was a very sweet animal and his quality of life was the best I could provide with lots of love and care. But he was very sickly and even with his large bone structure, after he got sick, weighed between 4-8 lbs depending on the week and how well he was responding to treatments.
I know I can't expect a diagnosis here, but if any of you have any ideas or have experienced something similar, or just want to sent Pippin some healing energy, please do.
I'm heartsick over this. I raised Pippin and Merry from the time they were 5 weeks old. I don't want to lose Pippin too.
Devlyn
He didn't have a temperature nor did he have any signs of a blockage. The vet gave me Metoclopramide 5MG to give him three times a day to help prevent the vomitting. It didn't help, so I took him back today (Friday).
He was severely dehydrated and I had tried to force water on him with a syringe in his mouth. That helped some, but the vet was very concerned. His temperature was very low. They put him on warm IV fluids all day, took blood tests, urinalysis, temperature, weight and observed him. He vomitted again at the vet and they gave him a shot to help with the nausea. His tests showed nothing unusual and they got him back to full hydration and sent him home with me around 5 this evening.
I have him here with me with orders not to feed or water him until I speak to the vet tomorrow. He is very listless and antisocial. He wants to sleep in his cat crate or under the bed, doesn't acknowledge my voice, but responds a bit to me petting him.
I'm wondering if the meds they gave him might have made him very drowsy. It was the same medication as they gave me for nausea, except in a shot.
I'm very worried about him. His brother Merry had a similar thing happen to him in 2003. After 8 months of tests, vet visits nearly every week, a multitude of meds, x-rays, bloodwork, and a visit to the specialist he died of unrelated causes. I never did get a diagnosis, although the specialist called me a couple of weeks after he died with an idea about a hernia in his diaphram. She also thought it *might* be cancer, but thought that was less likely.
Could something like that be genetic? I'm terrified of going through something like that again. I don't want Pippin to have to experience it either. Merry was a very sweet animal and his quality of life was the best I could provide with lots of love and care. But he was very sickly and even with his large bone structure, after he got sick, weighed between 4-8 lbs depending on the week and how well he was responding to treatments.
I know I can't expect a diagnosis here, but if any of you have any ideas or have experienced something similar, or just want to sent Pippin some healing energy, please do.
I'm heartsick over this. I raised Pippin and Merry from the time they were 5 weeks old. I don't want to lose Pippin too.
Devlyn