I am loving this site, so much useful info on it....
On to my question, I have 2 DSH kittys that will be 7 in July (they are littermates)
Some background of the past few days.....
Our male kitty pierre has been having issues the past few days, Tuesday evening he threw up 3 times (one contained a very small piece of plastic bag the rest was what looked like uundigested food) so we went to the ER vet thinking he might have a blockage. They did xrays and found nothing (the xrays showed gas and stool moving through his system ok) so home we came. Wednesday morning I was awoken to him throwing up again, so I called his vet and took him in, he spent the day there getting IV fluids and blood work done. He also recived 2 shots (one of an antibiotic and one of Metoclopramide for the vomiting and nausea) he didnt throw up at all while at the vet, so once the blood work was in I was able to go get him. The blood work came back all normal, they did a metabolic panel on him to check for metabolic disorders, the only ones that came back abnormal were his cholesterol (only slightly elevated) his liver panel (also only very slightly elevated) and something they check that indicates stress. The vet seems to think he has eaten something that didnt agree with him (hence the liver levels being elevated) He did really well Wednesday night just kinda chilled out and relaxed no more throwing up. Well Thursday morning hubby and I woke to him throwing up again. It was just once and looked like a hairball and some stomach bile, called the vet he said it was ok as long as there was no food in it. Well this am, just like clock work, hubby and i were once again woken up to him puking. It once again looked like bile and a little bit of hair not really a hairball just like hair that he would shed. He went and ate and threw up again, this time it had a small piece of plastic in it again (he was chewing on the trash bag as I was cleaning up the first puke spot) and once again he went to eat, was only done like 5 mins and threw up undigested food (it didnt even look chewed!) hubby let him eat again and he has kept that down for a few hours now. He seems to be acting fine otherwise, purring and chasing toys, eating and drinking ok, using the litter box ok. The vet did give us that stuff in the tube for hairballs and some metoclopramide syrup for the nausea, and I/D cat food. The only time he is throwing up is in the AM after he gets up from the night.
My questions are:
If he ate something that didnt agree with him shouldnt he be feeling better by now? (the vet suggested he ate something or maybe his food had gone bad)
Could he just be getting rid of built up hair balls? Or could the morning puking be due to morning grooming? he has been grooming alot more due to going to the vet 2 times
Could the puking be stress related? (Our other kitty has been hissing at him since he came back from the vet, but only if she smells his head and neck, they shaved his neck and if she smells that spot she hisses and runs away, he however seems unfazed by her hissing) hubby and I are also expecting a new baby in July so we have been doing alot to get the nursery ready, this was at one time their room.
Sorry this is so long but I am at my wits end here, I am stressed out over this like you would not believe. My kitties are my babies!
On to my question, I have 2 DSH kittys that will be 7 in July (they are littermates)
Some background of the past few days.....
Our male kitty pierre has been having issues the past few days, Tuesday evening he threw up 3 times (one contained a very small piece of plastic bag the rest was what looked like uundigested food) so we went to the ER vet thinking he might have a blockage. They did xrays and found nothing (the xrays showed gas and stool moving through his system ok) so home we came. Wednesday morning I was awoken to him throwing up again, so I called his vet and took him in, he spent the day there getting IV fluids and blood work done. He also recived 2 shots (one of an antibiotic and one of Metoclopramide for the vomiting and nausea) he didnt throw up at all while at the vet, so once the blood work was in I was able to go get him. The blood work came back all normal, they did a metabolic panel on him to check for metabolic disorders, the only ones that came back abnormal were his cholesterol (only slightly elevated) his liver panel (also only very slightly elevated) and something they check that indicates stress. The vet seems to think he has eaten something that didnt agree with him (hence the liver levels being elevated) He did really well Wednesday night just kinda chilled out and relaxed no more throwing up. Well Thursday morning hubby and I woke to him throwing up again. It was just once and looked like a hairball and some stomach bile, called the vet he said it was ok as long as there was no food in it. Well this am, just like clock work, hubby and i were once again woken up to him puking. It once again looked like bile and a little bit of hair not really a hairball just like hair that he would shed. He went and ate and threw up again, this time it had a small piece of plastic in it again (he was chewing on the trash bag as I was cleaning up the first puke spot) and once again he went to eat, was only done like 5 mins and threw up undigested food (it didnt even look chewed!) hubby let him eat again and he has kept that down for a few hours now. He seems to be acting fine otherwise, purring and chasing toys, eating and drinking ok, using the litter box ok. The vet did give us that stuff in the tube for hairballs and some metoclopramide syrup for the nausea, and I/D cat food. The only time he is throwing up is in the AM after he gets up from the night.
My questions are:
If he ate something that didnt agree with him shouldnt he be feeling better by now? (the vet suggested he ate something or maybe his food had gone bad)
Could he just be getting rid of built up hair balls? Or could the morning puking be due to morning grooming? he has been grooming alot more due to going to the vet 2 times
Could the puking be stress related? (Our other kitty has been hissing at him since he came back from the vet, but only if she smells his head and neck, they shaved his neck and if she smells that spot she hisses and runs away, he however seems unfazed by her hissing) hubby and I are also expecting a new baby in July so we have been doing alot to get the nursery ready, this was at one time their room.
Sorry this is so long but I am at my wits end here, I am stressed out over this like you would not believe. My kitties are my babies!