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Sigh. So, my boy isn't quite recovered yet and we're going on a month. I had reduced his prednisone thinking he was having behavioral issues and hiding under the bed from that.
The vet thinks it's because he's in pain. He's NEVER hidden from me when in pain, so I am confused. Is he afraid? Is this pain bothering him so he's in pain AND scared? I talked to the vet about putting him on kitty prozac to help with fear, but I don't know. I mean, he hunches down when he's out from under the bed, like someone is going to attack him and I'm not sure if it's because he's been to the vet so many times this month he's sick of being poked and prodded. He's almost 17 so I can understand his attitude if he's tired with this.
He still eats, drinks and loves his chicken. If I lay on the floor at the end of my bed, he will purr if I brush him and rub behind his ears and roll onto his back--does that sound like a cat in pain??
I'm honestly baffled. He's on bupernorphine when needed and we are upping his prednisone to 2x daily for 5 days to help with inflammation.
He's been hiding for a week and I keep thinking it's because he was tender from the needles from the b-12 and sub q fluids and now he's just in a pancreatic flare so that's adding to the rest.
UGH!
The vet thinks it's because he's in pain. He's NEVER hidden from me when in pain, so I am confused. Is he afraid? Is this pain bothering him so he's in pain AND scared? I talked to the vet about putting him on kitty prozac to help with fear, but I don't know. I mean, he hunches down when he's out from under the bed, like someone is going to attack him and I'm not sure if it's because he's been to the vet so many times this month he's sick of being poked and prodded. He's almost 17 so I can understand his attitude if he's tired with this.
He still eats, drinks and loves his chicken. If I lay on the floor at the end of my bed, he will purr if I brush him and rub behind his ears and roll onto his back--does that sound like a cat in pain??
I'm honestly baffled. He's on bupernorphine when needed and we are upping his prednisone to 2x daily for 5 days to help with inflammation.
He's been hiding for a week and I keep thinking it's because he was tender from the needles from the b-12 and sub q fluids and now he's just in a pancreatic flare so that's adding to the rest.
UGH!