Hi, my 11 year old Tabby cat has either IBD or lymphoma according to an ultrasound and her symptoms. Her blood work has ruled out other diseases. She was on/off having diarhea and vomiting over the last 5 years but had always bounced back with Hills prescription food and intermittent probiotic use. Last 3-4 months latter part of her poop was soft and light sometimes orange sometimes her entire poop was grayish to light brown. We switched her food to i/d, used Visbiome probiotic for 2 months, sometimes she would have good poop for a week but then it would go soft/smelly again.
Vet suggested novel protein Royal canin rabbit, which made her so much worse. On day #4 of slow transition, she started vomiting twice a day and very bad diarrhea occurred so we went back to i/d.
She reacted similarly to metronidazole (after a dose, had liquid diarrhea) so we stopped right away.
After her reaction to Royal Canin (rabbit), I even had to stop giving her Visbiome because that had also stopped working for her.
Vet tried 0.5 ml prednisolone and after a single dose made have slightly loose poop to severe fluid diarrhea.
Her B12 level was normal to high
Folate very high. Vet noted that her high folate level can suggest dysbiosis and that this is a common consequence of chronic small intestinal diseases.
Both metronidazole and prednisolone she attempted to use were liquid formations with chicken flavor. At this point I am terrified to have her try any more meds.
Did anyone else experience this with their IBD cat? It feels like whatever we give her at this point is causing looser stools.
She has alot of appetite.
Maybe we could next attempt another form of prednisolone (i.e. tablets), or budenesonide or chlorambucil, but I am very unsure.
We are offered an endoscopy which would be helpful to distinguish if she only has IBD versus lymphoma, BUT based on her terrible reaction to various medications so far, I am not sure about her recovery after an endoscopy either, as what if she has a very severe diarrhea in reaction to anesthetics and where we may not be able to then stop her diarrhea at all.
I want to explore natural alternatives such as
like fecal microbiome testing and fecal transplant, but Vets do not offer such services and I am not convinced how reliable these options are either.
Any recommendations?
Vet suggested novel protein Royal canin rabbit, which made her so much worse. On day #4 of slow transition, she started vomiting twice a day and very bad diarrhea occurred so we went back to i/d.
She reacted similarly to metronidazole (after a dose, had liquid diarrhea) so we stopped right away.
After her reaction to Royal Canin (rabbit), I even had to stop giving her Visbiome because that had also stopped working for her.
Vet tried 0.5 ml prednisolone and after a single dose made have slightly loose poop to severe fluid diarrhea.
Her B12 level was normal to high
Folate very high. Vet noted that her high folate level can suggest dysbiosis and that this is a common consequence of chronic small intestinal diseases.
Both metronidazole and prednisolone she attempted to use were liquid formations with chicken flavor. At this point I am terrified to have her try any more meds.
Did anyone else experience this with their IBD cat? It feels like whatever we give her at this point is causing looser stools.
She has alot of appetite.
Maybe we could next attempt another form of prednisolone (i.e. tablets), or budenesonide or chlorambucil, but I am very unsure.
We are offered an endoscopy which would be helpful to distinguish if she only has IBD versus lymphoma, BUT based on her terrible reaction to various medications so far, I am not sure about her recovery after an endoscopy either, as what if she has a very severe diarrhea in reaction to anesthetics and where we may not be able to then stop her diarrhea at all.
I want to explore natural alternatives such as
like fecal microbiome testing and fecal transplant, but Vets do not offer such services and I am not convinced how reliable these options are either.
Any recommendations?