Hi there, it's been a long time. I first posted here a little over a year ago after my cat, Zia, was diagnosed with IBD.
Over the last year, Zia's been doing great with a diet change, B12 injections, and probiotics. However, this year she's already suffered two flare-ups. The first she recovered from quickly with an appetite stimulant and was back to eating even better than she was before the flare-up. Two weeks later, she threw up her breakfast. That was a month ago, and her appetite has not returned since.
She's been to the vet three separate times this month, seen three different vets, and no one has found anything, even with blood work. I've tried Cerenia, Metronidazole, and appetite stimulants. Nothing is working. The only time Zia ate something more than a mouthful of food was when I stopped giving her the Metro (on vet's recommendation). After that, she ate somewhat consistently for a few days, then stopped eating again. Right now she'll sometimes eat treats, and I've been giving her high-calorie paste/gel. I gave her an appetite stimulant and some Cerenia about 40 hours ago that did nothing, and she got her B12 shot yesterday morning.
Yesterday, I finally got her on Prednisolone. She was prescribed one dose of 0.17ml a day. I gave her the first dose as soon as I got back from the vet, late afternoon/early evening. An hour or two after her first dose, she ate the (very small amount of) wet food I had put out for her, and finished it. I gave her what was left in the pouch (not much), and she finished that, too. After that she licked up a little bit of gravy/broth, but when I left kibble out for her overnight she didn't touch it. This morning when I offered her more wet food and broth, she turned her nose up at both. It's afternoon and she hasn't eaten anything yet today.
So my question: I understand since she's only had one dose I can't expect much right now, but will the Prednisolone eventually help Zia's appetite and get her eating more consistently? If so, when does that usually start? The vet said she'd call me on Saturday to see how things are going, is that enough time to start noticing improvements?
For those of you with cats on steroids, how did they do? How was their appetite?
Thank you for reading. Hope you're all having a good start of the year.
Over the last year, Zia's been doing great with a diet change, B12 injections, and probiotics. However, this year she's already suffered two flare-ups. The first she recovered from quickly with an appetite stimulant and was back to eating even better than she was before the flare-up. Two weeks later, she threw up her breakfast. That was a month ago, and her appetite has not returned since.
She's been to the vet three separate times this month, seen three different vets, and no one has found anything, even with blood work. I've tried Cerenia, Metronidazole, and appetite stimulants. Nothing is working. The only time Zia ate something more than a mouthful of food was when I stopped giving her the Metro (on vet's recommendation). After that, she ate somewhat consistently for a few days, then stopped eating again. Right now she'll sometimes eat treats, and I've been giving her high-calorie paste/gel. I gave her an appetite stimulant and some Cerenia about 40 hours ago that did nothing, and she got her B12 shot yesterday morning.
Yesterday, I finally got her on Prednisolone. She was prescribed one dose of 0.17ml a day. I gave her the first dose as soon as I got back from the vet, late afternoon/early evening. An hour or two after her first dose, she ate the (very small amount of) wet food I had put out for her, and finished it. I gave her what was left in the pouch (not much), and she finished that, too. After that she licked up a little bit of gravy/broth, but when I left kibble out for her overnight she didn't touch it. This morning when I offered her more wet food and broth, she turned her nose up at both. It's afternoon and she hasn't eaten anything yet today.
So my question: I understand since she's only had one dose I can't expect much right now, but will the Prednisolone eventually help Zia's appetite and get her eating more consistently? If so, when does that usually start? The vet said she'd call me on Saturday to see how things are going, is that enough time to start noticing improvements?
For those of you with cats on steroids, how did they do? How was their appetite?
Thank you for reading. Hope you're all having a good start of the year.
