This is my first post here, so thanks in advance for any help you can provide (and thanks for reading such a long post!).
Luna, my 13-year old cat, has never been a big eater, and I've actually had to start giving her Mirataz every 7-10 days to get her appetite to where it should be. Mind you, this is PRE-SURGERY. Her vet is cool with that, and everything's been going fine.
But she had cruciate ligament surgery almost 3 weeks ago; leading up to that, she was behaving and eating normally (despite the limp!). After the surgery, it was so traumatic--she had to have a e-collar, she was drooling badly, and wasn't eating. She went back to to the vet, they ditched the collar, syringe-fed her, and I was able to bring her home. But feeding her that way was also awful, so back to the vet she went, where she was medically boarded. They ultimately put an e-tube in, and now she's finally home.
I'm seeing signs of nausea, but no one seems to be able to tell me where it's coming from. She's on Cerenia, Famotidine, and we're about to try Zofran. She has no interest in food (and I've tried all sorts of things), and I'm thinking that the nausea is just completely overriding her desire to eat. Would anybody have any insight on this? Any way to help to coax her to eat again?
Luna, my 13-year old cat, has never been a big eater, and I've actually had to start giving her Mirataz every 7-10 days to get her appetite to where it should be. Mind you, this is PRE-SURGERY. Her vet is cool with that, and everything's been going fine.
But she had cruciate ligament surgery almost 3 weeks ago; leading up to that, she was behaving and eating normally (despite the limp!). After the surgery, it was so traumatic--she had to have a e-collar, she was drooling badly, and wasn't eating. She went back to to the vet, they ditched the collar, syringe-fed her, and I was able to bring her home. But feeding her that way was also awful, so back to the vet she went, where she was medically boarded. They ultimately put an e-tube in, and now she's finally home.
I'm seeing signs of nausea, but no one seems to be able to tell me where it's coming from. She's on Cerenia, Famotidine, and we're about to try Zofran. She has no interest in food (and I've tried all sorts of things), and I'm thinking that the nausea is just completely overriding her desire to eat. Would anybody have any insight on this? Any way to help to coax her to eat again?
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