My Ragdoll, Brody, who I've posted about here before, is now suspected to have inflammatory bowel disease.
He has been on the Royal Canin Limited Ingredient Rabbit & Green Pea for about 6 months now. We switched him from Chicken Soup (had also tried Felidae & Natural Balance Duck) because we suspected a food allergy. He did improve, but still never had 'normal' stools. Then a couple weeks ago it was like we were back to square one! I have no clue what set this off, as nothing has changed. I'm very strict with his eating; he gets nothing but the RC food.
So off the the vet we go. No parasites in his stool as usual. So vet & I talked, and he said we should treat him as if he had IBD. He said the testing for it is kind of invasive, so if he responds to the Prednisone, we'll pretty much have a diagnosis. So he started 5mg of Prednisone on 12/3, 1 pill a day for 7 days, then 1 pill every other day til gone (I have 20 pills).
I do think he has improved, but he is still not normal. I'm thinking it's still a food issue, but the vet didn't want me to change anything yet (said he didn't want to throw another wrench into the picture).
Can anyone tell me how long it took them to see improvement after starting Prednisone on IBD cats?
I do have 3 other cats, one being another Ragdoll who also has 'pooping issues' (I swear it's a Ragdoll thing!), so I'm sometimes not sure who's is who's, if you get what I'm saying. The Ragdolls are the only ones that aren't normal in that category though, so it's not too hard to tell. Anyway, I'm planning on keeping Brody separate tomorrow night so I can know for sure how he's doing.
Does anyone have food suggestions, or any supplements for IBD cats? I've read that raw can be great for them, but that's just not practical for me. He's on all dry now, because every time I've tried wet food it makes him worse. However, I'm willing to try it again if it could possibly help him.
Sorry this is so long, I'm just so tired of this. I just want him to have normal poop!
He has been on the Royal Canin Limited Ingredient Rabbit & Green Pea for about 6 months now. We switched him from Chicken Soup (had also tried Felidae & Natural Balance Duck) because we suspected a food allergy. He did improve, but still never had 'normal' stools. Then a couple weeks ago it was like we were back to square one! I have no clue what set this off, as nothing has changed. I'm very strict with his eating; he gets nothing but the RC food.
So off the the vet we go. No parasites in his stool as usual. So vet & I talked, and he said we should treat him as if he had IBD. He said the testing for it is kind of invasive, so if he responds to the Prednisone, we'll pretty much have a diagnosis. So he started 5mg of Prednisone on 12/3, 1 pill a day for 7 days, then 1 pill every other day til gone (I have 20 pills).
I do think he has improved, but he is still not normal. I'm thinking it's still a food issue, but the vet didn't want me to change anything yet (said he didn't want to throw another wrench into the picture).
Can anyone tell me how long it took them to see improvement after starting Prednisone on IBD cats?
I do have 3 other cats, one being another Ragdoll who also has 'pooping issues' (I swear it's a Ragdoll thing!), so I'm sometimes not sure who's is who's, if you get what I'm saying. The Ragdolls are the only ones that aren't normal in that category though, so it's not too hard to tell. Anyway, I'm planning on keeping Brody separate tomorrow night so I can know for sure how he's doing.
Does anyone have food suggestions, or any supplements for IBD cats? I've read that raw can be great for them, but that's just not practical for me. He's on all dry now, because every time I've tried wet food it makes him worse. However, I'm willing to try it again if it could possibly help him.
Sorry this is so long, I'm just so tired of this. I just want him to have normal poop!