Hi everyone,
I adopted a 9 year old cat 5 years ago from a local shelter. She had a whole two teeth and was a little itty bitty thing. Little did I know, she is a carrier of FCV and occasionally gets flare ups which causes her stomatitis to flare up as well. We did have the rest of her teeth removed due to the stomatitis but since she has FCV there hasn’t been any significant improvement. We’ve gone to the same vet for years and she has a history of antibiotics and steroid shots.
I took her to the vet May 20th 2021. She was having her classic URI symptoms and a stomatitis flare. The vet recommended sedation in order to look into her mouth due to all of the pain she was in. I agreed to the procedure and it turned out that she had a large ulcer on the right side of her mouth where her gums meet her cheek. She refused to eat due to the pain.
She’s been on clindamycin for the past 3 1/2 weeks. She’s on buprenorphine for pain, first it was 2x a day every 12hrs but when she ran out I called to get more and she was prescribed a lower dose once per day. She was improving last week and actually eating a bit, I blended her wet food with water. However, it seems as though her ulcer may have ripped back open? She’s been having a lot of bloody drool with fresh blood. I called the vet on Tuesday June 1st to let her know and to get some advice on the situation. She wants me to wait it out until the antibiotic is gone but she just finished off the pain medicine today.
I’m considering calling a different office for a second opinion. I’m not comprehending how it’s been 3 1/2 weeks with no real improvement. She’s had ulcers in the past but they’ve always healed up with an antibiotic.
She absolutely refuses to eat due to the pain. I’ve tried kmr, goat milk, liquified a/d, yogurt, etc. I’m at a loss because I don’t want her to starve to death and I most certainly don’t want her to be in pain.
I think the vet just knows her medical history and won’t do anything further. My level of frustration is through the roof. I don’t understand why she’s not healing when it’s been 3 1/2 weeks already. I’m looking for any advice or recommendations.
I adopted a 9 year old cat 5 years ago from a local shelter. She had a whole two teeth and was a little itty bitty thing. Little did I know, she is a carrier of FCV and occasionally gets flare ups which causes her stomatitis to flare up as well. We did have the rest of her teeth removed due to the stomatitis but since she has FCV there hasn’t been any significant improvement. We’ve gone to the same vet for years and she has a history of antibiotics and steroid shots.
I took her to the vet May 20th 2021. She was having her classic URI symptoms and a stomatitis flare. The vet recommended sedation in order to look into her mouth due to all of the pain she was in. I agreed to the procedure and it turned out that she had a large ulcer on the right side of her mouth where her gums meet her cheek. She refused to eat due to the pain.
She’s been on clindamycin for the past 3 1/2 weeks. She’s on buprenorphine for pain, first it was 2x a day every 12hrs but when she ran out I called to get more and she was prescribed a lower dose once per day. She was improving last week and actually eating a bit, I blended her wet food with water. However, it seems as though her ulcer may have ripped back open? She’s been having a lot of bloody drool with fresh blood. I called the vet on Tuesday June 1st to let her know and to get some advice on the situation. She wants me to wait it out until the antibiotic is gone but she just finished off the pain medicine today.
I’m considering calling a different office for a second opinion. I’m not comprehending how it’s been 3 1/2 weeks with no real improvement. She’s had ulcers in the past but they’ve always healed up with an antibiotic.
She absolutely refuses to eat due to the pain. I’ve tried kmr, goat milk, liquified a/d, yogurt, etc. I’m at a loss because I don’t want her to starve to death and I most certainly don’t want her to be in pain.
I think the vet just knows her medical history and won’t do anything further. My level of frustration is through the roof. I don’t understand why she’s not healing when it’s been 3 1/2 weeks already. I’m looking for any advice or recommendations.