Recent Content by darlenam8

I 100% agree on pet insurance. I have it for both my kitties and it’s a huge money saver in these circumstances. Very much worth the yearly premium to know that if something big happens, you’re not dishing out all that money yourself. And I would also add, be sure to get it when they’re young or...

Update: We had our visit with our regular vet and after listening to his heart for several minutes, she detected no heart murmur. She said the traumatic incident could have caused that to happen at the ER. In light of that and everything I explained about his incident, leading up to and the...

Thanks. We’re off to his regular vet at 5pm today and I’m going to make sure we exhaust all options at the office that we can; any other tests etc. and hope they can get us into a cardiologist sooner than later. My worry is that it’s something that might be harder to find or even something...

The emergency vet doesn’t do the referral, at least not here they don’t. They told me to consult w my vet to get that expedited. I apologize if I offended, but your comment came across a bit abrasive and seemed to suggest I wasn’t following through expeditiously enough. I’d do anything for my...

This exactly. And I realize I missed adding that to my original post. The ER dr said he needs to see a cardiologist but to follow up w his regular vet so they can expedite an appt. Otherwise, it will be months before he could be seen. I 100% am following the ER drs suggestion and also common...

Hi all. Just wondering if anyone has been through anything like this. My healthy 10yr old male cat had a very scary incident last night. I got home from work and he was being silly, little zoomies and attention grabs to push me to put down dinner. All of a sudden, he ran out of the room and laid...

Fantastic ideas! Thank you. Poor boy is going stir crazy and it hasn’t even been 24 hours.

Not sure the best place to post this: My buddy Cezare has one of his canines extracted yesterday due to a chipped tooth with infection. He’s doing well, but needs to be only on soft food for about 2 weeks. So, this means he can’t go outside (neighbors leave kibble out) for 2 weeks. What I’m...

In case anyone is interested in follow up: by Sunday he was still too lethargic and not really doing anything but eating so I took him off the Atopica. By night he was 70% improved. By morning another 10%. Yesterday, he was chasing a butterfly through the yard and almost completely back to his...

@weebeasties As far as pilling with vs without food. The reason they want you to pill with no food, is because ideally they want the meds into his system quicker: freezing the pill slows the process, and giving with food slows it even more, so instead of a fast release the drug is now very...

@weebeasties thanks! We tried pills from the freezer and that didn’t do it. So now we’re going pills from freezer, feed him right after. I really hope this works, because his skin irritation is so much better! No licking himself raw... Now it’s a matter of getting him happy and not nauseated...

Well, the vet is convinced it’s just the Atopica making him feel sick. So we’re lowering his dose from 35mg to 25mg a day, and to take it with food to help lessen upset. She also gave us a week’s worth of Cerenia (anti-nausea) to help him get back on track. His eye was really runny and his nose...

Well thanks, perhaps we’ll do that. I made him an appt with the vet today though, just to have him looked at. He went from acting like a normal 5 year old cat to acting like an old cat in just a few days. He seems so heavy and groggy and his eyes seem squinty. Cross my fingers it’s not something...

I was told (and it says on the meds) it has to be given without food. Interesting that you been giving it with food. Hopefully the vet will have some answers and options. Thanks!

Well, it’s been a few weeks and I’ve got food and not as good things to report. First off- the good- being on Atopica has decreased Cezare’s itchiness so drastically. No bald spots, no more sores. We had to go from using the liquid form to pills because he couldn’t tolerate the liquid...