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Sorry for this. It is difficult to treat a pet that can't communicate & not understanding what is happening ends up stressing you out! She may be out of it as a side effect of Flagyl Which symptoms came first, breathing or inappetence? Does she have a fever (maybe your vet or a tech can check...

Hi, thanks for asking. He's not eating very well even with stimulants & is sleeping a lot (of course except at night when he keeps me awake). It's hard to tell if this is still from Solensia/cyproheptadine/Elura side effects or advancement of his CKD/IBD. He hasn't lost weight in the last week...

Well, Dude started vomiting this a.m., is just sleeping & isn't eating. Hopefully just from the Solensia shot on Friday. So I started SEB as a precaution. Another tip: I massage Dude's belly. You can feel the ropy intestines. It seems to help him, or maybe helps me to feel like I'm doing...

The picture of Chatchka in September looks good. She'll be okay, you just have to get the right combo. You're pilling 4x a day, for me that's not excessive unless you're not using gel caps to combine them & instead giving her individual pills. I've pilled him 4x a day, if I didn't make his...

Could it be pain-related? Dude's appetite & sociability decline substantially due to his arthritis. Solensia helps greatly when it works. https://youtube.com/shorts/qFY9xSJNx_U?si=Mc6h4SnAYIUvKxFR

If the pilling is the holdup, I'd get a feeding tube ASAP while she's relatively healthy. You can give her extra food & all the meds that way until she's stabilized. Please read the following & consider talking to a vet. Feeding tube in a feline. Why being aggressive saves you one of those 9 lives.

I bought this: Slippery Elm Bark | Nature's Way® I made a syrup as described here: The 'Emergency Food' Herb Every Pet Owner Needs to Have in the Medicine Cabinet Dude really likes the taste of it, he considers it a treat. It seemed to help when he had vomiting from IBD. No side effects that I...

So the results show she has IBD, not cancer? Can you eliminate the Chlorambucil? Seems to be overkill for IBD unless Prednisolone by itself doen't work. Dude has been fine using just Prednisolone. Don't give up! You can see from Dude's weight chart that he went from 11 lbs to 8 lbs. If he drops...

I was switching from one stimulant to the other each day in order to counter the effects you described. Perhaps you could try the Mirataz & Elura on alternating days. I've used the slippery elm bark syrup, Dude really seems to enjoy it. I think I gave him 3ml each night. It seemed to help.

Appetite stimulant. He just needs prodding to eat. Here's his weight since being diagnosed with IBD. He lost weight when I had him on Fluoxetine for spraying after a new kitten adopted me. I eventually had to go to cypro or Elura alternating with cypro in order to keep his weight around 10 lbs.

Sneak gabapentin into their food if you can't give it to them directly. They'll be drowsy enough, even nearly "limp", and allow you to take them to the vet.

I increase the Pred my cat, Dude, takes daily when it seems he is eating less, then reduce it after he gets back into a groove. In the last year I've had to increase his cyproheptadine to a daily dose (but small, 1mg). He eats Hill's k/d dry, since he's also CKD, which allows me to leave it out...

I had the same problem. Use gel caps for the Elura. I used two #4 caps (Capsule Sizes) given at diferent times of the day because they're smaller & easier to administer & because the Elura sometimes doesn't work so twice a day helps ensure I hit the right time. However, one large dosage may work...

Hyperthyroid cats drink more water than usual. This could deplete potassium, causing muscle weakness. I had this happen with a CKD cat. You can try massaging her back legs for arthritis. The muscles are probably tight due to the stiff joints.

From my experience, I'd get her on a feeding tube ASAP. Twice I've tried the gels/syringe & it wasn't enough. I think my last cat might've lived had I gotten him on the feeding tube while we diagnosed him.