Recent Content by melaniewa

hi, my kitty got some poop on her fur yesterday. I cleaned it off as best I could, but there was still some left behind. Would her licking poop cause an infection?

Thanks for all of your replies! To answer your questions Emily234, yes she is eating well at the moment. She has never had a dental cleaning or radiographs before. The mobile vet I had coming out until about a year ago never really recommended anything. Looking back, I wish I had had...

Hi, so our kitty Mica is almost 17 years old. She is doing well at the moment and is on various medications to help her appetite and health (cyproheptadine, cerenia, pred and subq fluids, her ultrasound showed signs of pancreatitis). At her last checkup she has a sore spot on her gum. I do not...

Hi, My kitty has to have an initial evaluation before hopefully having a tooth extracted. I plan to go to a vet about 45 minutes away as they are so much cheaper than our local vet. However, Mica hates riding in the car and I am hoping to give her a mild sedative for the ride. Does anyone have...

Hallo, my kitty has an eyelid that is slightly turned inward and her eye waters from time to time. When I use the neomycin/polymyxin/dexamethasone drops it seems to clear up. My vet has recommended that I do not use these eye drops as they can have cause a bad reaction, and to consider surgery...

Ha, ha - thank you! I just hope I am not driving my vet crazy with all of my questions :)

Thanks again for the feedback, much appreciated. I have a call into my vets office now about the pain meds, so I will have to see what they say. I have been doing subq fluids every other day. I have also asked the vet if I should be doing subq fluids every day or not. Generally she seems to...

I asked our vet about this test. Her reply was that the U/S would be more accurate than the blood test so it does not sound like she wants to pursue the blood test. If I understood correctly, she said the treatment plan would be the same. We first try and get her to respond to anti nausea...

Interesting. So if the test came back positive for pancreatitis, is there more that I can do for her that I am not doing now?  Or is it more that it would show that leukeran would not help?

Thank you both so much for your replies. Yes, looks like the next step will be leukeran. She is on zofran, cerenia, cypro and pred at the moment plus subq fluids every other day and B12 shot every week, but she is till barely eating unfortunately.

Hi, our kitty had an U/S last week and has thickening of the small intestine, plus pancreatic changes suggestive of pancreatitis. She is not really responding well to prednosine now (though she has responded well in the past). She is also on cypro and flagyl. Next step according to our vet is...

Hi, my kitty has not been eating well due to IBD/ possible GI cancer. (U/S showed thickening of the small intestine) . She is on various meds and the last few days I have switched her to Fancy Feast Chicken and Tuna. (I have tried numerous other brands, including Weruva and frozen raw food) but...

Thank you both very much for the feedback. My plan at the moment is to get the U/S this Tuesday. I am really concerned she may have cancer.

Our cat has not been eating well, and she is on pred and cerenia. Initially I turned down an ultrasound, but her symptoms continue despite the meds. The vet said an ultrasound while she is on pred may not show anything. Has anyone here had an ultrasound for their cat while he/she is on pred...

Thanks for your experience with ultrasound. I am rethinking this as it sounds like you have received some valuable information from the U/S. Also if the assisted feeding is only temporary, then that seems much more reasonable to me. I have had my own GI issues including long term nausea and...