Search Results for Query: portosystemic shunts

...about 2 days ago. She is also prescribed science diet k/d wet and dry food and takes 0.2ml phenobarbital once a day for seizures. Any insight about maybe changing antibiotic would be helpful. She stopped Lactulose as had a reaction to dose. Meanix.and.Turnip Portosystemic Shunts - Aka Liver...

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...is complex and you may get very well meaning advice but it could not be correct. In general, amoxicillin is thought to be well tolerated in cats with portosystemic shunts. But of course at a smaller dose than what is usually prescribed. Do you still think she is not a good surgical candidate?

I honestly don't know if it's a problem or not, not knowing anything about what their eyes looked like before, but it would seem strange if both of them had an issue :dunno:. At any rate, I did manage to find the below information on felineliving.net, which may help you out a little bit: When...

SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR ME & SOPHIA 1/2 Can of Blue Wilderness Turkey (twice a day) mixed with 1mL of Enulose (Lactulose Solution, USP) 10g/15ml and .1mL of Metronidazole 100mg/ml (Refrigerated) She is fed twice a day with her medicines mixed into her food. Once in the morning and once at...

...to the University of Tennessee for Rudy to have surgery to close off the shunt. U of TN has one of the best research programs in portosystemic shunts and the most experience performing the latest surgical intervention which is an ameroid constrictor to close off blood flow through the shunt...

Wow this post is old! Sorry I never responded all those years ago! There still seems to be not much info online about Bravo raw foods. I did end up feeding my cats Bravo, including Buttons who has no teeth. They all seemed to enjoy the Bravo. The interesting info is that one of my cats, Rudy...

Wonderful news about Rudy, wow, you really went the extra mile(s) for him and then some, congratulations that he is now doing so well! I agree that it would be far better to feed a "non-premium" canned food versus the best dry. I've spoken to far too many cat people over the years (having...

That's very interesting info, thank you. I'm so sorry about Rudy, I've never heard of this condition before. That's wonderful to hear that he did so well on Bravo raw, I hope the vets who treated Rudy learned something from your experience and Rudy's diet. I never understood low protein diets...

You might want to brush up on feline physiology. Cat and human metabolism has some key differences and they don't, in fact, use fat stores the same way we do. Maybe read these links instead of relying completely on Wikipedia for all your info: http://www.walthamusa.com/articles/f-liver.pdf ...

...Due to the presence of extrahepatic sites of metabolism, propofol may be useful in patients with impaired hepatic function (e.g. portosystemic shunts). Similarly, it may be useful when performing a Caesarian section. Although propofol freely crosses the placental barrier, the majority of the...

...be going on. That was inconclusive so we are haveing a Ultra Sound done sometime next week, the vet seems to think she may have Portosystemic Shunts. Wow, alot to go through for the little one. The only thing to do for that is to have surgery. Has anyone out there had this problem and what is...

Here some info you may find of use regarding shunts. Portosystemic Shunts The second is a Birman owner who has dealt with this issue and is willing to share info if emailed. Misty

Our vet left a message on our answering saying that she has been doing research over the week to help diagnose Izzy's problem. She thinks he may have a Liver Shunt. Does anyone have any experisnce with this? I understand from my research that it can be treated medically or surgically. Medicines...

Portosystemic shunts are either single or multiple vascular communications with the portal circulation that bypass the liver to join the systemic circulation. It can be operated on but they have no guarentees that it wont come back, and in some cases they find more than one shunt, ect. I hope...

...an Aquired Portosystemic Shunt (seizures, tongue hanging out, vomiting, swollen abdomen, liver failure). It's possible that the tumour didn't have anything to do with his death at all. This information is about dogs but explains Portosystemic Shunts well: http://www.malteseonly.com/shunt2.html.

...out, etc.) He drew blood and the results came back today. they were inconclusive so .....Ultra Sound is next. She may have Portosystemic Shunts. My next question is has any one every have a kitty with this and how much was the cost of the surgery. I have researched this on other site but...

thanx for the info and thank you to all. I am getting ready to adopt a new kitten (maybe two) but I still remember and think about Pepe everyday. This is the most difficult part of having a pet I guess, it is very hard to forget them when they are gone... he was a great cat, a great friend. RIP...

...as doing exploratory surgery on his liver. If its something obvious and outside the liver then he will attempt to fix it. Some portosystemic shunts are easy to fix and involve a single vein outside the liver... others are internal or involve many blood vessels. Please keep all the good...

I haven't been on here in a while and was just now reading about Squeekers problems. I went through something similar with my kitty Scooter. It's a long story but to try to make it short he was fine the first 6-7wks of his life except he lost his mother and had to be bottle fed. After he was...