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Thank you for sharing your routine! That is very helpful. It sounds like you have a really good vet, and I'm glad your kitty is doing much better. Here's a (possibly) odd question: what time of day do you give your kitty the pred? My vet said to just give it at the same time every day and...

Good to know! I did buy it, just to have on hand, but I will ask our vet before trying it. :)

We survived our road trip and have an appointment with our awesome regular vet next week. Mittenz did great in the car (she's always been a good rider) and we stopped for sips of water and snacks pretty frequently. We also made it to the holistic pet food store and found all kinds of good...

I wish you were the vet here! That approach sounds much better! I don't know how smart this is, but I'm going to take Mittenz on a road trip tomorrow and try to get us home for winter break so she can see her regular vet. I'm away at graduate school and am getting fed up with the stubborn vets...

Hi all--I asked the vet about B-12 shots and he told me that he wants to hold off for now on those because if they help, then we won't know whether the prednisolone is effective. I understand that cautious philosophy, but I still want to try them. I'll see if I can find a specialist or a vet...

I definitely will ask about the B-12 shots! I don't know if my vet knows much about them for IBD, but I will dig around for some reliable sources and try to convince him if that's what it takes. And yes, I will start looking for novel proteins and keeping better track of everything. I found a...

Thanks for sharing your story. I'm sorry you had to go through that guessing game with the dosages. Poor kitty. You tried your best, I can tell. 15 is a good, long life at least. I had a cat with kidney trouble before Mittenz, and he made it to 15. I made a lot of mistakes with him, and I was...

Thanks for the link! The vet tech compounded it for us, actually, but we might need Wedgewood in the future. And that's good to know about there not being any timeline for pred. Our vet seems to think that if she doesn't respond to her lone dose of 5 mg/day (which seems very conservative...

Oh, that is so sad. I'm sorry to hear about your kitty. Thanks for sharing. And thank you for your encouragement and your reminder to slow down and not try to plan too far ahead. I'm still trying to come to terms with all of this and accept our new reality. I'm doing as much research as I can...

Well, we've come from the vet and are now the proud owners of two bags of fluids to help get Mittenz through the initial high dose of pred. She perked up about an hour after the round the vet gave her kicked in. He also relented and gave us a couple of Cerenia tablets, with instructions to give...

I don't have any canned green beans on hand, but I will head to the store. Thanks for the idea! And yeah, Royal Canin sure took a dive. Mittenz was on their hairball formula for years with no trouble, and then last year they switched the formula with no warning. I read dozens of bad reviews and...

Thanks for the links and for directing me to your thread! I read the whole thing! Count me in as a Leroy cheerleader, also! Go Leroy! That's great that he is doing so well. And yes, I will ask the vet about Cerenia tablets, but I think he told me (it's hard to remember, since I was pretty...

Thanks! I will take a look! :)

Hi everyone, My cat just started prednisolone yesterday for probable IBD (hopefully not lymphoma--we have yet to do a biopsy). I know every cat is different, but I'm just wondering when the pred starts to provide any real relief from nausea and vomiting. Would anyone be willing to share the...