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So I took all of your advice and emailed my vet some videos of Lewis' episodes and she wrote back the following: "Thank you for the videos - It does look like Lewis goes into a neurologic event, like he starts to space. We can try an anti-seizure medication like Keppra potentially - how often...

Hi everyone, me again! Back with Lewis, the 7 y.o. kitty with never ending unresolved health issues :stars: Lewis recently started experiencing strange episodes where he sometimes gets a bit aggressive with his sister and then he suddenly stops, looks uncomfortable for a moment, starts drooling...

Amazing, that's great news! I've been reading the prognoses online and it's depressing, so to hear yours survived for years is reassuring. Was your cat initially diagnosed with CHF and HCM or just HCM? Did he ultimately pass from CHF or something else? No symptoms, it's like nothing is wrong...

Hi all, unfortunately not the best update for my 7 y.o. boy Lewis :( He was originally diagnosed with HCM in May of this year when the vet heard a murmur before he went in for a dental. An echo performed by a cardiologist confirmed HCM, although it was at an early stage (no left atrial...

Yeah I guess I'm still in shock that my young cat would have CKD (had elevated creatinine at 4 y.o.) in addition to IBD and pancreatitis and now maybe some type of heart disease? Did his mom get into a nuclear waste dump when she was pregnant with him? Because it all just seems surreal for a...

I'm back with yet another confusing update! See my previous thread for background on Lewis: Borderline kidney disease numbers caused by diet? As I mentioned in the previous thread, Lewis had his annual bloodwork done and had the following results: 1/14/22 (Lewis is 6 y.o.) BUN: 38 CRE: 2.2...

I can't speak to the red meat feast but I had my cats on the wilderness chicken wet food for a long while. One of my cats started to develop suspiciously high kidney numbers for his age (not sure if it was related to the food or not) and I did some research and realized that this food was super...

So my husband and I play with him (and my other kitty) for 10 mins in the morning and 10 mins in the evening every day. And yes we usually do play with him sitting on the floor! He gets tons of attention so I don't think he's bored and therefore licking things around the apartment

Nope, he's a DSH! That's what makes this pretty confusing, not sure why this is happening to my guy. Just to update, I spoke with the vet and they weren't super helpful. Just "perhaps he's more stressed and has increased grooming" .... nope, stress & grooming levels look the same. "Try adding...

Gah I know no matter what I do I can't seem to control the hair situation in my apartment! I do vacuum every day but maybe I need to focus more time on the carpets... and I do think it's time to get rid of the shag rug. My apartment is a bit newer and while it does have nice looking laminate, I...

Thanks so much for the suggestion!! I'll go ahead and give this a shot. I also live in a pretty small apartment in NYC, and I have a big shag rug that's hard to properly clean (no outdoor space for washing it down...) so I'm thinking about getting rid of it. I'm wondering if it's just holding...

This is definitely not the most pleasant question, but I wanted to see if anyone else was dealing with something similar. My male cat (7 y.o.) has had congenital IBD that caused vomiting and eventually caused some mild pancreatitis but we think it's well under control now. He may have very...

I'm a little late to this thread but wanted to comment in case this might be helpful! Couple of questions for you and then I'll give you my current two cents: 1. What was your cat's urine specific gravity? What was his urine protein? 2. How old is your cat? How much does he weigh? 3. Any...

My pleasure!! I've obviously spent a lot of time needlessly stressed out about this and I wish the vets I've spoken with would take a little time to think outside of their regular decision trees, but I understand that this is pretty complicated and we've only relatively recently started...

Hmm okay I think I'm a little bit unclear on the series of events here... would you mind spelling out the events that have happened since his first symptom(s), to his vet visits & associated diagnoses, any treatments he's received, up to the issue that you're having with him today? We call this...

Unfortunately I don't have any experience with/knowledge of mirtazapine so I can't speak to that :( But I can say that if you're able to stimulate his appetite and get him eating the Tiki Luau, it's about as plain as plain can get so your cat is unlikely to have an inflammatory response to it...

My boy Lewis has IBD as well as chronic pancreatitis and my understanding is that cats really should be eating as regularly (regularly meaning same amount & frequency, perhaps not the same type of food) as possible regardless of gastroenteritis/pancreatitis due to their propensity for hepatic...

My cat has had very similar lab results to yours for several years now. From the ages of 4-6, his labs are as follows: Creatinine: ~2.2 BUN: Was normal (in the middle of the range) for a while until I switched him from Blue Buffalo to Tiki Cat, then it went just slightly above the reference...

So my vet never said definitively one way or another if he has CKD, so today I point blank asked her "would you say that it's appropriate to diagnose him as a CKD cat" and her response was "no, not at this time". Which definitely makes me feel better but I'm still pretty freaked out that he just...

Hmm this is really interesting and I'm sorry you're going through this with Jamie :( It's so stressful to not have a straightforward diagnosis with such young cats!! A couple of questions for you: 1. What did they find on the second ultrasound that they didn't see in the first? 2. How long...