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Since my original post, I had to take Shirley to an emergency clinic, where they said after initial observation that she was in critical condition. I won't go into all the details, but the most significant problem they found was internal bleeding. However, she responded well to treatment and...

My cat just came home from an emergency visit with several meds, including vitamin K1 tablets. She's supposed to have half a tablet two times a day. How should I give her this? Do I try to get her to chew it or treat like any other pill that she should just swallow? The tablets are scored in the...

Cerenia is frequently mentioned in articles and comments about IBD. Shirley hasn't been prescribed this, but it might be necessary now. It's one of the things I plan to ask about when I communicate with the vet's office. Since I wrote earlier, she ate well at around 8 p.m., when I put the daily...

My cat has had IBD for about a year and eating Royal Canin rabbit protein wet and dry food. She's been on Prednisolone for several months, which initially worked well, but now I'd say she's almost back to where we started in terms of soft stools and diarrhea, although she doesn't often vomit...

One of my cats has had inflammatory bowel disease for a year; she sees the vet regularly, is on a special diet, has been prescribed prednisolone, and recently was prescribed probiotics. My other cat, her sister/littermate, has been fine. I have video monitors on all the litter boxes but haven't...

One of my cats has inflammatory bowel disease. She's on a special protein diet (what we've been using since this disease was diagnosed nearly a year ago is Royal Canin rabbit protein, both wet and dried). The vet has also been trying prednisolone for several months, and we're still trying to...

I have a 13-year old cat, adopted a year ago along with her sister. I'm currently feeding her canned food from Applaws, various fish and seafood varieties, flaked, in broth or gravy. Lately she's been acting like she's starving (I assure you she's not!), very aggressively meowing multiple times...

One of my cats is on a special proteins diet for IBD, the other is not. The one who can have regular food has become super fussy about food recently, although she likes the occasional small amounts of leftover special proteins food I let her have when the other one is finished. Searching for...

To my surprise and relief, Shirley began eating the canned food again yesterday a few hours after I posted and has eaten several more times since then. I think it's safe to wait a day or two before contacting the vet. She is a bit up and down about eating anyway, but I'm so concerned about her...

My cat was diagnosed with IBD earlier this year and placed on a novel proteins diet (Royal Canin wet and dry). While this hasn't completely stopped diarrhea and vomiting, they were not occurring very often. However, the situation got worse recently and I took her to the vet a few days ago. She...

I have two cats, one of whom is on a special, novel proteins diet. The other can eat regular food. Although she's a senior (13), I've only had her and her sister for a year. The shelter told me they were eating Fancy Feast, so I continued to do that when I brought them home, then transitioned...

I don't use any toppers, but I would like to know if there are any treats I could give her, something along the lines of the novel proteins. I have stopped giving my other cat any treats because, as sisters, the two of them are together about 99% of the time, and I can't risk tossing out some...

One of my cats has been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease, primarily based on symptoms, not extensive testing. For several months she's been on a novel/special proteins diet, being fed wet and dry varieties from Royal Canin. The wet variety she's been on is RC rabbit; I just learned the...

Good idea. All of my cats were adopted from a cage-free, no-kill shelter. It's not near me, but not out of the question for driving if I accumulate enough to make it worthwhile. I have donated unneeded food before, and a volunteer who happens to live in my area was willing to pick it up and take...

Joy, the one who has anemia, is 14. She spent several days in late May at an emergency/specialty clinic. They sent her home with antibiotics, prednisolone, cerenia, and Mirataz. We started her on chlorambucil a few days later after getting the prescription filled at a compounding pharmacy. She...

I've had cats all my life and am very familiar with their tendency to suddenly stop eating the food they've liked for months of years, but here we go again. I have three cats; one has been on a special protein diet for about 6 weeks and so far is doing fine. A second was diagnosed with anemia...

The dry and wet food are Royal Canin special protein, with the primary ingredient being rabbit. The probiotic is made by a company called Nutramax. It's a kit called Proviable-Forte with a paste (the cat has already received the recommended number of doses) and 15 probiotic capsules.

I have some Wervua varieties. Another cat was not eating well and ultimately diagnosed with anemia (she's doing better and still being monitored; vets aren't sure about the cause yet) so I started buying different brands of food to encourage her appetite. I have a variety of fish and chicken...

One of my cats was recently tentatively diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (the vet isn't 100% certain, which is why I said tentatively). She recommended placing my cat on specialized protein foods; I bought both the wet and dry varieties she recommended. She also gave me some probiotic...

Appreciate the replies. I never got a call back from a vet tech today so I'll try again in the morning. The vet chain (VCA) has an app on which I could chat with a tech, but at this point (11 p.m.) I might as well wait until morning to talk to someone at my clinic. The product the vet gave me...