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Monsieur is an 11 year old indoor male cat. I noticed he had become very thin the very end of July.I'm not sure how long he wasn't been eating well because I had a family member move in that kept his bowl full. When we went to the vet his weight was down 2 lbs. He's always been a small cat maxing out at 8.5 lbs.
Monsieur had no other symptoms that I could see beyond inappetence. That day we did a blood draw, urinalysis, and I brought in a fecal sample from his litter. The tests all came back normal- only a small amount of crystals in his urine. We switched from royal canin to Hills Science Diet mature dry and A/D &I/D wet food. Several weeks pass going back and forth and up and down with food. Mirtazipine helped a little at first, but then it wasn't worth the side effects. We've had some vomiting but it seemed coincide with the trials of wet food changes.
This weekend,I took him in for the abdominal ultrasound after being told this would give me the most bang for my buck. The specialist couldn't tell me much- he had several abnormalities but nothing definitive.
His pancreas had large dark area on the end of one lobe. It couldn't be aspirated because his colon was gassy and in the way. She said it could be an infarction or cancer. It didn't look typical of cancer.There was also a potentially inflamed lymph node there as well. He had a bilobed gallbladder that might have had stones but it's hard to tell with it having 2 lobes- but no blockage. His right kidney is small, but I've known that for a few years. There was no visible evidence of thickening of his intestinal walls.
So that's where I am now. I'm waiting to hear back from my vet upon receipt of the ultrasound report. He has been doing well since the ultrasound and I wonder if it has anything to do with his comfort level. He was given a very large dose of gabapentin to calm him for the ultrasound. He ate more in the 24 hours following the fasting and ultrasound than he had in 3 days combined. And the past two days he wants to sleep on my lap and hasn't been vocal.
Any insight would be appreciated!
Monsieur had no other symptoms that I could see beyond inappetence. That day we did a blood draw, urinalysis, and I brought in a fecal sample from his litter. The tests all came back normal- only a small amount of crystals in his urine. We switched from royal canin to Hills Science Diet mature dry and A/D &I/D wet food. Several weeks pass going back and forth and up and down with food. Mirtazipine helped a little at first, but then it wasn't worth the side effects. We've had some vomiting but it seemed coincide with the trials of wet food changes.
This weekend,I took him in for the abdominal ultrasound after being told this would give me the most bang for my buck. The specialist couldn't tell me much- he had several abnormalities but nothing definitive.
His pancreas had large dark area on the end of one lobe. It couldn't be aspirated because his colon was gassy and in the way. She said it could be an infarction or cancer. It didn't look typical of cancer.There was also a potentially inflamed lymph node there as well. He had a bilobed gallbladder that might have had stones but it's hard to tell with it having 2 lobes- but no blockage. His right kidney is small, but I've known that for a few years. There was no visible evidence of thickening of his intestinal walls.
So that's where I am now. I'm waiting to hear back from my vet upon receipt of the ultrasound report. He has been doing well since the ultrasound and I wonder if it has anything to do with his comfort level. He was given a very large dose of gabapentin to calm him for the ultrasound. He ate more in the 24 hours following the fasting and ultrasound than he had in 3 days combined. And the past two days he wants to sleep on my lap and hasn't been vocal.
Any insight would be appreciated!