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My cat has issues with multiple food intolerances.
We introduced a new food a few weeks ago which didn’t go well, so we withdrawn it. He returned to his normal.
He used to be around 5 -5.4 kg but in the past year or two he gone to 4.3 (at vet visits) and this number remained like that when we saw a vet during flea season for over a year. We were advised no more testing needed it was just his stress and food intake as he is so intolerant his calorie intake isn’t as good as should be.
He mostly or exclusively most of the time ate chicken breast (on advice of two vets), but we were also able to introduce dry food many months ago.. this food didn’t raise his weight.
He has medicine intolerance too so we are unable to give him any flea treatments. He became ill with several of them (Revolution, Capstar and others) and also with Milbermax wormer treatment.
Since we are unable to fully deal with the fleas (all 3 of our cats are intolerant to medicines - 2 are brothers and one is rescue. Parasite medicine intolerance must be common as all three can’t take them).
As Snowy has flea allergy dermatitis we went to get Depo Medrol - we had it before and the last was 6 months ago.
He came home ok Monday afterwards, as usual, he was tired after it - but two days ago, on Thursday afternoon, he suddenly began to have diarrhoea.
As it had some of his hair that he ingested from all this time plucking his hair we thought it irritated his gut
We didn’t get Depo Medrol sooner as it isn’t that good to have many steroids we were told by he vet (he used to have shots every 3 weeks to 2 months during the flea season to start off). We did and do try to get fleas off him but even 2-3 fleas make him itch a lot.
He always looses weight during the time he has flea dermatitis so 4.3 kg I guess is not his normal - just flea allergy normal.
Snowy continued to have diarrhoea and went maybe 5 or more times.
Eventually it became watery and he also started to vomit food that he had many hours before (chicken) and only recently (biscuits) , undigested just looked same chicken that he ate 5-7 hrs before. We feed him as per vet instructions 3 times a day.
He eats kangaroo mince too now, not just chicken. All steamed. He tolerates them but not wet commercial foods.
As initially we saw hair in his poop and some in his vomit, we just thought that was a bad hair reaction as he has a sensitive gut.
He stopped for about 5 hours and was given a little bit of chicken breast - as he asked for it -the vomiting and diarrhoea made him lose a lot of weight and get narrower and weaker than he already was. He drank water but within seconds of eating chicken he restarted having more undigested chicken vomiting and watery poop. He was pooping and peeing everywhere, doing it at the same time a few times. As soon as he stopped vomiting he’d start pooping.
By this time it was 3 am and we didn’t know what to do. We paid some money to the internet vet who didn’t answer much as he needed to see him or his blood work..
We couldn’t take him to 24 hr vet as just to look at the cat (without any treatment) it costs over $200. We don’t have that much on us at all times. They want money upfront not able to wait even 24 hrs or so
So we waited for our vet to open at 8 and took him to the first available appointment at 11.
He continued to poop water on and off throughout the morning.
At the vet he weighed 3.8 kg from dehydration and fully emptying his gut I guess.
He was taken in and had X-rays and blood tests.
The q I have he has elevated ALT at 218 and urea at 13.5 mmol/L
What can those mean?
He was given anti nausea and Depo antibiotics to treat minor skin infection from dermatitis,
Convenia.
I think they gave him hydrating injection..
But it isn’t on itemised list - maybe since our vet said he was giving some treatment free he is the owner I assumed.. I’m not sure if he did or didn’t get the hydration injection.
He stopped pooping, vomiting and peeing - he did eat proper meals now. No peeing or poop or vomiting over 24 hrs- I assume is normal as he was dehydrated but we watching for pee.
He is now home. They don’t know what happened!?
He is 7.
We don’t understand, as nothing was explained to us in terms of what occurred with him.
We assume it was Depo Medrol and the values in his blood are to do with it and so is vomiting and diarrhoea - as steroids can cause this at times..
Anyone with any idea what this is and what to look out for ??
We introduced a new food a few weeks ago which didn’t go well, so we withdrawn it. He returned to his normal.
He used to be around 5 -5.4 kg but in the past year or two he gone to 4.3 (at vet visits) and this number remained like that when we saw a vet during flea season for over a year. We were advised no more testing needed it was just his stress and food intake as he is so intolerant his calorie intake isn’t as good as should be.
He mostly or exclusively most of the time ate chicken breast (on advice of two vets), but we were also able to introduce dry food many months ago.. this food didn’t raise his weight.
He has medicine intolerance too so we are unable to give him any flea treatments. He became ill with several of them (Revolution, Capstar and others) and also with Milbermax wormer treatment.
Since we are unable to fully deal with the fleas (all 3 of our cats are intolerant to medicines - 2 are brothers and one is rescue. Parasite medicine intolerance must be common as all three can’t take them).
As Snowy has flea allergy dermatitis we went to get Depo Medrol - we had it before and the last was 6 months ago.
He came home ok Monday afterwards, as usual, he was tired after it - but two days ago, on Thursday afternoon, he suddenly began to have diarrhoea.
As it had some of his hair that he ingested from all this time plucking his hair we thought it irritated his gut
We didn’t get Depo Medrol sooner as it isn’t that good to have many steroids we were told by he vet (he used to have shots every 3 weeks to 2 months during the flea season to start off). We did and do try to get fleas off him but even 2-3 fleas make him itch a lot.
He always looses weight during the time he has flea dermatitis so 4.3 kg I guess is not his normal - just flea allergy normal.
Snowy continued to have diarrhoea and went maybe 5 or more times.
Eventually it became watery and he also started to vomit food that he had many hours before (chicken) and only recently (biscuits) , undigested just looked same chicken that he ate 5-7 hrs before. We feed him as per vet instructions 3 times a day.
He eats kangaroo mince too now, not just chicken. All steamed. He tolerates them but not wet commercial foods.
As initially we saw hair in his poop and some in his vomit, we just thought that was a bad hair reaction as he has a sensitive gut.
He stopped for about 5 hours and was given a little bit of chicken breast - as he asked for it -the vomiting and diarrhoea made him lose a lot of weight and get narrower and weaker than he already was. He drank water but within seconds of eating chicken he restarted having more undigested chicken vomiting and watery poop. He was pooping and peeing everywhere, doing it at the same time a few times. As soon as he stopped vomiting he’d start pooping.
By this time it was 3 am and we didn’t know what to do. We paid some money to the internet vet who didn’t answer much as he needed to see him or his blood work..
We couldn’t take him to 24 hr vet as just to look at the cat (without any treatment) it costs over $200. We don’t have that much on us at all times. They want money upfront not able to wait even 24 hrs or so
So we waited for our vet to open at 8 and took him to the first available appointment at 11.
He continued to poop water on and off throughout the morning.
At the vet he weighed 3.8 kg from dehydration and fully emptying his gut I guess.
He was taken in and had X-rays and blood tests.
The q I have he has elevated ALT at 218 and urea at 13.5 mmol/L
What can those mean?
He was given anti nausea and Depo antibiotics to treat minor skin infection from dermatitis,
Convenia.
I think they gave him hydrating injection..
But it isn’t on itemised list - maybe since our vet said he was giving some treatment free he is the owner I assumed.. I’m not sure if he did or didn’t get the hydration injection.
He stopped pooping, vomiting and peeing - he did eat proper meals now. No peeing or poop or vomiting over 24 hrs- I assume is normal as he was dehydrated but we watching for pee.
He is now home. They don’t know what happened!?
He is 7.
We don’t understand, as nothing was explained to us in terms of what occurred with him.
We assume it was Depo Medrol and the values in his blood are to do with it and so is vomiting and diarrhoea - as steroids can cause this at times..
Anyone with any idea what this is and what to look out for ??
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