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I have a ~11 year old senior Maine Coon/Persian cross.
He was recently diagnosed with a pretty bad case of tooth resorption during a dental x-ray and had to have 14 (!!) teeth removed this past Friday.
Surgery went without complication and the vet administered a 3-day slow-release painkiller (bupomorphine ) and sent us home with 3 doses of Metacam. Here's the timeline of events:
So here we are today. Day 5. He takes a few licks of certain foods then walks off. Still trying to hand-feed but he keeps spitting out most of the food. Not sure if it's due to mouth pain, or because he's really unhappy. I know how serious this is so we're planning another visit to the vet today. Just wanted to know if anyone out there has any suggestions for getting him to eat or if any of you have experienced something similar.
He was recently diagnosed with a pretty bad case of tooth resorption during a dental x-ray and had to have 14 (!!) teeth removed this past Friday.
Surgery went without complication and the vet administered a 3-day slow-release painkiller (bupomorphine ) and sent us home with 3 doses of Metacam. Here's the timeline of events:
- First 2 days our cat seemed fine. He was a bit swollen in the mouth but was running around eating on his own. Eating what seemed to be a bit more than usual. Everything seemed fine but that was likely due to being hopped up on painkillers. His pupils were dilated- he was very obviously "medicated".
- After 2 days of solid poops he started having diarrhea. He was still eating, but ate less than the first 2 days. We stopped administering the metacam (at this point we had given 2 of 3 doses) in case it was upsetting his stomach/killing his appetite. He peed on a rug, which he tends to do when he is unhappy.
- Day 3 we took him back to the vet as his appetite was decreasing and diarrhea persisted. Vet examined him, he had no infection or fever. Vet gave him B12 shot under the skin to perk him up (Cobalamin, I think). Vet sent us home with fortiflora probiotic to fix the diarrhea and Codeine Transdermal in case he wasn't eating due to pain. We gave him one dose of the Codeine but it was very strong for him and nearly knocked him out for the entire day
- On Day 4 very little appetite at all. Still has diarrhea but obviously not much is leaving his system since he hasn't eaten. We've been feeding via syringe but he keeps spitting the food out. We bought a bunch of different foods for him to try, from quality vet diet to stinky, cheap Walmart cat food.
So here we are today. Day 5. He takes a few licks of certain foods then walks off. Still trying to hand-feed but he keeps spitting out most of the food. Not sure if it's due to mouth pain, or because he's really unhappy. I know how serious this is so we're planning another visit to the vet today. Just wanted to know if anyone out there has any suggestions for getting him to eat or if any of you have experienced something similar.