Hi everyone;
Clancy continues to do well on the prednisolone. He’s off pain meds but still needs his appetite stimulant and the pepcid as his diet is not quite at 100%.
My vet checked him out today and said he was well hydrated and his abdomen didn’t seem to be that tender anymore (although it’s hard to tell because he hates having his tummy squeezed in the best of times.) He’s peeing and pooping again, and today we hit a landmark victory when Clancy jumped into his cat perch--his favourite spot. He hasn’t done that since he got sick.
He’s on Day 5 of pred and the vet recommended that we keep him on the 5 mg daily dose for two more days, and try reducing the dose by half for three days, and if all goes well, go down to 1/4, etc. Of course if he seems to regress we’ll go back up to the 5 mg.
Here’s the question: for those of you who weaned cats off pred, what was your titration schedule? Did you reduce every three days, five days, a week? How long were your cats on pred?
(p.s. In an earlier post, I mentioned the yellowy-orange colour I saw on the fur between his legs. Upon reflection, I think it was a splat of laxatone that dripped off my finger, not his pee. Just call me paranoid !
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Clancy continues to do well on the prednisolone. He’s off pain meds but still needs his appetite stimulant and the pepcid as his diet is not quite at 100%.
My vet checked him out today and said he was well hydrated and his abdomen didn’t seem to be that tender anymore (although it’s hard to tell because he hates having his tummy squeezed in the best of times.) He’s peeing and pooping again, and today we hit a landmark victory when Clancy jumped into his cat perch--his favourite spot. He hasn’t done that since he got sick.
He’s on Day 5 of pred and the vet recommended that we keep him on the 5 mg daily dose for two more days, and try reducing the dose by half for three days, and if all goes well, go down to 1/4, etc. Of course if he seems to regress we’ll go back up to the 5 mg.
Here’s the question: for those of you who weaned cats off pred, what was your titration schedule? Did you reduce every three days, five days, a week? How long were your cats on pred?
(p.s. In an earlier post, I mentioned the yellowy-orange colour I saw on the fur between his legs. Upon reflection, I think it was a splat of laxatone that dripped off my finger, not his pee. Just call me paranoid !
)
