Hi all – I had started a previous thread about my vomiting cat. He is 16 years old and had acute pancreatitis back in November of 2023. For the past 2 and a half months he has been vomiting every morning between 5am and 6am, a small amount of partially digested food. He has had almost every test possible and two ultra sounds. Luckily all is well so they concluded he has IBD. My vet (and the internet) suggested Famotidine. The vet wanted to send a prescription for $72 (which is insane) so I got it over the counter and gave a half pill, 5mg on Monday morning. He vomited a small amount of foam an hour later and would not eat for 6 hours. He would go to his bowl and stare at it and walk away. When he did start to eat later he finished his wet food and nibbled all of his dry food by bed time. I switched to hydrolyzed dry food but it’s only been a few days and I am still transitioning from his old food. My question is regarding the Famotidine - should I give him 2.5mg twice per day? Or the 5mg once per day? Or 2.5mg once per day? Can I give it in his wet food? He’s tough to pill so ideally, once per day and mixed with wet food would be best, but I need to follow whatever is going to help him. Anyone have experience with antacids? Does it take them a few days to get used to it? Is loss of appetite common? I just got him eating properly again. A few weeks ago he was on Cerenia which stopped the vomiting but he was super lethargic and would not eat at all. Once I took him off it, he went back to normal. I’d hate for my choices to be him vomiting every day (which I assume takes a toll) or him barely eating when he has meds to help.
He prefers dry food oddly, so feeding only wet wouldn’t work out and he does seems to have smaller amounts of dry food all day long.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!!
He prefers dry food oddly, so feeding only wet wouldn’t work out and he does seems to have smaller amounts of dry food all day long.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!!
