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Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation and has any tips or tricks they could share with me. I have an IBD cat who is on a special rabbit diet. He is very much a grazer and eats sporadically throughout the day and night. His IBD flares and he has vomiting if he goes a long period without eating and he gets very hungry. He also tends to scarf and barf at that point.
He is having a dental cleaning and probably at least one tooth extraction tomorrow morning. The vet wants me to fast him starting at 7pm (!) tonight, this is his usual dinner time where I put out the plate but he doesn't eat everything immediately.
Our other cat had a dental cleaning, 3 teeth extractions and lump removal surgery that lasted 3 hours under anesthesia a few months ago and their fasting instructions were no food after midnight. Granted that cat is about 4lbs heavier and does not have IBD.
Are we just in for a night of torture, screaming and starvation tonight or does anyone have any suggestions how I can get him to fill up earlier in the day so he isn't so hungry? The vet office says I could give him a teaspoon of food if he is truly starving between 7pm-midnight but then nothing after that. He will also get a dose of gabapentin in the morning which makes him even hungrier. I guess I just don't understand why he has to be fasted so early.
He's on budesonide and transdermal prozac and he also has cerenia available.
He is having a dental cleaning and probably at least one tooth extraction tomorrow morning. The vet wants me to fast him starting at 7pm (!) tonight, this is his usual dinner time where I put out the plate but he doesn't eat everything immediately.
Our other cat had a dental cleaning, 3 teeth extractions and lump removal surgery that lasted 3 hours under anesthesia a few months ago and their fasting instructions were no food after midnight. Granted that cat is about 4lbs heavier and does not have IBD.
Are we just in for a night of torture, screaming and starvation tonight or does anyone have any suggestions how I can get him to fill up earlier in the day so he isn't so hungry? The vet office says I could give him a teaspoon of food if he is truly starving between 7pm-midnight but then nothing after that. He will also get a dose of gabapentin in the morning which makes him even hungrier. I guess I just don't understand why he has to be fasted so early.
He's on budesonide and transdermal prozac and he also has cerenia available.