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Thought I would post some of the updates here, too. They're from a thread I started in the nutrition forum.
From Wednesday 4/11:
I posted a while ago about my kitty, Abby. She's been having loose stools, vomiting hairballs, and diarrhea for a few weeks. It would get better and worse.
The vet thought that her Primal freeze-dried venison might be giving her problems and we started looking for other food options. It seems like chicken doesn't agree with her. (We went through a period of food issues when we got Abby when she was about 6 months old.) We tried a variety of things, none of which she was all that thrilled about. She'd look at the food, try it sometimes and then refuse it. Or she'd eat all of it one time and then completely reject it at the next feeding. Sigh.
Anyway, the vet had given us a few cans of z/d to try. I had tried some of the stuff I thought was higher quality first but decided to break out the z/d. She LOVED it. Licked up every last bit of that rather strange food! She seemed to be on the mend and had a ton of energy the next day. She had it for breakfast the next day and ate all of it again. It was great. Then, throughout the day, she started using her litter box more and more and producing just liquid poop. In the evening, she passed gas near our entry map and pooped 3 little drops of liquid poop. And she seemed uncomfortable.
I took her to the 24-hour vet who didn't feel anything wrong and thought it was possibly IBD. This morning, she had diarrhea in about 5 spots around the house. I took her to her regular vet this morning and he felt something in her belly. X-rays didn't show any sort of obstruction so we're supposed to make an appointment with an internal med doc. The thought right now is perhaps irritable bowel. The vet gave her another course of metronidazole and a shot to help with the vomiting/nausea.
My problem is what to feed her???? She's hungry and wants to eat but doesn't like what I'm giving her. She wants her z/d. Given that the horrible diarrhea started after the z/d, I think that the z/d doesn't agree with her. Any ideas? Please?
From Thursday 4/12:
Well, the internal medicine vet office called today and said they could see her this morning. When they did an ultrasound they found enlarged lymph nodes. The blood work done yesterday came back with three different values that indicated a lot of inflammation. Her temp has been 103.7 yesterday and today. Adding all of that together with the vomiting and diarrhea, the internal med vet really thinks it’s FIP. And I really, really hope it isn’t.
They took a stool sample while she was sedated and said it had fresh blood on it. They’re sending the sample off to check for something.
She’s home with us now. Not super energetic but not just moping around either. She ate all of the Stella and chewy’s freeze dried rabbit I put out for her but she hadn’t eaten at all today. She wasn’t interested in the venison d/d I put out this morning and then she was on her way to the vet office at 9:40. I think she knew something was up bc she was a little skittish.
Poor kitty.
From Sunday 4/15:
I think they jumped to FIP b/c of the fever, globulin levels, and enlarged lymph nodes, but I'm not sure. They did a needle aspiration of the lymph nodes while she was still sedated. It'll take a while for those results to come back. They did say that it was possible, not definite, although they also said that even if the test comes back negative, she might still have it. It's like they don't want me to every get away from that diagnosis. In the meantime, though, I talked to her regular vet who prescribed some prednisolone and said that it wouldn't hurt. She's on one dose of Metronidazole and one dose of prednisolone each day.
My husband decided to try the Lotus Just Juicy Turkey that was the first food that she tolerated reasonably well when she was having similar GI issues a year ago. She has been eating the turkey well! I've been out of town, but it seems as if the litter box is looking better, too. I'm not sure if that's from the prednisolone or the combination of the metronidazole and the prednisolone or from the food, but I'll take what I can get! And Abby actually seems to have energy again! She attacked me when I was walking by her and was running around earlier this evening!
From Wednesday 4/11:
I posted a while ago about my kitty, Abby. She's been having loose stools, vomiting hairballs, and diarrhea for a few weeks. It would get better and worse.
The vet thought that her Primal freeze-dried venison might be giving her problems and we started looking for other food options. It seems like chicken doesn't agree with her. (We went through a period of food issues when we got Abby when she was about 6 months old.) We tried a variety of things, none of which she was all that thrilled about. She'd look at the food, try it sometimes and then refuse it. Or she'd eat all of it one time and then completely reject it at the next feeding. Sigh.
Anyway, the vet had given us a few cans of z/d to try. I had tried some of the stuff I thought was higher quality first but decided to break out the z/d. She LOVED it. Licked up every last bit of that rather strange food! She seemed to be on the mend and had a ton of energy the next day. She had it for breakfast the next day and ate all of it again. It was great. Then, throughout the day, she started using her litter box more and more and producing just liquid poop. In the evening, she passed gas near our entry map and pooped 3 little drops of liquid poop. And she seemed uncomfortable.
I took her to the 24-hour vet who didn't feel anything wrong and thought it was possibly IBD. This morning, she had diarrhea in about 5 spots around the house. I took her to her regular vet this morning and he felt something in her belly. X-rays didn't show any sort of obstruction so we're supposed to make an appointment with an internal med doc. The thought right now is perhaps irritable bowel. The vet gave her another course of metronidazole and a shot to help with the vomiting/nausea.
My problem is what to feed her???? She's hungry and wants to eat but doesn't like what I'm giving her. She wants her z/d. Given that the horrible diarrhea started after the z/d, I think that the z/d doesn't agree with her. Any ideas? Please?
From Thursday 4/12:
Well, the internal medicine vet office called today and said they could see her this morning. When they did an ultrasound they found enlarged lymph nodes. The blood work done yesterday came back with three different values that indicated a lot of inflammation. Her temp has been 103.7 yesterday and today. Adding all of that together with the vomiting and diarrhea, the internal med vet really thinks it’s FIP. And I really, really hope it isn’t.
They took a stool sample while she was sedated and said it had fresh blood on it. They’re sending the sample off to check for something.
She’s home with us now. Not super energetic but not just moping around either. She ate all of the Stella and chewy’s freeze dried rabbit I put out for her but she hadn’t eaten at all today. She wasn’t interested in the venison d/d I put out this morning and then she was on her way to the vet office at 9:40. I think she knew something was up bc she was a little skittish.
Poor kitty.
From Sunday 4/15:
I think they jumped to FIP b/c of the fever, globulin levels, and enlarged lymph nodes, but I'm not sure. They did a needle aspiration of the lymph nodes while she was still sedated. It'll take a while for those results to come back. They did say that it was possible, not definite, although they also said that even if the test comes back negative, she might still have it. It's like they don't want me to every get away from that diagnosis. In the meantime, though, I talked to her regular vet who prescribed some prednisolone and said that it wouldn't hurt. She's on one dose of Metronidazole and one dose of prednisolone each day.
My husband decided to try the Lotus Just Juicy Turkey that was the first food that she tolerated reasonably well when she was having similar GI issues a year ago. She has been eating the turkey well! I've been out of town, but it seems as if the litter box is looking better, too. I'm not sure if that's from the prednisolone or the combination of the metronidazole and the prednisolone or from the food, but I'll take what I can get! And Abby actually seems to have energy again! She attacked me when I was walking by her and was running around earlier this evening!
