My 10 year old girl cat goes in tomorrow for an ultrasound. Using my vet's exact words we're in "purely exploratory diagnosis phase" with her to get to the reason as to why she doesn't want to eat consistently. They're leaning towards possible inflammatory bowel disease based on patterns of behavior and xray but obviously we'll need an ultrasound first to even justify a biopsy which is best way for a diagnosis.
She plays well and drinks well. She used to bang herself against my door in the AM to get me up to feed her but now she sometimes doesn't even show interest in eating in the AM. Physical exam always shows good. Full bloodwork up shows she's healthy and all her organs are working properly. They've tested everything except the vitamin/nutrient absorption one.
She does throw up a few times a month (sep: 3, oct: 2, nov: 3, dec: 4, jan: 7, feb: 4) and they seem to come in bursts where it's back to back and then nothing. Some days when she pukes it's on a "eating day" vs a "fasting day." Sometimes they're clear liquid, sometimes they're yellow-ish liquid, sometimes they're yellow-ish with food bits. Sometimes she pukes right after eating and sometimes its after pooping. Stools are never runny and afaik no blood in them (stool sample showed none but that was a one time test). It seems that she has bouts of mild constipation every few weeks but nothing that concerns me...just a day or two of smaller stools and then a "corker" as we call it and then back to normal.
Sometimes she goes into this hidey-hole cat house thing after eating, sometimes she'll go downstairs after eating and sit in a corner near the stairs, usually she'll just go to her grooming spot. I don't hear any stomach sounds from her but my hearing is trash.
The IBD article here has been the best one I've seen b/c it is the only one that talks about IBD working in episodes. We'll go a few days where she's jumping off the couch to go eat and showing interest in her bowl to suddenly just not wanting to even look at her bowl. It's just so binary and I can't figure out this pattern. I'm curious for those who have been diagnosed with IBD how closely our symptoms match with what you had.
She plays well and drinks well. She used to bang herself against my door in the AM to get me up to feed her but now she sometimes doesn't even show interest in eating in the AM. Physical exam always shows good. Full bloodwork up shows she's healthy and all her organs are working properly. They've tested everything except the vitamin/nutrient absorption one.
She does throw up a few times a month (sep: 3, oct: 2, nov: 3, dec: 4, jan: 7, feb: 4) and they seem to come in bursts where it's back to back and then nothing. Some days when she pukes it's on a "eating day" vs a "fasting day." Sometimes they're clear liquid, sometimes they're yellow-ish liquid, sometimes they're yellow-ish with food bits. Sometimes she pukes right after eating and sometimes its after pooping. Stools are never runny and afaik no blood in them (stool sample showed none but that was a one time test). It seems that she has bouts of mild constipation every few weeks but nothing that concerns me...just a day or two of smaller stools and then a "corker" as we call it and then back to normal.
Sometimes she goes into this hidey-hole cat house thing after eating, sometimes she'll go downstairs after eating and sit in a corner near the stairs, usually she'll just go to her grooming spot. I don't hear any stomach sounds from her but my hearing is trash.
The IBD article here has been the best one I've seen b/c it is the only one that talks about IBD working in episodes. We'll go a few days where she's jumping off the couch to go eat and showing interest in her bowl to suddenly just not wanting to even look at her bowl. It's just so binary and I can't figure out this pattern. I'm curious for those who have been diagnosed with IBD how closely our symptoms match with what you had.
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