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I’m at a loss and need some advice and/or any insight anyone may have.
I have a 6 year-old male Devon Rex named Freddie with (what I’m guessing) is IBD. Him and his sister (litter mates) have always been very picky with food and prone to throwing up but he is much worse off and has more chronic issues with it than she does.
Throughout his life, he’s had phases where he throws up frequently and has inappetence but it always seems to last a few days/weeks and then improves. He also has had loose stools most of his life. He has been to the vet, I would guess, at least 5 times regarding this exact issue and every time they can’t figure out what’s going on so they say it’s likely IBD purely through process of elimination. He’s had bloodwork, x-rays, ultrasounds, and stool tests all which come back normal.
This past October, Freddie had a very severe bout where he threw up everything he ate for 2 days straight and then started to refuse to eat anything. We took him to the emergency vet after hours because he vomited some blood and his stools were red. We waited 5 hours in the waiting room and gave up, and went to his regular vet in the morning. All the tests (x-ray, bloodwork, stool test) came back normal except an elevated white blood cell count. They basically said they can’t figure it out and gave us some sensitive stomach food and anti nausea medication. He of course refused to eat the food but he seemed to slowly improve with the meds. He seemed pretty ok for 2-3 weeks and was eating and not throwing up very often.
I had researched novel protein diets and raw diets for cats with IBD and wanted to give it a try, since I figured he may have a food allergy/sensitivity. Up until now he was eating Weruva wet canned food in all kinds of flavors. I slowly transitioned him to Stella & Chewy Freeze Dried Raw over the course of 8 days. He was very enthusiastic about the food (which is super rare for him) and his stools were solid for the first time in years so I was feeling very hopeful.
He’s been on this new diet for about 3 weeks and now he’s vomiting every single day again. It almost always happens within 30 minutes after he eats, despite me feeding him very small amounts at a time and him eating it slowly.
I have absolutely no idea what to do now, I feel like I’ve tried everything and he just keeps reverting to being sick and throwing up daily. I feel horrible because he’s not getting enough food/nutrition and he seems so uninterested in eating despite loving the food at first.
If anyone has any advice, I would love to discuss. And please refrain from suggesting I take him to the vet again, because I’ve done it over and over and it doesn’t seem to get us anywhere.
TIA!
I have a 6 year-old male Devon Rex named Freddie with (what I’m guessing) is IBD. Him and his sister (litter mates) have always been very picky with food and prone to throwing up but he is much worse off and has more chronic issues with it than she does.
Throughout his life, he’s had phases where he throws up frequently and has inappetence but it always seems to last a few days/weeks and then improves. He also has had loose stools most of his life. He has been to the vet, I would guess, at least 5 times regarding this exact issue and every time they can’t figure out what’s going on so they say it’s likely IBD purely through process of elimination. He’s had bloodwork, x-rays, ultrasounds, and stool tests all which come back normal.
This past October, Freddie had a very severe bout where he threw up everything he ate for 2 days straight and then started to refuse to eat anything. We took him to the emergency vet after hours because he vomited some blood and his stools were red. We waited 5 hours in the waiting room and gave up, and went to his regular vet in the morning. All the tests (x-ray, bloodwork, stool test) came back normal except an elevated white blood cell count. They basically said they can’t figure it out and gave us some sensitive stomach food and anti nausea medication. He of course refused to eat the food but he seemed to slowly improve with the meds. He seemed pretty ok for 2-3 weeks and was eating and not throwing up very often.
I had researched novel protein diets and raw diets for cats with IBD and wanted to give it a try, since I figured he may have a food allergy/sensitivity. Up until now he was eating Weruva wet canned food in all kinds of flavors. I slowly transitioned him to Stella & Chewy Freeze Dried Raw over the course of 8 days. He was very enthusiastic about the food (which is super rare for him) and his stools were solid for the first time in years so I was feeling very hopeful.
He’s been on this new diet for about 3 weeks and now he’s vomiting every single day again. It almost always happens within 30 minutes after he eats, despite me feeding him very small amounts at a time and him eating it slowly.
I have absolutely no idea what to do now, I feel like I’ve tried everything and he just keeps reverting to being sick and throwing up daily. I feel horrible because he’s not getting enough food/nutrition and he seems so uninterested in eating despite loving the food at first.
If anyone has any advice, I would love to discuss. And please refrain from suggesting I take him to the vet again, because I’ve done it over and over and it doesn’t seem to get us anywhere.
TIA!