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I just don't know what to do anymore and it feels like having my cat is the biggest curse in my life. I dread waking up in the morning to all this vomit.
Tried so much to try and at least minimize the frequency and all it has done is make it worse. Right now he pukes every single day and if it's every second day then it feels like a miracle.
We recently did the whole blood panel and the results were quite ok except his liver enzymes, but that's to be expected on Prednisolone (he's on 2,5 mg daily now but it seems to have stopped working). I have budesonide here at home but haven't started it yet as a lot of people say it does nothing for vomiting and their cats were much worse on it. His last ultrasound was inconclusive and frankly I'm tired of wasting money on ultrasounds as they never really say anything. He has a lot of gasses and his liver is a bit enlarged were the last "results". Two years ago he had gallstones and the vet was like "ohhh that's why he's vomiting, you need to remove his gallbladder". I refused, stack to ursolic acid and the stones were gone a year later. But the vomiting persists as strong as ever.
Now food. That's the most difficult topic. I have finally transitioned him to good quality monoprotein food and his vomiting has never been worse. It was so much better on crappy Purina's food (although at least I used to buy Purina pro plan ones), I swear by my everything. I don't think meaty foods suit him or anything that has texture. Only the softest pate that doesn't have high meat content. And I can't find any soft monoprotein pates that are within my budget also. Internationally shipping his food is just not sustainable for me (I'm in a small European country). What do I feed him? Could he in general have issues digesting protein? Could enzymes help? They're so insanely expensive I'd like to know before I buy.
Other things I've tried:
slippery elm
anti-acid chews
pepsid
metoclopramide
probiotics (not fortiflora, some good expensive ones for cats)
daily b12 oral
s boulardi
a course of antibiotics (vet prescribed)
feeding only a sensitive stomach recovery food
His stools are always well-formed and he never ever has diarrhea. The only thing that stops his vomiting is cerenia (one shot can stop it for several days) and a higher dose of Prednisolone. The problem with cerenia is that it's only available as shots and we can't come in to the vet clinic as often as he would need them, besides the vet doesn't really want to continue with it. My cat has been kibble-free for several years now. What to do?
Tried so much to try and at least minimize the frequency and all it has done is make it worse. Right now he pukes every single day and if it's every second day then it feels like a miracle.
We recently did the whole blood panel and the results were quite ok except his liver enzymes, but that's to be expected on Prednisolone (he's on 2,5 mg daily now but it seems to have stopped working). I have budesonide here at home but haven't started it yet as a lot of people say it does nothing for vomiting and their cats were much worse on it. His last ultrasound was inconclusive and frankly I'm tired of wasting money on ultrasounds as they never really say anything. He has a lot of gasses and his liver is a bit enlarged were the last "results". Two years ago he had gallstones and the vet was like "ohhh that's why he's vomiting, you need to remove his gallbladder". I refused, stack to ursolic acid and the stones were gone a year later. But the vomiting persists as strong as ever.
Now food. That's the most difficult topic. I have finally transitioned him to good quality monoprotein food and his vomiting has never been worse. It was so much better on crappy Purina's food (although at least I used to buy Purina pro plan ones), I swear by my everything. I don't think meaty foods suit him or anything that has texture. Only the softest pate that doesn't have high meat content. And I can't find any soft monoprotein pates that are within my budget also. Internationally shipping his food is just not sustainable for me (I'm in a small European country). What do I feed him? Could he in general have issues digesting protein? Could enzymes help? They're so insanely expensive I'd like to know before I buy.
Other things I've tried:
slippery elm
anti-acid chews
pepsid
metoclopramide
probiotics (not fortiflora, some good expensive ones for cats)
daily b12 oral
s boulardi
a course of antibiotics (vet prescribed)
feeding only a sensitive stomach recovery food
His stools are always well-formed and he never ever has diarrhea. The only thing that stops his vomiting is cerenia (one shot can stop it for several days) and a higher dose of Prednisolone. The problem with cerenia is that it's only available as shots and we can't come in to the vet clinic as often as he would need them, besides the vet doesn't really want to continue with it. My cat has been kibble-free for several years now. What to do?