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Hi everyone,
I posted a little while ago about my 8 year-old cat, Dillard, who had increased thirst after a short round of prednisolone. I am posting here because he has had continued increased thirst and I'm starting to get worried.
Dillard was on the prednisolone for about 2 weeks to see if it would help his allergies. Soon after starting the pred, Dillard began drinking more. I wrote it off as a side effect of the meds, but he tapered off of them about 7 weeks ago and he's still thirsty. He will drink at least several times a day. Before the pred, he would hardly drink any water, since he's on a canned-only diet.
I took him in for a follow-up exam and mentioned my concern to his vet. She did routine blood work and couldn't find anything abnormal. His kidney values were perfectly fine. She told me to just keep an eye on him and repeat the blood work a year from now.
Maybe I'm being too anxious, but something feels off. It could just be that the pred is still not completely out of his system so he's still having this side effect. However, this amount of drinking is not normal for him. Oddly enough, he's not urinating any more than normal.
I'm concerned because I've read about steroid-induced diabetes and Cushing's disease. It sounds like Cushing's is rare, especially in male cats, but my mind is going to the worst place. From what I've read, Cushing's would not be something that would necessarily show up in blood work and tends to develop slowly.
I'm also concerned because when I first started the pred with him, I gave him his first dose and then skipped either one or two days of doses (I think it was only 1 day, but I can't remember exactly). He had another injury occur and I didn't want to stress him out with meds. At the time, I didn't realize that doing this could be dangerous for him. Now I worry that I did damage to his body.
Sorry for the long post. I guess I am just wondering if anyone can offer any wisdom. I do have an appointment scheduled with another vet next week but in the meantime, I'm feeling anxious and running through the worst-case scenarios in my head. Hopefully their second opinion will give us some more information.
Thanks in advance!
I posted a little while ago about my 8 year-old cat, Dillard, who had increased thirst after a short round of prednisolone. I am posting here because he has had continued increased thirst and I'm starting to get worried.
Dillard was on the prednisolone for about 2 weeks to see if it would help his allergies. Soon after starting the pred, Dillard began drinking more. I wrote it off as a side effect of the meds, but he tapered off of them about 7 weeks ago and he's still thirsty. He will drink at least several times a day. Before the pred, he would hardly drink any water, since he's on a canned-only diet.
I took him in for a follow-up exam and mentioned my concern to his vet. She did routine blood work and couldn't find anything abnormal. His kidney values were perfectly fine. She told me to just keep an eye on him and repeat the blood work a year from now.
Maybe I'm being too anxious, but something feels off. It could just be that the pred is still not completely out of his system so he's still having this side effect. However, this amount of drinking is not normal for him. Oddly enough, he's not urinating any more than normal.
I'm concerned because I've read about steroid-induced diabetes and Cushing's disease. It sounds like Cushing's is rare, especially in male cats, but my mind is going to the worst place. From what I've read, Cushing's would not be something that would necessarily show up in blood work and tends to develop slowly.
I'm also concerned because when I first started the pred with him, I gave him his first dose and then skipped either one or two days of doses (I think it was only 1 day, but I can't remember exactly). He had another injury occur and I didn't want to stress him out with meds. At the time, I didn't realize that doing this could be dangerous for him. Now I worry that I did damage to his body.
Sorry for the long post. I guess I am just wondering if anyone can offer any wisdom. I do have an appointment scheduled with another vet next week but in the meantime, I'm feeling anxious and running through the worst-case scenarios in my head. Hopefully their second opinion will give us some more information.
Thanks in advance!