Hello is there anyone who can help me? Recently my cat Kitty, a going to be 7 year old male cat, was diagnosed with IBD. He is on cerenia for inflammation and mirtazapine for appetite as needed.
Right now I think he is going through a flare-up? He usually poops like clockwork but lately its been 32-42 hours in between BM's. Yesterday when he went there was some straining but it was not a hard poop, it was soft but not too soft.
I was worried he was constipated so I had been adding 1/8tsp of miralax to his wet food, which is Authority's kitten pate chicken & liver because it has been the only thing he will eat. And on it he has not thrown up, and that has been a huge issue in the past before. I also for the past 2 weeks of so have been adding the honest kitchens daily boosters goat milk probiotic to his wet food with extra water on the recommendation of my vet to add a probiotic. She was pushing for fortflora but I've heard some iffy stuff about it.
I'm just worried now that these foods and or combination of them could be causing a flare up? He was just diagnosed so I'm not too sure what to try to feed him and I'm wary of changing anything because he is a picky eater and did stop eating awhile ago when I assume there was another flare up.
So what are you feeding your kitty's, what seems to be working and what isn't? Did your cats also go through weird not-pooping phases too with their IBD flare-ups?
Please anything would be helpful. I know my vet wants to get him on a limited ingredient diet but I just can't do the prescription diets she wants me to.
Right now I think he is going through a flare-up? He usually poops like clockwork but lately its been 32-42 hours in between BM's. Yesterday when he went there was some straining but it was not a hard poop, it was soft but not too soft.
I was worried he was constipated so I had been adding 1/8tsp of miralax to his wet food, which is Authority's kitten pate chicken & liver because it has been the only thing he will eat. And on it he has not thrown up, and that has been a huge issue in the past before. I also for the past 2 weeks of so have been adding the honest kitchens daily boosters goat milk probiotic to his wet food with extra water on the recommendation of my vet to add a probiotic. She was pushing for fortflora but I've heard some iffy stuff about it.
I'm just worried now that these foods and or combination of them could be causing a flare up? He was just diagnosed so I'm not too sure what to try to feed him and I'm wary of changing anything because he is a picky eater and did stop eating awhile ago when I assume there was another flare up.
So what are you feeding your kitty's, what seems to be working and what isn't? Did your cats also go through weird not-pooping phases too with their IBD flare-ups?
Please anything would be helpful. I know my vet wants to get him on a limited ingredient diet but I just can't do the prescription diets she wants me to.
I find it was best to give a bunch of different brands/flavors a week as with her medication it made her nauseous. But most cats can get bored if fed the same thing, though you tend to have to transition slowly. I wanted to try raw with her but at 14 years old, yep no chance she was going to eat it. Was he diagnosed via biopsy?
