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Happy Friday. Our gal, Molly has had about 4 (maybe it's been 5?) Solensia injections. The first 3 months, it was amazing! She was more active and getting up in her old spots she liked to bird watch from, but the past couple weeks she seems to be back to the state she was before the Solensia. It was very obvious that she was feeling a lot better when she first started getting the shots. She is still jumping up on the bed/jumping down. But she seems really lethargic and just seems generally not wanting to move much. This is how she acted prior to Solensia. I saw a comment on here a few days ago, but I can't find it now. The comment said something about how they think the body can build up some sort of immunity to Solensia, but that you could reverse it or something by missing a shot? Does that sound familiar to anyone? Has anyone had this experience with their cat yet?
She has been having some constipation issues (small, skinny, hard poops) and I thought that was why she was acting this way. I started giving her 1/4tsp of Miralax twice daily and it does seem to help some. Not a miracle, but her poops are thicker and softer at least. I took her to the vet on Monday to check this out and make sure I was doing what I should be and doing everything I can to help her. The vet basically said that I was doing everything she would suggest already and agreed to give her fluids even though she didn't seem very dehydrated to the vet. She seemed to perk up a bit the next day (although, I could have just been having a confirmation bias moment on that), but only for that day. She is still interested in her treats, food and brushing (she loves to be brushed), still purring, still sleeping on me at night. She spends most of the day on a heating pad turned on the lowest setting. So, my only other thought is maybe the Solensia has stopped working. I know this is only newly approved in the US so there may not be many people, but does anyone else have any experience with this yet? In case this helps, she does have the following health issues: Hyperthyroid (treated with oral methimazole twice daily), pretty bad arthritis (treated with Solensia every 4 weeks and Gabapentin twice daily), CKD (on the slightly high-normal range at her last lab test the beginning of March). I do add extra water to her wet food daily (she does not eat dry any longer). Thoughts?
Happy Friday. Our gal, Molly has had about 4 (maybe it's been 5?) Solensia injections. The first 3 months, it was amazing! She was more active and getting up in her old spots she liked to bird watch from, but the past couple weeks she seems to be back to the state she was before the Solensia. It was very obvious that she was feeling a lot better when she first started getting the shots. She is still jumping up on the bed/jumping down. But she seems really lethargic and just seems generally not wanting to move much. This is how she acted prior to Solensia. I saw a comment on here a few days ago, but I can't find it now. The comment said something about how they think the body can build up some sort of immunity to Solensia, but that you could reverse it or something by missing a shot? Does that sound familiar to anyone? Has anyone had this experience with their cat yet?
She has been having some constipation issues (small, skinny, hard poops) and I thought that was why she was acting this way. I started giving her 1/4tsp of Miralax twice daily and it does seem to help some. Not a miracle, but her poops are thicker and softer at least. I took her to the vet on Monday to check this out and make sure I was doing what I should be and doing everything I can to help her. The vet basically said that I was doing everything she would suggest already and agreed to give her fluids even though she didn't seem very dehydrated to the vet. She seemed to perk up a bit the next day (although, I could have just been having a confirmation bias moment on that), but only for that day. She is still interested in her treats, food and brushing (she loves to be brushed), still purring, still sleeping on me at night. She spends most of the day on a heating pad turned on the lowest setting. So, my only other thought is maybe the Solensia has stopped working. I know this is only newly approved in the US so there may not be many people, but does anyone else have any experience with this yet? In case this helps, she does have the following health issues: Hyperthyroid (treated with oral methimazole twice daily), pretty bad arthritis (treated with Solensia every 4 weeks and Gabapentin twice daily), CKD (on the slightly high-normal range at her last lab test the beginning of March). I do add extra water to her wet food daily (she does not eat dry any longer). Thoughts?
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