Hello,
My sweet 13 yo female, Daisy, has been sick for a few weeks or so.
We noticed she was vomiting about daily and then wasn't really interested in food.
She had lost about 1.5 pounds since her checkup in March.
We brought her to the vet last week and had an exam and blood work. During the exam, the Dr. noted her intestines felt inflamed. Then the blood work came back and her eosinophils are through the roof, and her amylase it quite elevated. Otherwise, her sodium is a tad high but everything was normal (including PrecisionPSL for pancreatitis, WBCs and Lymphocites).
Concerning Values:
Eosinophils: 27% - Normal range is 2%-12%
Absolute Eosinophils: 2484 - Normal range is 0-1000/ml
Amylase: 1793 - Normal range is 100-1200 U/L
He prescribed Mirtazapine (4 doses- 1 per 3 days) and Panacur (5 days).
He said that treating for parasites was the first effort since the eosinophils are elevated and it was no harm, no foul to treat for those and see if that made her better.
Her symptoms are:
-Vomiting
-Lack of appetite
---Is drinking water
---She will just about always go for treats, though. (junk!)
-Inflamed intestines
-Seems to sleep/rest a lot but she's a cat... sometimes she's her spunky self, especially at night when we're trying to sleep..
---When we come home in the evening she's usually up and seems somewhat peppy.
-She does socialize with the others a bit when we open the door
-No diarrhea
-Seems to pee and poop normally
Her eating was getting a bit better (I think the Mirtazapine was helping that), but I have to keep switching out what we give her because she decides she doesn't like stuff every couple/few days. I am sure providing so many different foods isn't helping but I don't know what else to do. I want her to eat if she ever feels like it since she hasn't been eating much. We give her wet food and first things first is she licks all the gravy/sauce off. Then munches on some meat here and there but it can take forever for her to finish one tray of meat, if she finishes.
Here is what we've fed her. I am really trying to not get foods that have added colors or wheat gluten since we think it could even be allergy related:
(Wet Food)
-Fancy Feast Purely Natural (tuna, chicken varieties usually)
-Natural Balance Platefuls (turkey/duck, chicken, chicken/turkey/duck, etc.)
-Friskies Indoor (this one was a chicken variety if I remember correctly.. I wasn't home)(I was first attributing a food allergy due to this stuff so I stopped feeding it to her.. but hubby got confused and fed it to her on Friday and she vomited it up soon after.. rice and all). She is not getting this one any more!
(Dry Food)
-Nutro Max Cat Indoor Chicken (stopped that a few weeks ago when this started)
-Purina One Indoor Turkey
-Purina One Beyond Grain Free Ocean White fish & egg
(Both Purina One varieties are the only two dry she's been getting recently)
(I have both a turkey and fish variety because she seems to change her mind on which she likes randomly)
She has puked almost every day, and there were 3 days she didn't, leading up to the Friday (6/8) she received the Friskies Indoor junk.
Most days recently, the puke comes many, many hours after she's eaten.
Recent days it's mostly been clear with some particles of food perhaps, that have been digested down a ton. Previously it was almost always a brown color.
--However 2 days ago it was a completely brown colored pile in one room, and a small amount of clear in another. But in general lately, it's been mostly clear'ish, and it does seem less quantity than it has been but it's still happening.
We do have a new kitty in the house, who arrived in February but was quarantined for 2 months for hookworm treatments and introductions. Starting in April he was behind a baby gate for viewings, but not integrated. Since May 19, 2018 he has been free-roaming with the rest of the Pride, and Daisy has been sick just about since.
I thought maybe stress was part of it but she had the most interaction with him from the other side of the gate while the other two ignored him. So I really thought she was going to be OK with him. But she's actually been a grumpy butt towards him when he comes in the room. We've been keeping her segregated most of the day because we know she doesn't feel well. When she does see him now, she doesn't swat at him like she was, and growls a little. Maybe stress is exacerbating whatever is going on? Or maybe it has no effect? I just wanted to give this detail because it's part of the entire case!
My heart is hurting knowing she feels ill. She is my sweet baby kitty even though she's 13. She's my cuddle bug, snuggle butt. I NEED her to be OK and find out what is going on so we can fix it!
Any thoughts are appreciated, and any questions are welcomed! Thank you so much!
My sweet 13 yo female, Daisy, has been sick for a few weeks or so.
We noticed she was vomiting about daily and then wasn't really interested in food.
She had lost about 1.5 pounds since her checkup in March.
We brought her to the vet last week and had an exam and blood work. During the exam, the Dr. noted her intestines felt inflamed. Then the blood work came back and her eosinophils are through the roof, and her amylase it quite elevated. Otherwise, her sodium is a tad high but everything was normal (including PrecisionPSL for pancreatitis, WBCs and Lymphocites).
Concerning Values:
Eosinophils: 27% - Normal range is 2%-12%
Absolute Eosinophils: 2484 - Normal range is 0-1000/ml
Amylase: 1793 - Normal range is 100-1200 U/L
He prescribed Mirtazapine (4 doses- 1 per 3 days) and Panacur (5 days).
He said that treating for parasites was the first effort since the eosinophils are elevated and it was no harm, no foul to treat for those and see if that made her better.
Her symptoms are:
-Vomiting
-Lack of appetite
---Is drinking water
---She will just about always go for treats, though. (junk!)
-Inflamed intestines
-Seems to sleep/rest a lot but she's a cat... sometimes she's her spunky self, especially at night when we're trying to sleep..
---When we come home in the evening she's usually up and seems somewhat peppy.
-She does socialize with the others a bit when we open the door
-No diarrhea
-Seems to pee and poop normally
Her eating was getting a bit better (I think the Mirtazapine was helping that), but I have to keep switching out what we give her because she decides she doesn't like stuff every couple/few days. I am sure providing so many different foods isn't helping but I don't know what else to do. I want her to eat if she ever feels like it since she hasn't been eating much. We give her wet food and first things first is she licks all the gravy/sauce off. Then munches on some meat here and there but it can take forever for her to finish one tray of meat, if she finishes.
Here is what we've fed her. I am really trying to not get foods that have added colors or wheat gluten since we think it could even be allergy related:
(Wet Food)
-Fancy Feast Purely Natural (tuna, chicken varieties usually)
-Natural Balance Platefuls (turkey/duck, chicken, chicken/turkey/duck, etc.)
-Friskies Indoor (this one was a chicken variety if I remember correctly.. I wasn't home)(I was first attributing a food allergy due to this stuff so I stopped feeding it to her.. but hubby got confused and fed it to her on Friday and she vomited it up soon after.. rice and all). She is not getting this one any more!
(Dry Food)
-Nutro Max Cat Indoor Chicken (stopped that a few weeks ago when this started)
-Purina One Indoor Turkey
-Purina One Beyond Grain Free Ocean White fish & egg
(Both Purina One varieties are the only two dry she's been getting recently)
(I have both a turkey and fish variety because she seems to change her mind on which she likes randomly)
She has puked almost every day, and there were 3 days she didn't, leading up to the Friday (6/8) she received the Friskies Indoor junk.
Most days recently, the puke comes many, many hours after she's eaten.
Recent days it's mostly been clear with some particles of food perhaps, that have been digested down a ton. Previously it was almost always a brown color.
--However 2 days ago it was a completely brown colored pile in one room, and a small amount of clear in another. But in general lately, it's been mostly clear'ish, and it does seem less quantity than it has been but it's still happening.
We do have a new kitty in the house, who arrived in February but was quarantined for 2 months for hookworm treatments and introductions. Starting in April he was behind a baby gate for viewings, but not integrated. Since May 19, 2018 he has been free-roaming with the rest of the Pride, and Daisy has been sick just about since.
I thought maybe stress was part of it but she had the most interaction with him from the other side of the gate while the other two ignored him. So I really thought she was going to be OK with him. But she's actually been a grumpy butt towards him when he comes in the room. We've been keeping her segregated most of the day because we know she doesn't feel well. When she does see him now, she doesn't swat at him like she was, and growls a little. Maybe stress is exacerbating whatever is going on? Or maybe it has no effect? I just wanted to give this detail because it's part of the entire case!
My heart is hurting knowing she feels ill. She is my sweet baby kitty even though she's 13. She's my cuddle bug, snuggle butt. I NEED her to be OK and find out what is going on so we can fix it!
Any thoughts are appreciated, and any questions are welcomed! Thank you so much!
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