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massive thank you for the thorough post. I am learning a lot and it has been such a huge boon to me that all of you here are willing to put time into equipping me to advocate for my kitty's health. Unfortunately I can't simply put him back on the pred, since we ran out his course (which is why we have none now - vet said he didn't need to continue it). He was on 2.5 mg/day when we stopped, which seemed to be managing his symptoms well. To get more we'd need to get the vet to agree he needs it and prescribe it.
Food-wise, he will pretty much eat anything. For now (and for the past 6 weeks at this point) he has been on the Royal Canin hydrolyzed protein dry food. I know there's a lot wrong with it, but our vet feels strongly that he has a dietary allergy and that this will help confirm/identify it. They want him on it for 8 - 12 weeks. We wet the kibble (enough that he has to drink the water before he can eat) and serve across a large number of small meals throughout the day. So far he has been urinating at normal cadence/normal amounts but I am definitely worried about dehydration. We don't have anything at home to manage that as vet does not think it is an issue.
He had a standard blood panel run about a month ago and all his values were fine as per vet. I am not sure what is typically included in these panels - we asked to see the results but they seemed hesitant and at the time I did not push for it. She mentioned he had 'slightly elevated' globulin but that it was not far out of range and was likely related to whatever was causing the inflammation. The pred was initially given simply to control itch (as he was scratching patches of fur off). Essentially she is arguing that it is simply a combo of worms and allergies, and that the reason the loose stool reappeared was related to being close to the dewormer cycle (e.g., worms had returned and were impacting him again) rather than the pred. I'll call tomorrow and see if I can discuss otherwise....honestly, it's a bit exhausting and embarrassing to keep calling, feeling like I am the 'girl who cried wolf', but I do feel like our vet may be missing some clear signs because she has a diagnosis in mind. I also feel like because he is mostly having issues with loose stool rather than severe diarrhea (e.g. he is not using the litter box more than 2x/day) she is still thinking allergies.
Thank you so much again <3.
Food-wise, he will pretty much eat anything. For now (and for the past 6 weeks at this point) he has been on the Royal Canin hydrolyzed protein dry food. I know there's a lot wrong with it, but our vet feels strongly that he has a dietary allergy and that this will help confirm/identify it. They want him on it for 8 - 12 weeks. We wet the kibble (enough that he has to drink the water before he can eat) and serve across a large number of small meals throughout the day. So far he has been urinating at normal cadence/normal amounts but I am definitely worried about dehydration. We don't have anything at home to manage that as vet does not think it is an issue.
He had a standard blood panel run about a month ago and all his values were fine as per vet. I am not sure what is typically included in these panels - we asked to see the results but they seemed hesitant and at the time I did not push for it. She mentioned he had 'slightly elevated' globulin but that it was not far out of range and was likely related to whatever was causing the inflammation. The pred was initially given simply to control itch (as he was scratching patches of fur off). Essentially she is arguing that it is simply a combo of worms and allergies, and that the reason the loose stool reappeared was related to being close to the dewormer cycle (e.g., worms had returned and were impacting him again) rather than the pred. I'll call tomorrow and see if I can discuss otherwise....honestly, it's a bit exhausting and embarrassing to keep calling, feeling like I am the 'girl who cried wolf', but I do feel like our vet may be missing some clear signs because she has a diagnosis in mind. I also feel like because he is mostly having issues with loose stool rather than severe diarrhea (e.g. he is not using the litter box more than 2x/day) she is still thinking allergies.
Thank you so much again <3.