Maisey is taking prednisone for a food allergy. The vet gave me 5mg pills which she took for the first 3 days. Now I'm giving her a 1/2 pill daily for 5 days, then she'll go 1/2 a pill every other day.
My problem is that my cat has been vomity lately. Once she threw up the pill directly after so I know she didn't get any benefit from the medicine. Today I gave the pill about an hour after she'd eaten a small portion of food. She was fine so after about an hour I gave more food and she vomited. I can't tell if she'd thrown up only that last portion of the food or the whole days' food + the pill.
Do you think the pill had time to get in her system after an hour's time? It was my mistake to feed her so soon after. Since she's been so sensitive to food I've had to break her feedings into small portions given several times during the day. ETA: I'm not going to give her a double-dose since I don't know how much if any of the med she digested. However, tomorrow is the day that I'm supposed to move to giving the medicine every other day. I'm not sure whether to stay to schedule and skip a day or give her a dose to make up for today's. Prednisone does seem to help stop the excessive grooming, thus she's not tearing up her skin so much and ingesting so much fur and scabs. She's been on a new food for a month or so and has been doing better even before the medicine, but the vomiting remains at a rate of every few days. It's bad now because I don't know if it's the medicine making her stomach ill, thus adding to the barfing issue. Though it's good that she's taken in the medicine fine for 6 out of 8 days.
My problem is that my cat has been vomity lately. Once she threw up the pill directly after so I know she didn't get any benefit from the medicine. Today I gave the pill about an hour after she'd eaten a small portion of food. She was fine so after about an hour I gave more food and she vomited. I can't tell if she'd thrown up only that last portion of the food or the whole days' food + the pill.
Do you think the pill had time to get in her system after an hour's time? It was my mistake to feed her so soon after. Since she's been so sensitive to food I've had to break her feedings into small portions given several times during the day. ETA: I'm not going to give her a double-dose since I don't know how much if any of the med she digested. However, tomorrow is the day that I'm supposed to move to giving the medicine every other day. I'm not sure whether to stay to schedule and skip a day or give her a dose to make up for today's. Prednisone does seem to help stop the excessive grooming, thus she's not tearing up her skin so much and ingesting so much fur and scabs. She's been on a new food for a month or so and has been doing better even before the medicine, but the vomiting remains at a rate of every few days. It's bad now because I don't know if it's the medicine making her stomach ill, thus adding to the barfing issue. Though it's good that she's taken in the medicine fine for 6 out of 8 days.