Hello all,
I've posted here about Shadow in the past. She's got terrible allergies (I think) She's been the vet for the same symptoms 6 or 7 times (three different vet opinions). She gets episodes where she throws up and has runny blood as fecal matter. Trust me I do take her to the vet and she has another appointment today. This last bout she expeled a mucus plug almost. It was solid blood/mucus.
The last x-ray of her abdominal cavity (9months ago) shows that her intestines are enlarged. The walls were much thicker than they should be. She got a shot of cortsone, an antibiotic and something to slow her system down. Also parasites have always been ruled out with the fecal exam. She also has respritory problems and breaths heavily as if she has asthma. The dr. wanted to put her under to do an x-ray of her sinuses, but I had to hold out on the cost at that time.
I changed her diet and thought I had narrowed her allergy down to wheat gluten. She loves Holistic Select by Eagle Pack and I just made sure the wet food I was feeding my other cats did not contain wheat gluten no matter the brand. I tried to stay away from the Friskie's even the solid wet food without gluten. I was feeding them the more expensive natural foods but can't think of the brand names at this time.
I was running late on night and was at the pharmacy and picked up Friskies minus wheat gluten. I only bought 6 cans ( I have three cats). But now Shadow is having a bad run of it again. Could it be that I didn't narrow the search of what's hurting her stomach? She stopped eating Holistic Select so I switched to Evo last night.
Do you think this is an allergy or worse? I gave her a small amount of benedryl in an eye dropper last night. It seemed to make her breath easier and her stool was more mucus, less blood. More like a snotty nose with old blood in it. She threw up on my bed last night and I checked on her at 5am. She was coherant, laying on her back with her belly in the air. I can tell her bottom is hurting because when she sits she puts her leg up like she's going to lick herself. This morning 7am, she knew I was looking for her before work to give her medicine so I couldn't find her. She somehow always knows these things.
Has anyone had any similar experience with thier cat? What should I ask the dr. to test to rule any diseases out. She's FIV negative, I know that much. What do you do for a cat with severe food allergies and has anyone had a cat this severe? It's like her digestive systme is so swollen that it's swollen shut and nothing can pass. Does this make sense?
Please, please help me figure this out.
I've posted here about Shadow in the past. She's got terrible allergies (I think) She's been the vet for the same symptoms 6 or 7 times (three different vet opinions). She gets episodes where she throws up and has runny blood as fecal matter. Trust me I do take her to the vet and she has another appointment today. This last bout she expeled a mucus plug almost. It was solid blood/mucus.
The last x-ray of her abdominal cavity (9months ago) shows that her intestines are enlarged. The walls were much thicker than they should be. She got a shot of cortsone, an antibiotic and something to slow her system down. Also parasites have always been ruled out with the fecal exam. She also has respritory problems and breaths heavily as if she has asthma. The dr. wanted to put her under to do an x-ray of her sinuses, but I had to hold out on the cost at that time.
I changed her diet and thought I had narrowed her allergy down to wheat gluten. She loves Holistic Select by Eagle Pack and I just made sure the wet food I was feeding my other cats did not contain wheat gluten no matter the brand. I tried to stay away from the Friskie's even the solid wet food without gluten. I was feeding them the more expensive natural foods but can't think of the brand names at this time.
I was running late on night and was at the pharmacy and picked up Friskies minus wheat gluten. I only bought 6 cans ( I have three cats). But now Shadow is having a bad run of it again. Could it be that I didn't narrow the search of what's hurting her stomach? She stopped eating Holistic Select so I switched to Evo last night.
Do you think this is an allergy or worse? I gave her a small amount of benedryl in an eye dropper last night. It seemed to make her breath easier and her stool was more mucus, less blood. More like a snotty nose with old blood in it. She threw up on my bed last night and I checked on her at 5am. She was coherant, laying on her back with her belly in the air. I can tell her bottom is hurting because when she sits she puts her leg up like she's going to lick herself. This morning 7am, she knew I was looking for her before work to give her medicine so I couldn't find her. She somehow always knows these things.
Has anyone had any similar experience with thier cat? What should I ask the dr. to test to rule any diseases out. She's FIV negative, I know that much. What do you do for a cat with severe food allergies and has anyone had a cat this severe? It's like her digestive systme is so swollen that it's swollen shut and nothing can pass. Does this make sense?
Please, please help me figure this out.