Hi all,
I have an odd situation in my house. I have at least 2 of my 8 indoor only kitties have runny stools with a bit of bloody mucus at the end. I noticed it first with Autumn and brought her to the vet. She had a terrible UTI and had lost 2 pounds (she's normally around 10). The vet gave her antibiotics, anti-inflamatories and fluids and she's doing better. But now I've noticed a couple of the other cats leaving blood behind....
On Saturday I was woken up by a horrid poo smell - someone had just dropped the mother of all bombs! I checked the spare bathroom box and my baby, Turtle, was crouched in front of the box. There was a runny pile of poo with a bit of blood on it, and when she stood up, there was bloody mucus. Her behavior also scared me, she is Mama's Girl and is always close to me. She NEVER hangs out by the litter box, and she hates the little grids I put in front of it to catch the extra litter. So given the bit of blood and her crouching on the grids, something was very wrong. I rushed her to the vet.
After some testing we found mild pancreatitis, a UTI (not as bad as Autumn's) and giardia. I guess giardia infections normally come from a bad water source, but I've used the same tap water I've always used, and they never go outside. She also lost 3.5 pounds!! She's small anyway, but now she's down to barely 6.5 pounds. The vet gave her a paste/pill combo for the runny stools, a paste for the giardia, an appetite stimulant (this is the mirtazapine), potassium and another tiny pill I can't remember. She's been on Prozac for some time as she gets nervous and pulls her long fur out.
After trying to hide her meds in various food and treats (she wouldn't touch any of them) I gave up and put the tiny pill, the prozac and the mirtazapine in the piller and gave her those. Within 45 minutes, her behavior became very odd. She started meowing almost nonstop, following me around, and not able to settle down. Her eyes were HUGE and her breathing was a bit too fast. It was about time for bed and she always sleeps under the covers with me. Last night she wasn't able to settle down much at all, shifting positions, going in and out of the covers, meowing, smelling my mouth, and acting like she couldn't get close enough to me. Needless to say I didn't get much sleep.
I called the vet this morning and voiced my concerns. They gave me a prescription of cyproheptadine to counteract the mirtazapine in case she had serotonin syndrome (she certainly had all the symptoms!)
I gave her the first dose of cyproheptadine about 2.5 hours ago, and so far I've not noticed a change. She's sitting on my lap, meows constantly if I have to get up, or even when she's trying to get comfortable and still won't eat. Has anyone else had an experience like this? I'm really worried about her.
I have an odd situation in my house. I have at least 2 of my 8 indoor only kitties have runny stools with a bit of bloody mucus at the end. I noticed it first with Autumn and brought her to the vet. She had a terrible UTI and had lost 2 pounds (she's normally around 10). The vet gave her antibiotics, anti-inflamatories and fluids and she's doing better. But now I've noticed a couple of the other cats leaving blood behind....
On Saturday I was woken up by a horrid poo smell - someone had just dropped the mother of all bombs! I checked the spare bathroom box and my baby, Turtle, was crouched in front of the box. There was a runny pile of poo with a bit of blood on it, and when she stood up, there was bloody mucus. Her behavior also scared me, she is Mama's Girl and is always close to me. She NEVER hangs out by the litter box, and she hates the little grids I put in front of it to catch the extra litter. So given the bit of blood and her crouching on the grids, something was very wrong. I rushed her to the vet.
After some testing we found mild pancreatitis, a UTI (not as bad as Autumn's) and giardia. I guess giardia infections normally come from a bad water source, but I've used the same tap water I've always used, and they never go outside. She also lost 3.5 pounds!! She's small anyway, but now she's down to barely 6.5 pounds. The vet gave her a paste/pill combo for the runny stools, a paste for the giardia, an appetite stimulant (this is the mirtazapine), potassium and another tiny pill I can't remember. She's been on Prozac for some time as she gets nervous and pulls her long fur out.
After trying to hide her meds in various food and treats (she wouldn't touch any of them) I gave up and put the tiny pill, the prozac and the mirtazapine in the piller and gave her those. Within 45 minutes, her behavior became very odd. She started meowing almost nonstop, following me around, and not able to settle down. Her eyes were HUGE and her breathing was a bit too fast. It was about time for bed and she always sleeps under the covers with me. Last night she wasn't able to settle down much at all, shifting positions, going in and out of the covers, meowing, smelling my mouth, and acting like she couldn't get close enough to me. Needless to say I didn't get much sleep.
I called the vet this morning and voiced my concerns. They gave me a prescription of cyproheptadine to counteract the mirtazapine in case she had serotonin syndrome (she certainly had all the symptoms!)
I gave her the first dose of cyproheptadine about 2.5 hours ago, and so far I've not noticed a change. She's sitting on my lap, meows constantly if I have to get up, or even when she's trying to get comfortable and still won't eat. Has anyone else had an experience like this? I'm really worried about her.