Maury - Month 6

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So glad he ate a few bites! I think the test is called a SNAP test, but I'm not sure. Sending tons of healing vines for Maury and comforting vines for you...I know how our fur babies being sick can make us feel!
 
@Rachel @Sharon14 If either of you are still around, Maury is due for a shot in about 7 minutes. He didn't eat anymore overnight, I tried a Fancy Feast pouch I had from my Aunt who had to send her sugar boy over the bridge a couple months ago. He did usual routine, waking me up, followed me to kitchen, then followed bowl to floor but sniffed and walked away :(. So given his symptoms and only raising 46 points since last night with NS, I'm inclined to skip again. About to call Vet now.
 
So sorry he's still not eating! Please let us know how things go with the vet! Hoping they can give you some answers and treatment!
 
Poor little guy! I hope the vet can give him something that will do the trick and get him eating again! :bighug:
 
He did lick some of the juice from pouch and maybe a bite or two. New Vet clinic is able to see us at 09:20. The receptionist was nice, hopefully the doctor's are too. They offer military / senior discount. If I can't use military family discount, might be able to put on my Mum's credit card to get senior discount. We did this at Vet #2 before. And have applications for Care Credit card on their site :) if the first two don't work.

Not seeing the Vet I was looking to switch to, specifically, but can't be picky since they are squeezing us in as emergency. Luckily no extra fee for that :).

Will update everyone this afternoon! *paws crossed*
 
Yong said:
He did lick some of the juice from pouch and maybe a bite or two. New Vet clinic is able to see us at 09:20. The receptionist was nice, hopefully the doctor's are too. They offer military / senior discount. If I can't use military family discount, might be able to put on my Mum's credit card to get senior discount. We did this at Vet #2 before. And have applications for Care Credit card on their site :) if the first two don't work.

Not seeing the Vet I was looking to switch to, specifically, but can't be picky since they are squeezing us in as emergency. Luckily no extra fee for that :).

Will update everyone this afternoon! *paws crossed*
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I'm glad that Maury is being checked out today. I hope the vet can get to the bottom of this soon - and is a vet you can work well with. Use Care Credit if you can and give some thought to DCIN as well. :bighug:
 
Well we were at the new Vet for about 3 hours. They were busy and squeezed us in, so I can't complain. WE HAVE A NEW VET! :D She's awesome.

Update for Maury: Mild pancreatitis but we both pretty sure it has been caught early. He was given some SubQ fluids and a shot of Cerenia :cat:. Quite possible starting the Zobaline was just coincidence but I will ask her in a couple days when we check it if she thinks it's ok to try again, if he is improving. She really appreciated how much research I've done and that I home test :). Even jokingly asked if I wanted to educate their other FD parents lol.

He wasn't happy when they took him back for blood work so he passed stool. Was still soft but formed, so that's an improvement from first and second. She's on board if I want to switch to Lantus too :).

My question is if pancreatitis can be prevented?

My mum was able to pay and get senior discount so I'll just make payments to her ;)
 
Yong said:
Well we were at the new Vet for about 3 hours. They were busy and squeezed us in, so I can't complain. WE HAVE A NEW VET! :D She's awesome.

Update for Maury: Mild pancreatitis but we both pretty sure it has been caught early. He was given some SubQ fluids and a shot of Cerenia :cat:. Quite possible starting the Zobaline was just coincidence but I will ask her in a couple days when we check it if she thinks it's ok to try again, if he is improving. She really appreciated how much research I've done and that I home test :). Even jokingly asked if I wanted to educate their other FD parents lol.

He wasn't happy when they took him back for blood work so he passed stool. Was still soft but formed, so that's an improvement from first and second. She's on board if I want to switch to Lantus too :).

My question is if pancreatitis can be prevented?

My mum was able to pay and get senior discount so I'll just make payments to her ;)
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This is great news about the new vet!! I'm glad the pancreatitis was caught early and I hope it resolves quickly. I have no idea if it can be prevented. It seems that FD kitties are more prone.
 
Me too, Kris! She said to check in a couple times this week to tell her how he's doing :). The staff is very friendly too and seems like a great place. I think @MiCo might have wanted to find a new Vet and we're in the same county (but it can take 45 - 60 minutes to get the other side :)). So Michele if you see this just message me in the PM :D.

Hopefully the one dose of Cerenia with fluids was enough today to jump start his recovery. She said if I need more I can call and go pick it up :cat:
 
Yong said:
Me too, Kris! She said to check in a couple times this week to tell her how he's doing :). The staff is very friendly too and seems like a great place. I think @MiCo might have wanted to find a new Vet and we're in the same county (but it can take 45 - 60 minutes to get the other side :)). So Michele if you see this just message me in the PM :D.

Hopefully the one dose of Cerenia with fluids was enough today to jump start his recovery. She said if I need more I can call and go pick it up :cat:
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Sounds like a great clinic and a vet that will work for and with you, not against you. :smuggrin:
 
Sounds like a great vet!!! Glad they caught the pancreatitis early. I hope the cerenia kicks in!
 
I think it did, when we got home I gave him the rest of his YA he didn't eat overnight and he ate it all. Gave Friskies pate tonight and he did the usual not wanting it so I tried the Sheba pate and got him to eat that. :) Played a little safe on his dose tonight just in case it's still coming down from stress.
 
Yong said:
I think it did, when we got home I gave him the rest of his YA he didn't eat overnight and he ate it all. Gave Friskies pate tonight and he did the usual not wanting it so I tried the Sheba pate and got him to eat that. :) Played a little safe on his dose tonight just in case it's still coming down from stress.
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Positive signs. :smuggrin:
 
Yong said:
Cerenia probably worn off, he didn't want any of his canned breakfast :( even with Fortiflora. Ate most of his YA.
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I'd get some Cerenia in pill form from your new vet. He might need it for a couple of days. Not eating can take on a life of its own with kitties so I'd try to nip it in the bud ASAP. Sounds like your new vet might be open to you calling about this. :bighug:
 
He's just not the easiest cat to pill :facepalm:. He isn't showing really obvious signs of having nausea but the Vet said I could give him some Pepcid. I do have 2 B12 Cyanocobalamin injections so asked her (left message with receptionist) if she thinks one of those might help. Just put call in to get the Cerenia. Going to try and find some Tiki Cat that is lower fat.

Just want my boy to feel better :(
 
Yong said:
He's just not the easiest cat to pill :facepalm:. He isn't showing really obvious signs of having nausea but the Vet said I could give him some Pepcid. I do have 2 B12 Cyanocobalamin injections so asked her (left message with receptionist) if she thinks one of those might help. Just put call in to get the Cerenia. Going to try and find some Tiki Cat that is lower fat.

Just want my boy to feel better :(
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Sometimes pain meds (buprenorphine) are given for a pancreatitis flare. Have you ever tried a pill gun with him?
 
We've used one for our dog and they seem to just be one size? Issue is he spits out the pill before I can get chaser ready or hold his mouth shut for a split second :facepalm:. Will try again though if it helps him, of course :). Better get going to that store before traffic though, be back in a bit!
 
Went 2 places and have 4 pouches and 1 can. Didn't have the Tiki cat I was going for and I couldn't really look the ones they had up :(. Didn't have Weruva one's I set out for either so got 2 pouches of Pumpkin Lickin Chicken (MC) and 1 can Mack and Jack (LC). Went to second store and got 2 pouches of Soulistic Autumn Bounty. The pouches have pumpkin so a little fiber might help him. Still waiting for Vet to call back.
 
Update: Vet called back. Going to pick up some Bupe, Cerenia and or Miratzopine (sp). If he doesn't improve overnight we are debating more aggressive treatment with putting him on IV fluids and antacid like pepcid for a clinic stay. Gave OK to give B12 injection.
 
Yong said:
Update: Vet called back. Going to pick up some Bupe, Cerenia and or Miratzopine (sp). If he doesn't improve overnight we are debating more aggressive treatment with putting him on IV fluids and antacid like pepcid for a clinic stay. Gave OK to give B12 injection.
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Mirtazapine is an appy stimulant. It can work very well but makes some cats weird, as in agitation, vocal, restless, etc. It helped my mom's old guy a lot but he was quite strange on it.
 
Might ask the vet if you can dissolve the cerenia in water to give it to him. I did that with pepcid...dissolved it in some water and used a syringe to shoot it down her throat. Not delightful, but easier than a pill gun since she couldn't spit it out. Not sure if that would be okay with cerenia or not....
 
Realized Cerenia box says for Dogs, called to confirm it's ok for a cat. Think I remember reading somewhere it states For dogs but is OK for cats :bookworm:. For Mirtazapine, had to cut the pill into 1/8ths :smuggrin: and he can have it every other day. Was tiny enough they said try just putting it in his wet food. One bite of food he was interested in eating made him walk away and spit part of it out :facepalm:. Felt bad so cleaned out the bowl and gave him rest of the pouch, with no meds, he ate all :). Haven't given him Cerenia tonight yet but if you guys confirm it's the same meds, I'll give him a dose. Before PS he did play with a fly for a few seconds, that flew by him :cat:

Do you think giving the bupe tonight also is overdoing it? I just want to stay on top of this :oops:

I didn't remember the name of other med that people have tried over Mirtazapine, hopefully he won't get too weird on me.
 
Yong said:
Realized Cerenia box says for Dogs, called to confirm it's ok for a cat. Think I remember reading somewhere it states For dogs but is OK for cats :bookworm:. For Mirtazapine, had to cut the pill into 1/8ths :smuggrin: and he can have it every other day. Was tiny enough they said try just putting it in his wet food. One bite of food he was interested in eating made him walk away and spit part of it out :facepalm:. Felt bad so cleaned out the bowl and gave him rest of the pouch, with no meds, he ate all :). Haven't given him Cerenia tonight yet but if you guys confirm it's the same meds, I'll give him a dose. Before PS he did play with a fly for a few seconds, that flew by him :cat:

Do you think giving the bupe tonight also is overdoing it? I just want to stay on top of this :oops:

I didn't remember the name of other med that people have tried over Mirtazapine, hopefully he won't get too weird on me.
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The other med is cyproheptadine. Mirtazapine might be fine for Maury. I have two different dosages of Cerenia here from two different prescriptions: one is called "Cerenia Green" - 16 mg/half tablet once daily and the other is "Cerenia Mauve" - 24 mg/half tablet once daily. These are small, easy to split and can go directly into food. That's how Teasel got them.

Have you given bupe yet? It can make them a bit loopy. My vet told me to lower the dose if that was an issue. Mine was a liquid that I drew up into a small syringe that I inserted into the side of his mouth to squirt the meds into his cheek pouch.
 
I think I have the green, 16mg pills that they said give him 1/4 tablet. If they have any taste, Maury will not be fooled! lol That Mirtazapine 1/8th pill was like a crumb! :rolleyes:

Was waiting til an hour after his food and insulin to think about giving. I was given liquid in pre-filled syringes that I'm supposed to squirt into his mouth and get mostly on gums o_O. He can't eat at least 20 minutes prior or after it is given.
 
I don't know anything about any of this, so just commenting to say I hope the meds help tonight! Courage to you as you pill him, and may he decide to be cooperative and heal quickly!
 
The meds in the syringe is bupe. I've given it to mine. They don't love it, but it's such a small amount, I usually get it in them fairly easily...even Elektra my "feral" who won't be pilled no matter what!

Does Maury like pill pockets?
 
Give it a try! My Elektra won't take them, but the other 2 love them! Many a pill has been washed down that way.
 
Do you have any soft treats? you can smash them down and wrap it around the pill just like a pill pocket. High carbs, but sometimes you just have to go with it.
 
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Aren't pill pockets high in carbs? Re Cerenia tabs: they're small ovals and have a score line across the middle. They're crumbly so I'm not sure how you can get a quarter tab.
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Ohhh didn't think of that. I'm not sure...never used them with Gypsy. I usually only use a tiny piece of one, since the whole one is too big. But that might be something to check first. I've heard others here put pills in butter or a bit of meat or something they like to hide it...
 
I have heard pill pockets are high carbs. I did keep some of his soft high carb treats after diagnosis, they are in his Hypo kit. He didn't mind the Bupe a minute ago, it was 0.4ml. Had to run upstairs because I forgot to pick up water bowl for at least 20 minutes :smuggrin:.
 
This is his Cerenia box
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Guess I'll see how well I can cut one tablet in to 4 pieces and if it is a horrible failure, leave another message with Vet pharmacy techs :rolleyes:. They did not call back tonight to confirm it's same med so I'm glad I have you guys :). I think I'll give him the Cerenia in the morning. See if half of 1/8th tablet of Mirtazapine does anything and the Bupe.
 
Yong said:
Guess I'll see how well I can cut one tablet in to 4 pieces and if it is a horrible failure, leave another message with Vet pharmacy techs :rolleyes:. They did not call back tonight to confirm it's same med so I'm glad I have you guys :). I think I'll give him the Cerenia in the morning. See if half of 1/8th tablet of Mirtazapine does anything and the Bupe.
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Do you have a good pill cutter with a sharp blade?
 
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