Staci & Ivy
Very Active Member
2/27/25
Amps 168 Libre
Good morning, well happy to report that Ivy seems to be feeling a lot better than earlier this week and last week from pancreatitis.
Yay for all that, a huge relief for this mama.
She’s been eating well for the past 2 1/2 days, eating her own lamb duet 6% food for the past two days while on the mirtazapine.
I spoke with the vet last night and he said that if she eats well through today, I could stop the mirtazapine tomorrow. The dose would be due late afternoon so as long as she eat her meal and snacks in the morning, I could eliminate that medication.
Does this seem like the right advice from what anyone else has done after a bout of pancreatitis?
He suggested leaving the Cerenia in place through the weekend (for anti-inflammatory properties) and we will talk early next week and then if everything looks OK, we could eliminate that as well.
At that point she would be on the Cerenia for about nine days or so, which he said is fine when I questioned him that I had read five days was the limit.
He said five days is what had been tested on Cerenia, but they use it for longer with no problem at all. Sure hope that’s correct advice.
Her stools look like they are starting to firm up a bit, much less mushy and definitely heading in the right direction.
She came up to find me in bed this morning around 4 AM for cuddles and purrs until around 5:30.
Maybe she was looking for food from the mirtazapine making her hungry?
4 AM is when I have her feeder rotate to an empty slot, because I give her a snack at 2:30 AM (which is +8.)
So it could be that she’s just awake and heard the feeder closing and then she comes looking for me.
Normally she doesn’t do that, but she’s done at the past two mornings while on the medication, so it’s probably related to that waking her up and feeder movement.
That’s all I can think of now, if I think of more, I’ll post later. Hope everyone has a very boring day.
Amps 168 Libre
Good morning, well happy to report that Ivy seems to be feeling a lot better than earlier this week and last week from pancreatitis.
Yay for all that, a huge relief for this mama.
She’s been eating well for the past 2 1/2 days, eating her own lamb duet 6% food for the past two days while on the mirtazapine.
I spoke with the vet last night and he said that if she eats well through today, I could stop the mirtazapine tomorrow. The dose would be due late afternoon so as long as she eat her meal and snacks in the morning, I could eliminate that medication.
Does this seem like the right advice from what anyone else has done after a bout of pancreatitis?
He suggested leaving the Cerenia in place through the weekend (for anti-inflammatory properties) and we will talk early next week and then if everything looks OK, we could eliminate that as well.
At that point she would be on the Cerenia for about nine days or so, which he said is fine when I questioned him that I had read five days was the limit.
He said five days is what had been tested on Cerenia, but they use it for longer with no problem at all. Sure hope that’s correct advice.
Her stools look like they are starting to firm up a bit, much less mushy and definitely heading in the right direction.
She came up to find me in bed this morning around 4 AM for cuddles and purrs until around 5:30.
Maybe she was looking for food from the mirtazapine making her hungry?
4 AM is when I have her feeder rotate to an empty slot, because I give her a snack at 2:30 AM (which is +8.)
So it could be that she’s just awake and heard the feeder closing and then she comes looking for me.
Normally she doesn’t do that, but she’s done at the past two mornings while on the medication, so it’s probably related to that waking her up and feeder movement.
That’s all I can think of now, if I think of more, I’ll post later. Hope everyone has a very boring day.
. I'll check back later on 
. I'll stick a candle into a can of FF gravy lovers to celebrate tonight. 
