Oh, what a relief. I just am seeing this this morning. Went to be last night about 11:30 ... just before you sent this. But my advice probably would have been that this was a medical emergency and that he should go to the ER. If you spoke with the ER, I am sure they told you that when a cat is blocked it is a medical emergency and that you can lose a cat who is blocked in a matter of hours. So keep an eye on him to make sure he is peeing regularly.
So far he's eating ok & I saw him pee not long after he ate the jar of baby food. I'm feeding a little early so I can see if I need to cancel work today or not. He was sticking his tongue out a bit?
I gave him the cerenia @+8 feeding, the doxycycline @+4 feeding that's when he puked.
He weighs 16lbs. I gave him a half of one last night & none since then.
And your tablets are 16 mg. tablets, correct? If so, then half is good. It's better to give the Cerenia first thing in the morning. About an hour before you do the first feeding. But is it always at night that he vomits? If you gave one last night, he will hopefully be good for today. How long after you gave the Cerenia did he vomit (or did he do it before?)
They are 24 mg tablets. He puked 45mins after the doxycycline & then again after eating a few bites the next feeding about 10mins after the cerenia. I just talked to the vet they said to bring in with Spook.
Okay I will talk to the vet about it, he seems ok so I'm going to head to work.
He ate about 3/4 of his food, & yes they are both going at 3pm which would be @+11 AMPS
Christina, what size are the Doxycycline tablets? Are they the big round flat tablets? Here's what I am wondering. If you can fit the doxycyline tablets into Gelatin Capsules. The doxy really seems to be irritating his stomach and causing him to vomit. I am thinking if you can put them into a gelcap that it might help. Be sure to tell the vet that he vomited about 45 minutes after the doxy. They may be able to give you something that can help with that. Slippery Elm Bark can help but it has to be given a little bit apart from the antibiotics. There are meds that they sometimes give to protect the stomach.
Have a good day! Talk to you later. What time will you be taking them? You're on Mountain time? I'm trying to figure out when this will be.. I'm on Eastern time.
+11 AMPS it is 8:20 am here now.
They are big round blue tablets 75mg
And he's eating them in a pill pocket? Are you breaking them up into two? Size of a dime? What?
Yes pill pocket. I was giving it whole but after puking & seeing how hard it is to get in a pill pocket, I will be breaking it up.
Where do I get gel caps? I believe is swallowing it whole. I give him a pill pocket with the pill then one without the pill. If the doesn't change his antibiotic I will break tonight's dose into 2 pills & give 2 in pill pocket then one without a pill.
Okay, let me catch up on Panzer ... just had a guy here giving me an estimate on some house work. Will read your post.
Okay, so the main thing about Spook is that he's really off his food... appetite is poor and is that it? He takes a lot of coaxing to eat? Anything else, excess water drinking? Peeing and pooping okay?
If he's gobbling it up and not tasting it (biting down on it) it's probably okay. The tricky part with Gelatin Capsules is getting the right size. I order mine from Amazon.
Yes it is mainly Spooks appetite. I know he puked once that I saw & one time I came home to puke with furball, pretty sure it was him. Panzer I've noticed won't eat after puking unless I give him Cerenia. They both shared a jar of baby food @AMPS 4am my time like they always do, Panzer's with the probiotic in it. I've saw Spook pee this morning than poop this afternoon.
He just turned 5 he's never had bloodwork or a urinalysis. He's only been sick once when he was a baby & I had to give him liquid amoxicillin.
Yeah he gobbles all pills up in a pill pocket no foaming at the mouth. The vet I fired had me giving him gabapentin to see him for appointments, that was liquid & he did foam at the mouth.
ANTECH for bloodwork
I never see either of them drinking water. I put 2tabespooons of water in there food everytime they eat.
Good
Definitely will be asking about the price. We have about $2200 left on care credit. I haven had it long I've made one payment so it's probably to soon to ask for a higher credit limit.
I feel your pain. My Care Credit is pretty high. I have a few promotional purchases that I need to pay off soon before I have to pay back interest (going back to the date of the original transaction). I have some tax refund money that I will use to pay off some of that (and some will go directly to my vet, who also lets me run a tab.)
Heading to the vet now