Kelly & Logan
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Last condo (Tuesday):
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No change in Logan's numbers/eating/behavior/etc. Still fussy and still on the appy stimulant. We increased him to 6 units last night. We also started a new pen this morning - we weren't at 28 days yet but it was getting low so we figured we would go ahead and open a new one to be safe.
I'm trying to get Logan in to see a different internist. My regular vet said she'd see if that was possible. She agreed that I should get a second opinion since Logan is not doing all that well right now. His internist doesn't seem to want to try anything else right now. She wants to do everything she normally does with her IBD kitties. I don't think the pred is really working. Logan still seems to be nauseous and he's very fussy about his food. Something is causing him to be very resistant to the insulin - maybe it's the pred or the inflammation. Who knows?!
I also spoke to my regular vet about the acro and IAA testing. She said she's never submitted the tests before but would be happy to do so for us. I'll probably have the tests done in the next few weeks. She mentioned that she had a cat with severe IBD and nothing worked for it - she finally transferred him to an internist that works out the specialty vet's office (not the internist we're seeing) and he ended up trying a non-steroid with a couple other things and it worked. She said it might be worth talking to him about it to see if we could try it with Logan. If there is a non-steroidal treatment why wouldn't we try that first since he's diabetic?! I definitely want to try something other than pred...maybe budesonide since it's supposed to have fewer side effects and not cause as much insulin resistance.
I also ordered some samples of the feline's pride (raw) to see if Logan will eat raw. I have some reservations about the raw, esp since he's on steroids and is already recovering from a bacterial infection. Does anyone have any experience with raw/IBD/pred?
ETA: Logan got into the dog food this morning! He hasn't done that in ages. Unfortunately, Niam lets him eat out of his bowl. I don't think he had more than a few pieces, but I'm not sure.
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8564
No change in Logan's numbers/eating/behavior/etc. Still fussy and still on the appy stimulant. We increased him to 6 units last night. We also started a new pen this morning - we weren't at 28 days yet but it was getting low so we figured we would go ahead and open a new one to be safe.
I'm trying to get Logan in to see a different internist. My regular vet said she'd see if that was possible. She agreed that I should get a second opinion since Logan is not doing all that well right now. His internist doesn't seem to want to try anything else right now. She wants to do everything she normally does with her IBD kitties. I don't think the pred is really working. Logan still seems to be nauseous and he's very fussy about his food. Something is causing him to be very resistant to the insulin - maybe it's the pred or the inflammation. Who knows?!
I also spoke to my regular vet about the acro and IAA testing. She said she's never submitted the tests before but would be happy to do so for us. I'll probably have the tests done in the next few weeks. She mentioned that she had a cat with severe IBD and nothing worked for it - she finally transferred him to an internist that works out the specialty vet's office (not the internist we're seeing) and he ended up trying a non-steroid with a couple other things and it worked. She said it might be worth talking to him about it to see if we could try it with Logan. If there is a non-steroidal treatment why wouldn't we try that first since he's diabetic?! I definitely want to try something other than pred...maybe budesonide since it's supposed to have fewer side effects and not cause as much insulin resistance.
I also ordered some samples of the feline's pride (raw) to see if Logan will eat raw. I have some reservations about the raw, esp since he's on steroids and is already recovering from a bacterial infection. Does anyone have any experience with raw/IBD/pred?
ETA: Logan got into the dog food this morning! He hasn't done that in ages. Unfortunately, Niam lets him eat out of his bowl. I don't think he had more than a few pieces, but I'm not sure.