judy and squamee(GA)
Very Active Member
9/30/10 AMPS (at +11) 217 .5U
+2 110
+6 154
PMPS 309 .5U
I am thinking about upping to .6. Don't know what her nadir was. Not sure any of this makes any difference. She vomited yesterday (clear fluid) and the day before (all her breakfast). But most concerning is that the last 2 days she has spent almost the entire time sleeping, and has had considerable trouble eating. I spoke to the vet about the return of her mouth symptoms. He again said he thinks it's a brain tumor and suggested that the mouth thing might actually be "focal Seizures" as in Dobermans "fly-catching" . I am no expert, but I don't think so, as it almost exclusively occurs when she is eating. She did do it a little one time in the vet's office when she was not eating, but maybe the anxiety created more saliva (?)--and I am thinking it is not a chewing problem but a swallowing problem. He is talking about oral steroids, although he is not sure I can successfully give her pills. I don't know if I can, either, or if she can swallow them. (The long term steroid shot she got is not supposed to wear off for several weeks yet, but clearly is not doing the trick)
I asked him about gabapentin, which he was not enthusiastic about. He said those also were pills that I would have trouble giving, and I forget his other reservations. I did wonder if he was a little bit defensive about my suggesting it rather than just considering him the expert.
I check on her a lot while she is sleeping. She is not in a meat loaf position, she is usually curled in a typical cat circle. But does all this sleeping mean she is in pain even if she is not in a meat loaf position? Do cats do the meat loaf for any kind of pain?
+2 110
+6 154
PMPS 309 .5U
I am thinking about upping to .6. Don't know what her nadir was. Not sure any of this makes any difference. She vomited yesterday (clear fluid) and the day before (all her breakfast). But most concerning is that the last 2 days she has spent almost the entire time sleeping, and has had considerable trouble eating. I spoke to the vet about the return of her mouth symptoms. He again said he thinks it's a brain tumor and suggested that the mouth thing might actually be "focal Seizures" as in Dobermans "fly-catching" . I am no expert, but I don't think so, as it almost exclusively occurs when she is eating. She did do it a little one time in the vet's office when she was not eating, but maybe the anxiety created more saliva (?)--and I am thinking it is not a chewing problem but a swallowing problem. He is talking about oral steroids, although he is not sure I can successfully give her pills. I don't know if I can, either, or if she can swallow them. (The long term steroid shot she got is not supposed to wear off for several weeks yet, but clearly is not doing the trick)
I asked him about gabapentin, which he was not enthusiastic about. He said those also were pills that I would have trouble giving, and I forget his other reservations. I did wonder if he was a little bit defensive about my suggesting it rather than just considering him the expert.
I check on her a lot while she is sleeping. She is not in a meat loaf position, she is usually curled in a typical cat circle. But does all this sleeping mean she is in pain even if she is not in a meat loaf position? Do cats do the meat loaf for any kind of pain?