Merfles
Member Since 2025
I'm really struggling, so is Bee. I tried to give him time at 1.25u, but he just kept testing too high, so now he's back up to 1.5u, and is still way too high, and I think something is wrong. He has had multiple episodes now where he gets upset, sometimes after trying to vomit (straining), poops where he's laying, sometimes pants heavily, while making sad little noises like he's trying to push more poop out. His stool is pretty close to normal these days (firm), and I thought maybe he's constipated from the budesonide, but a quick google says that's uncommon and may be a sign of some other underlying issue. His appetite has also been really poor again the last few weeks, he's lost a little weight again, and I can tell he just doesn't feel good. I have tried giving him Tiki pates again the last few days, hopefully not making things worse, but he just doesn't want his FF. Still eating kibble, but not nearly as much overall. I wonder if the steroids are just too hard on him? I emailed the vet office about it yesterday and sent a screenshot of his spreadsheet, that I forgot said 'my vet sucks' in the notes from when they took most of a week to respond to a refill request through Chewy, oops 
. The vet only works a few days a week there, and hasn't been very helpful, now I'm paranoid about the 'my vet sucks' thing heh. He must be in pain, or something. I'll probably have to run more bloodwork on him, and still not have a clear answer.
I don't know how much more I can put him through, it's so hard to watch him feeling so bad, and not knowing what, if anything, I can do.
Should I ask about cutting back, or stopping the budesonide to see how he does? Could it be his pancreas? I need to check his ketones. He's miserable, things aren't getting better. I'm starting to wonder if I need to let him go...
. The vet only works a few days a week there, and hasn't been very helpful, now I'm paranoid about the 'my vet sucks' thing heh. He must be in pain, or something. I'll probably have to run more bloodwork on him, and still not have a clear answer.I don't know how much more I can put him through, it's so hard to watch him feeling so bad, and not knowing what, if anything, I can do.
Should I ask about cutting back, or stopping the budesonide to see how he does? Could it be his pancreas? I need to check his ketones. He's miserable, things aren't getting better. I'm starting to wonder if I need to let him go...
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