Chronic Pancreatitis

[SaraMV]

I have so much going on right now, and Taz has stopped eating most of his meals since Sunday. We're currently giving cerenia and bupe but I think the bupe makes him feel worse (headache?). I've been giving cerenia daily since then and I know you're not supposed to give it longer than 4 days (it's compounded). We're also syringe feeding him.

He is impossible to give pills to and knows when we hide them in things. We try to give him ondansetron but I think the dosage is too high, so we split the pills in half and I think that dose is too small. We have also tried gabapentin. I can't tell if anything is working at this point or what works best for him. He'll walk up to his food dish, maybe nibble, then walk away. I think he has an aversion to the food now because my husband had to give him high carb yesterday and he scarfed that down.

Between poking his ears tons of times (he's dropped low twice since Saturday), force feeding him, and shoving medicine down him 4 times a day, he's avoiding my husband and me like the plague. My husband wants to give him higher carb, just so he'll eat on his own. I'm thinking about possibly getting a feeding tube placed but that would only be a last resort. I hate pancreatitis! I don't know what else to do for him. Any recommendations for a food that might entice him to eat? He's currently eating Friskies pate.

 

[Larry and Kitties]

We try to give him ondansetron but I think the dosage is too high, so we split the pills in half and I think that dose is too small.

For cats, the general recommended dose is 0.11 mg per pound of the body weight every 8 to 12 hours.
from: https://mycuteanimals.com/ondansetron-for-cats/
That results in ½ of 4mg tablet for a 10lb cat.

 

[SaraMV]

For cats, the general recommended dose is 0.11 mg per pound of the body weight every 8 to 12 hours.
from: https://mycuteanimals.com/ondansetron-for-cats/
That results in ½ of 4mg tablet for a 10lb cat.

He's lost a little weight and is just under 16 pounds right now. The vet prescribed 4mg every 12 hours. He isn't currently vomiting, so I don't know how much it really helps.

 

[tiffmaxee]

Ondansetron can be given every 8 hours. It might take a couple days to kick in. Some of the tim I needed an appetite stimulant. I used cyproheptadine, a human medication. It is an old one used before mirtazapine was made and I like it much better. Ondansetron helps with nausea a lot.

 

[SaraMV]

Ondansetron can be given every 8 hours. It might take a couple days to kick in. Some of the tim I needed an appetite stimulant. I used cyproheptadine, a human medication. It is an old one used before mirtazapine was made and I like it much better. Ondansetron helps with nausea a lot.

I'm just so lost. We had it under control and then BAM! It's back nonstop again. My vet is lost and doesn't understand why because his bloodwork comes back pretty good except for the pancreas.

 

[tiffmaxee]

That’s the way it is with chronic pancreatitis. It comes and goes for no apparent reason. The labs don’t usually show there’s anything wrong. People say my set is just not right. Most become inappetent. Symptoms change from bout to bout. It’s very confusing and frustrating. Max occasionally had a high ALT but I think that was just normal for him. It sometimes was higher when pan was active but not super high.

 

[SaraMV]

That’s the way it is with chronic pancreatitis. It comes and goes for no apparent reason. The labs don’t usually show there’s anything wrong. People say my set is just not right. Most become inappetent. Symptoms change from bout to bout. It’s very confusing and frustrating. Max occasionally had a high ALT but I think that was just normal for him. It sometimes was higher when pan was active but not super high.

About an hour after I responded to you, I think the ondansetron had kicked in because all of a sudden he wanted to eat. And knocking on wood, he's eaten each meal since. His appetite caught us completely off guard...I just hope he keeps it up. He's gonna be the death of me.