I have a four year old female cat with Acromegaly.

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PebblesOz

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Hello everyone and thank you for admitting me into your forum.
My cat Pebbles is a four year old female cat who has just been diagnosed with Acromegaly after a CT scan to investigate her loud snoring when sleeping.
Pebbles does not have diabetes yet but has an 'enlarged soft tissue palate' double the size of normal cats.
The vet has just started her on Cabergoline 0.7mls suspension every other day. We started the medication a week ago.
Pebbles is now sleeping alot and after her dose wants to be left alone for one or two hours. Every day she goes outside to eat grass.
My question is, am I being selfish to keep Pebbles with me and is she suffering.
My last cat, Minette lived for 21 years old and was never sick so I'm at a loss on how to do the best by Pebbles.
Any advice you have would be very appreciated.
Regards
Pat and Pebbles
 
PebblesOz said:
Hello everyone and thank you for admitting me into your forum.
My cat Pebbles is a four year old female cat who has just been diagnosed with Acromegaly after a CT scan to investigate her loud snoring when sleeping.
Pebbles does not have diabetes yet but has an 'enlarged soft tissue palate' double the size of normal cats.
The vet has just started her on Cabergoline 0.7mls suspension every other day. We started the medication a week ago.
Pebbles is now sleeping alot and after her dose wants to be left alone for one or two hours. Every day she goes outside to eat grass.
My question is, am I being selfish to keep Pebbles with me and is she suffering.
My last cat, Minette lived for 21 years old and was never sick so I'm at a loss on how to do the best by Pebbles.
Any advice you have would be very appreciated.
Regards
Pat and Pebbles
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@Wendy&Neko
 
Hello Pat and Pebbles, and welcome. Pebbles is very young to be diagnosed, and also in a very early stage if not diabetic yet. Though I have heard on one kitty at age 4 also a diabetic acro. We did have a member here post about a study in the UK about acromegalic but not diabetic yet cats trialling cabergoline. Sounds like your vet is up on the latest.

Can you tell me where you live? I'm guessing Australia?

There are some possible GI side effects from cabergoline. They can go away after time. In the mean time, she may need some anti nausea medications to help her feel better if that is what she is feeling. We've had kitties here on cabergoline for a number of years, but almost all of them diabetic so much further along in the acro disease progression. We do have one post from someone in Belgium who's kitty was acro but not diabetic and it talks about symptoms, including temporary sleepiness: Cabergoline treatment for acromegaly - side effects

Can you tell me how much Pebbles weighs, and what the strength of cabergoline is in the liquid? I'm looking for mg/ml numbers. The typical dose of cabergoline is a certain amount of micrograms per kg of cat weight.
 
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