judy and squamee(GA)
Very Active Member
.Sept 30, 2010
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 (starts to eat, then grimaces and moves her jaw around like someone trying to get peanut butter off the roof of their mouth, and rubs the side of her face with her paws). 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, ( she has had one major seizure) 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?
Any ideas or suggestions of things to consider are most welcome. And I wish someone could tell me how to evaluate her potential pain. Did I read somewhere about a quality of life list?
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 (starts to eat, then grimaces and moves her jaw around like someone trying to get peanut butter off the roof of their mouth, and rubs the side of her face with her paws). 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, ( she has had one major seizure) 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?
Any ideas or suggestions of things to consider are most welcome. And I wish someone could tell me how to evaluate her potential pain. Did I read somewhere about a quality of life list?
