Peggy & Oliver
Member Since 2015
When I returned Monday from a weekend away Ollie was not feeling well. He was not eating enthusiastically and by Tuesday was hardly eating at all. He was sitting at his water bowl staring at it and then taking a few sips. He normally doesn't go near his water bowls because he gets enough fluids from wet food diet and all the water I add to it. At first I just thought maybe the kitty caretaker does not put as much water as I do in the food.
He spent the day Wednesday at the vet getting iv fluids. I thought I'd have to bring him to the Emergency vet overnight for monitoring but at around 4 pm he started eating "kitty crack" - Hill's dry food ID diet for sensitive digestion so they said I could take him home. That night he ate his dinner of Wellness with water and had his shot. His sugar had shot up to over 400 at the vet and was down to 75 by 11 pm at home. The next morning he did not eat enough to shoot. I picked up Wellness grain free dry food and sprinkled it on his Wellness wet food at lunchtime and he ate that. He also gobbled it up for night time meal and gave him his 1 unit (Lantus) with 190 glucose. 5 hours later he was at 44 and gave him a little bit of Fancy Feast gravy lovers, the only way he would eat his food. He was up to 99 at 11:30 pm.
Today he did not eat enough to have his shot this morning. Brought to vet for fluids later in the morning. Would not eat much at lunchtime, at 3 pm he ate a few licks of wet with kibble mixed in. Tonight a few licks, not interested in the crappy Hills dry food either. Force fed a little bit but not too much and certainly not enough for insulin.
Vet is thinking the beginning of kidney problems? His Pancreatic Lipase was 26, which she says is normal so she does not think it's pancreatitis altho he has had this chronically before. His right eye is leaking since he was at the vet Wednesday. She had no answer for that either. He is always allergic but I have never seen his eye like this before.
Don't know what to do.
He spent the day Wednesday at the vet getting iv fluids. I thought I'd have to bring him to the Emergency vet overnight for monitoring but at around 4 pm he started eating "kitty crack" - Hill's dry food ID diet for sensitive digestion so they said I could take him home. That night he ate his dinner of Wellness with water and had his shot. His sugar had shot up to over 400 at the vet and was down to 75 by 11 pm at home. The next morning he did not eat enough to shoot. I picked up Wellness grain free dry food and sprinkled it on his Wellness wet food at lunchtime and he ate that. He also gobbled it up for night time meal and gave him his 1 unit (Lantus) with 190 glucose. 5 hours later he was at 44 and gave him a little bit of Fancy Feast gravy lovers, the only way he would eat his food. He was up to 99 at 11:30 pm.
Today he did not eat enough to have his shot this morning. Brought to vet for fluids later in the morning. Would not eat much at lunchtime, at 3 pm he ate a few licks of wet with kibble mixed in. Tonight a few licks, not interested in the crappy Hills dry food either. Force fed a little bit but not too much and certainly not enough for insulin.
Vet is thinking the beginning of kidney problems? His Pancreatic Lipase was 26, which she says is normal so she does not think it's pancreatitis altho he has had this chronically before. His right eye is leaking since he was at the vet Wednesday. She had no answer for that either. He is always allergic but I have never seen his eye like this before.
Don't know what to do.
It seems like yesterday they were treating him as if he had it or maybe to prevent it. Thanks for your help tonight.
Ollie can have 1/4 tab of Pepcid twice daily so I'm going to start doing that for a few days regularly to see if it helps. Last night he didn't eat much, but this morning he ate a pretty normal breakfast and I was able to give him his 0.5 unit of Lantus. I appreciate the tip about water-watching being a sign of nausea.