Likameow
Active Member
Most of this has been covered on the health forum but I thought I'd post something here for Ben's Prozinc buddies.
On Dec 10, I took Ben in for his annual exam and vaccinations. He only get the rabies since he has been allergic to the other shots since he was a kitten. They were out of the 1 year cat specific rabies so I opted to get the three year one instead of coming back later. To quote Pretty Woman "Big mistake, huge!" Four days later, he was lethargic and eating poorly but still eating. Back to the vet, we go. The vet was hoping it was just a reaction and prescribed injectable Benadryl since Ben is impossible to pill. Tried that for a couple days until he stopped eating completely. Off we go to the vet again.
So on Dec 17, he is admitted to the animal hospital with pancreatitis. I lectured the vet about treating his blood sugar conservatively. And I wasn't very nice about it. But they have screwed up his doses before. And an example of how little they think about diabetes, they compounded one of Ben's meds in strawberry syrup. The vet was a new vet who I am now convinced thinks I'm a crazy pet owner.
She let him go home the next day with injectable meds. She told me that she couldn't believe she was letting a cat go home less than 24 hours after being diagnosed with pancreatitis. "But you being you, I'll let him go." Thanks to critter mom here on the FDMB, I got the right medications to help him.
After a couple stressful days of only eating a little bit, Ben was feeling better. Although he now prefers Sheba perfect portions to FF. (we are going to have to work on that). Then yesterday he developed a full blown upper respiratory infection. Runny eyes and snotty nose and all. Poor furball can't catch a break.
But he is eating his Sheba cat food and an occasional snack of Young Again. We are keeping paws crossed that he doesn't become so congested that he stopped eating again.
So that is where we are at now. I'm hoping he recovers quickly so I can continue my quest for the ideal insulin dosage for him.
If you have made it this far, thanks for reading Ben's tale of woe.
On Dec 10, I took Ben in for his annual exam and vaccinations. He only get the rabies since he has been allergic to the other shots since he was a kitten. They were out of the 1 year cat specific rabies so I opted to get the three year one instead of coming back later. To quote Pretty Woman "Big mistake, huge!" Four days later, he was lethargic and eating poorly but still eating. Back to the vet, we go. The vet was hoping it was just a reaction and prescribed injectable Benadryl since Ben is impossible to pill. Tried that for a couple days until he stopped eating completely. Off we go to the vet again.
So on Dec 17, he is admitted to the animal hospital with pancreatitis. I lectured the vet about treating his blood sugar conservatively. And I wasn't very nice about it. But they have screwed up his doses before. And an example of how little they think about diabetes, they compounded one of Ben's meds in strawberry syrup. The vet was a new vet who I am now convinced thinks I'm a crazy pet owner.
She let him go home the next day with injectable meds. She told me that she couldn't believe she was letting a cat go home less than 24 hours after being diagnosed with pancreatitis. "But you being you, I'll let him go." Thanks to critter mom here on the FDMB, I got the right medications to help him.After a couple stressful days of only eating a little bit, Ben was feeling better. Although he now prefers Sheba perfect portions to FF. (we are going to have to work on that). Then yesterday he developed a full blown upper respiratory infection. Runny eyes and snotty nose and all. Poor furball can't catch a break.
But he is eating his Sheba cat food and an occasional snack of Young Again. We are keeping paws crossed that he doesn't become so congested that he stopped eating again.
So that is where we are at now. I'm hoping he recovers quickly so I can continue my quest for the ideal insulin dosage for him.
If you have made it this far, thanks for reading Ben's tale of woe.
) I will send them... in the hopes that they are some misspelled version of vibes. 
