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happybird

(4,608 posts)
Wed Jan 10, 2024, 08:54 PM Jan 2024

Pooper was doing well...

today she has taken a turn. She's vomited everything she ate this morning so has stopped eating again.


We are going back to the vet tomorrow. Today was the first day she didn't have Cerenia (the anti-nausea med, they only gave us a few days worth) so hopefully getting a few more will help.

I tried syringe feeding her a little canned food slurry, to get some liquid in her and maybe jump-start her appetite, but she vomited that, too.

I found her thyroid pill for last night's dose on my bedside table. Got it out too early and meant to give it to her an hour later and totally forgot. Didn't even realize it until I saw the pill at 4:00 this afternoon.


She got her pill on time this afternoon and I have an alarm set for tonight's dose, so maybe getting her back on track with those meds will help. It's only one missed dose so I doubt it. Although she is brand new to these meds, so missing just one could have a big effect?

Just worried. Earlier today she did eat about 6 Temptations treats (kitty crack). I was desperate. Those stayed down. She was very interested in them, but everything else she turns her nose up at. She sniffs the food, licks her lips, and then leaves the dish. My poor baby must be hungry.

I had five different types of canned food out for her today, have added warm water, microwaved it for a few seconds, dabbed some on her nose... she just won't eat. Her eating treats is great, but she needs hydration. In a little while I'm going to syringe feed her a very small amount of warm water and see if she keeps it down. I really don't want her to vomit again and I know she doesn't want to.

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Pooper was doing well... (Original Post) happybird Jan 2024 OP
You are very good cat person. Big Blue Marble Jan 2024 #1
My heart goes out to you! Hope22 Jan 2024 #2
Hopefully, getting back on schedule will make a difference !!! Karadeniz Jan 2024 #3
So sorry that you and Pooper are going through this 70sEraVet Jan 2024 #4
She has been tested for diabetes? sinkingfeeling Jan 2024 #5
Yes happybird Jan 2024 #7
Hoping all turns out well. Please let us know. Polly Hennessey Jan 2024 #6
So glad you can see the vet tomorrow. femmedem Jan 2024 #8
Ask the vet about topically applied medication. It is great, yellowdogintexas Jan 2024 #9
Please know that we are all here for you and your precious Pooper. Vibes niyad Jan 2024 #10
When my beloved cat was ill and unable to eat, I also fed him with a syringe Rhiannon12866 Jan 2024 #11

Big Blue Marble

(5,081 posts)
1. You are very good cat person.
Wed Jan 10, 2024, 09:04 PM
Jan 2024

You are doing everything you can for your precious Pooper at a very difficult time. Sending
you both love and healing.

Hope22

(1,836 posts)
2. My heart goes out to you!
Wed Jan 10, 2024, 09:15 PM
Jan 2024

It’s hard to be support our furry loved ones. I hope the vet can find an answer. Be easy with yourself. 😊💗

femmedem

(8,203 posts)
8. So glad you can see the vet tomorrow.
Wed Jan 10, 2024, 10:01 PM
Jan 2024

I hope you come home with a treatable answer. You might want to ask if Pooper needs subcutaneous fluids.

yellowdogintexas

(22,252 posts)
9. Ask the vet about topically applied medication. It is great,
Wed Jan 10, 2024, 10:49 PM
Jan 2024

It is a cream which you rub on the inside of the cat's ears. Since it isn't swallowed it doesn't interfere with stomach activity and our cat tolerated it well. He would not take medicine, but the cream was just fine.

It was not that expensive but we had to get it from a compounding pharmacy . It came prepackaged in syringes; a week's supply per syringe. We pumped out the marked dosage and rubbed into the ear (on the pointy part), alternating ears each time. We did it 2 x daily.

I wish all cat meds came in topical form.

niyad

(113,306 posts)
10. Please know that we are all here for you and your precious Pooper. Vibes
Wed Jan 10, 2024, 11:37 PM
Jan 2024

that the vet can deal with this easily. Hang in there.

Rhiannon12866

(205,367 posts)
11. When my beloved cat was ill and unable to eat, I also fed him with a syringe
Thu Jan 11, 2024, 05:41 AM
Jan 2024

But I used starter baby food (chicken) - and added the crushed up pill(s). He was obviously hungry and managed to keep it all down. Good luck at the vet and wishing her a return to good health...

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