Poorly cat - bad stomach (after an operation?)
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Oscar the 3 year old Persian house cat had an operation on his mouth (it was a teeth clean, but he ended up needing 8 out) in early December and hasn't been right since.
He had some antibiotics a few days before his operation (tablets first, but these made him sick, and then a single injection). He had the op, and had a difficult initial recovery - reading between the lines he was quite lucky to come through!
He's been home since but has been horribly squitty, then he tries to cover it over (in his litter tray thankfully) and makes a huge mess - the poor thing then gets stressed out. As well as being squitty he's passing lots of mucus type gloop. Not very pleasant for him or us.
We've been back to the vets twice and they say he hasn't got a temperature and would be vomiting if he'd ingested something, they sent us away with gastro food and caningest paste... neither make any difference to his issue.
He's fairly fine in himself (still runs around and plays), although definitely a bit fed up with a restricted diet and a bit more needy than normal.
We've tried all of the vets gastro foods and they make no difference, We've also tried a few days of giving him cooked rice and white fish, again with no difference. We are collecting 'samples' for 3 days to be analysed tomorrow (rank!)
Has anybody got any ideas what this might be or what else we could try? We're pretty worried there might be something going on which the vets haven't picked up on. You can literally hear his stomach gurgling from 2 rooms away when he's in his litter tray!
He had some antibiotics a few days before his operation (tablets first, but these made him sick, and then a single injection). He had the op, and had a difficult initial recovery - reading between the lines he was quite lucky to come through!
He's been home since but has been horribly squitty, then he tries to cover it over (in his litter tray thankfully) and makes a huge mess - the poor thing then gets stressed out. As well as being squitty he's passing lots of mucus type gloop. Not very pleasant for him or us.
We've been back to the vets twice and they say he hasn't got a temperature and would be vomiting if he'd ingested something, they sent us away with gastro food and caningest paste... neither make any difference to his issue.
He's fairly fine in himself (still runs around and plays), although definitely a bit fed up with a restricted diet and a bit more needy than normal.
We've tried all of the vets gastro foods and they make no difference, We've also tried a few days of giving him cooked rice and white fish, again with no difference. We are collecting 'samples' for 3 days to be analysed tomorrow (rank!)
Has anybody got any ideas what this might be or what else we could try? We're pretty worried there might be something going on which the vets haven't picked up on. You can literally hear his stomach gurgling from 2 rooms away when he's in his litter tray!
Mobile Chicane said:
If that were my cat I'd be finding another vet.
I did wonder that last night. They've been great with our other cat, and him - but don't seem to have much idea of this really, and dont seem too worried as he's not being sick and is being pretty normal - explosive tummy aside.Needs interested vets FFS sometimes it's really difficult but if you're paying the get some input. Ugh from my point of view which is out of date, I would starve from rich food, encourage light bland food, use intestinal liners use any probiotics you can find, if the sample results come back with issues then go with that.
Did he have pre op bloods, have they run run bloods since the op. I would want this. Inc checking his pancreatic lipase.
I would also suggest 1 sachet of fortiflora mixed in his food each day for a month (as long as his renal function is ok) as this is a pre and probiotic, a few days is often not enough to settle the stomach.
Try a novel food like trout mixed in with potato (if you could get him to eat that!) for several days.)
The other consideration is an ultrasound to check the state of his intestines, which should be done by a competent ultrasonogprapher to ensure a detailed examination (or a specialist, there are quite a few who visit surgeries to to ultrasonography)
I would also suggest 1 sachet of fortiflora mixed in his food each day for a month (as long as his renal function is ok) as this is a pre and probiotic, a few days is often not enough to settle the stomach.
Try a novel food like trout mixed in with potato (if you could get him to eat that!) for several days.)
The other consideration is an ultrasound to check the state of his intestines, which should be done by a competent ultrasonogprapher to ensure a detailed examination (or a specialist, there are quite a few who visit surgeries to to ultrasonography)
Edited by bexVN on Friday 12th January 01:11
Edited by bexVN on Friday 12th January 01:12
Thanks! He had blood tests before his op and all was fine. He's been on probiotics since before christmas (2x a day). Whatever we feed him comes out all wrong the next day - white fish seems the best, with some rice - but he doesnt eat as much of it, so likely why it seems less disastrous!
They are doing a stool test (that was fun) now, but we wont get the results until Tuesday apparently. I'll ask for more blood tests if nothing comes of that.
They are doing a stool test (that was fun) now, but we wont get the results until Tuesday apparently. I'll ask for more blood tests if nothing comes of that.
Ok
So I would still be wanting another post ga bloods Inc pancreatic lipase this time (even before faecal analysis back but that is my personal feelings because I have no patience sometimes when I don't what's up with my animals
!) .
He definitely needs a top notch pre and pro biotic fortiflora is a good one but otherwise these and they are very good.
http://www.protexin.com/mobile/synbiotic-d-c/p33
I would also be wanting the vets to consider an ultrasound scan.
Unfortunately general anaesthetics can (rarely) really screw up the digestive system and it can take a while and some care to ensure it doesn't become chronic.
So I would still be wanting another post ga bloods Inc pancreatic lipase this time (even before faecal analysis back but that is my personal feelings because I have no patience sometimes when I don't what's up with my animals
!) . He definitely needs a top notch pre and pro biotic fortiflora is a good one but otherwise these and they are very good.
http://www.protexin.com/mobile/synbiotic-d-c/p33
I would also be wanting the vets to consider an ultrasound scan.
Unfortunately general anaesthetics can (rarely) really screw up the digestive system and it can take a while and some care to ensure it doesn't become chronic.
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