Miss Mindy Is Sick |
Miss Mindy Is Sick |
Jul 29 2013, 08:02 PM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 1,113 Joined: 3-February 12 Member No.: 7,464 |
My sweet Miss Mindy is sick. She hasn't been herself these past few days. I noticed her eating less and starting to hide under my bed a lot. Then when she does come out she acts restless and wags her tail a lot and can't sit still much. She spent the whole afternoon yesterday hiding under my bed and only came out late last night. Tonight when I came home she ate just a bit and then went to hide again. So, I took her to the emergency vet. They did x-rays, blood work, and a pancreatitis test. Everything is normal. CBC count is normal, test for pancreatitis is negative, x-rays are fine, no tumors, no masses. Her stomach was empty on the x-ray and she showed a lot of gas in her small intestines, but evenly distributed. She was slightly dehydrated. She has also gained almost another half pound and is up to 12.94 pounds. Sigh!
The vet said it looks like Mindy is having some gastroenteritis. They gave her some fluids, anti-nausea meds and an antacid and meds for me to take home. She's had an episode a few months ago when she had some tummy troubles and got put on antacid and got better. But back then she wasn't hiding like she is now. Even though everything came back normal I still worry about her and I have no idea what is causing this. Maybe she just has a sensitive tummy. Mindy definitely needs to lose weight and I'm at a loss as to what else to do. I'm already feeding her lo-cal canned food and lo-carb dry food and I do watch her portions. If anyone knows of any good weight loss foods by all means share it with me. Mindy is not very active to begin with so it's kinda hard to get her to lose the extra weight, but she is at the point where she HAS to lose it. I'm just so worried about my little girl. When she started hiding and acting strange and eating less I feared the worst and was prepared for the worst kind of news at the vet. Does anyone know what good be causing her to have this excess gas in her intestines? -------------------- Danny: March 4, 2001 - December 28, 2011
Tina: October 27, 1997 - April 28, 2012 To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. |
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Aug 8 2013, 06:09 PM
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Group: Pet Lovers Posts: 1,113 Joined: 3-February 12 Member No.: 7,464 |
Tom's Dad and moon_beam, thanks for caring about my sweet Miss Mindy. Last night she had a lot of twitching going on. She got so annoyed that she tried to bite her tail several times. She got restless after a while, and when she started grooming herself the tail twitch and back twitch started. I felt so bad for her. This morning I did NOT feed them the usual C&P canned food, but instead gave Mindy Holistic Select canned food which Shelley doesn't like so she just ate some dry food. Mindy seemed calm and relaxed after eating the Holistic Select. She didn't have any twitching and didn't go hide. She went about her usual bird-watching routine and even tried to groom sister Shelley. Tonight when I came home she seemed her usual self, so I guess I'm on the right track. I fed her just some dry Orijen tonight to see if that causes her any problems. I'm thinking that maybe the other dry food, the Purrfect Bistro, may be causing her some problems as well. That lady's website was talking about how too much Thiamine (B1) in cat food can make cats restless and aggressive. Shelley seemed really wired this morning after eating the Purrfect Bistro, so I'm glad Mindy didn't eat it.
I've found some new canned cat food that I've ordered which they both may like and which doesn't have carrageenan or the L-carnitine. It's RedBarn's "Tricky Chicken" canned cat food and it seemed like something they both would like. Plus it doesn't have much more calories than the C&P canned food which is good for Mindy. Last night she had the twitches real bad though which made her want to snuggle close to me again when I went to bed. I can tell it scares her and she is looking for comfort. It scared me too to see her like this. It's just awful that these pet food manufacturers can't make more decent food that doesn't harm our fur kids. Even the so-called super premium food isn't always what it's cracked up to be. If I just had more time I would probably go to home-made food. -------------------- Danny: March 4, 2001 - December 28, 2011
Tina: October 27, 1997 - April 28, 2012 To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. |
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