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 7 2013, 05:43 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 so much for your continued concern for my precious Mindy. Right now she is on the floor next to me and quite relaxed. This morning she gave me quite a scare though as she took a turn for the worse. She started getting agitated and restless again and had the tail twitch and back twitch and was running around on the stairs trying to chase her tail and then ran into the bedroom and hid under the bed. She would not come out as much as I coaxed her. It scared me so and I left for work with a heavy heart. Last night I was doing more research on FHS and came across a website where a lady reported her cat having FHS and she suspected it had to do with the food she was feeding the cat. Other people's comments said similar things. Some brands of no-grain or low-grain food apparently seem to cause these FHS type symptoms. I wondered if perhaps the canned food that I'm feeding is the culprit. It has L-Carnitine in it, 25m/kg. Humans should take no more than 3 grams or they can get these symptoms:
Nausea and vomiting Stomach upsets Heartburn Diarrhoea A stuffy nose and headache Seizures for those people who are prone to seizure disorders. Anyone who has had a seizure in the past should avoid using carnitine. Some people have reported restlessness and problems sleeping so it best to take carnitine earlier in the day. Changes to blood pressure and a fast heartbeat. High energy levels Kinda sounds like what Mindy has. Her tummy is affected and she is also restless. That would definitely fit her symptoms. I'm going to try and feed her a different canned food tomorrow morning, one that doesn't have the high levels of L-Carnitine, and see how she does. I originally got this food because L-Carnitine helps metabolize fat and I thought that would help Mindy lose weight. I only feed her the canned food in the morning, not at night. Right now she seems fine. The dry food that I'm feeding doesn't have the L-Carnitine in it. Right now they're getting Merrick Purrfect Bistro for Adult Cats and sometimes I feed Mindy some Orijen for Kittens and Adults. Thankfully I have some cans of Holistic Select canned food left. She always did good on that. I've researched some other canned food, but I'm trying to avoid those that contain carrageenan, because it can cause stomach upset in cats and people. It's used as some type of binder. I was so anxious all day, worrying if Mindy was okay at home. I'm glad that right now she is relaxing so good and not having any issues. -------------------- 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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