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DannysMom
post Jul 29 2013, 08:02 PM
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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?


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post Nov 27 2013, 08:09 PM
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My poor Mindy is sick again. Sigh! When I came home this afternoon and petted her I noticed a big, red rash above her right eye. I called the vet and fortunately they were able to take us at such short notice. I mentioned to the vet that Mindy has been very restless lately, that she get a "twitchy" tail and back and that she attacks her tail sometimes. The vet said it looks like atopic dermatitis and they gave her a shot of depo-medrol to calm down the inflammation. He thought it could be caused by a food allergy, but he doesn't want me to change her food just yet. I've been reading up a bit on this and it looks like it could be caused by allergens in the air such as dust mites, or it could also be a flea allergy masked as atopic dermatitis. I remember that earlier in the summer I had given her a treatment of Revolution when she was so restless and had the twitchy tail, and after that she seemed more calm. I feel so bad that I didn't address this sooner. I hope it doesn't get worse as I don't want her on heavy duty drugs that suppress the immune system. I will probably get her some Omega 3 supplements as that is supposed to help. Poor Miss Mindy! I really feel bad about this. She has been so patient in dealing with it, and after we came home tonight she seemed much more calm.


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post Dec 5 2013, 03:23 AM
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QUOTE (DannysMom @ Nov 27 2013, 08:09 PM) *
My poor Mindy is sick again. Sigh! When I came home this afternoon and petted her I noticed a big, red rash above her right eye. I called the vet and fortunately they were able to take us at such short notice. I mentioned to the vet that Mindy has been very restless lately, that she get a "twitchy" tail and back and that she attacks her tail sometimes. The vet said it looks like atopic dermatitis and they gave her a shot of depo-medrol to calm down the inflammation. He thought it could be caused by a food allergy, but he doesn't want me to change her food just yet. I've been reading up a bit on this and it looks like it could be caused by allergens in the air such as dust mites, or it could also be a flea allergy masked as atopic dermatitis. I remember that earlier in the summer I had given her a treatment of Revolution when she was so restless and had the twitchy tail, and after that she seemed more calm. I feel so bad that I didn't address this sooner. I hope it doesn't get worse as I don't want her on heavy duty drugs that suppress the immune system. I will probably get her some Omega 3 supplements as that is supposed to help. Poor Miss Mindy! I really feel bad about this. She has been so patient in dealing with it, and after we came home tonight she seemed much more calm.



Danny's Mom, this must be so stressful for you! Know that dermatitis and other skin problems can be treated successfully in cats, though! My Strider has allergies - it's taken prednisolone every 3 days & allergy shots, but he's doing much better.


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- DannysMom   Miss Mindy Is Sick   Jul 29 2013, 08:02 PM
- - Tom's Dad   Oh, DannysMom I am SO sorry to hear about Miss Mi...   Jul 30 2013, 07:50 AM
- - moon_beam   Hi, DannysMom, please permit me to add my sinceres...   Jul 30 2013, 08:56 AM
- - DannysMom   Tom's Dad, thanks for thinking of us. Sadly, ...   Jul 30 2013, 05:49 PM
- - DannysMom   moon_beam, thanks for stopping by and for your sug...   Jul 30 2013, 05:59 PM
- - Tom's Dad   DannysMom I'm so sorry to hear Miss Mindy is ...   Jul 30 2013, 08:32 PM
|- - DannysMom   QUOTE (Tom's Dad @ Jul 30 2013, 09:32...   Jul 31 2013, 05:39 PM
- - DannysMom   I am just beside myself. I broke down and cried a...   Jul 30 2013, 08:35 PM
- - moon_beam   Hi, DannysMom, I can very well imagine how worried...   Jul 31 2013, 08:00 AM
- - DannysMom   moon_beam, thanks for the word of caution, but I r...   Jul 31 2013, 05:49 PM
- - Tom's Dad   Hello DannysMom Thank you for letting us know how...   Jul 31 2013, 07:27 PM
- - DannysMom   Tom's Dad, I remembered I had some Gas-X at ho...   Jul 31 2013, 08:24 PM
- - Tom's Dad   Hello DannysMom Thank you for letting us know how...   Aug 1 2013, 07:21 AM
- - moon_beam   Hi, DannysMom, thank you so much for sharing with ...   Aug 1 2013, 10:37 AM
- - DannysMom   Tom's Dad, I did some research on the Gas-X an...   Aug 1 2013, 05:32 PM
- - DannysMom   Just a quick update on Miss Mindy...she came out a...   Aug 1 2013, 08:02 PM
- - Tom's Dad   DannysMom Thank for letting us know how Miss Mind...   Aug 2 2013, 01:44 PM
- - moon_beam   Hi, DannysMom, thank you so much for sharing with ...   Aug 2 2013, 02:04 PM
- - DannysMom   Tom's Dad and moon_beam, thank you both for yo...   Aug 3 2013, 12:08 PM
- - moon_beam   Hi, DannysMom, thank you so much for sharing with ...   Aug 3 2013, 03:22 PM
- - Tom's Dad   Hello DannysMom Thank you for letting us know how...   Aug 3 2013, 04:45 PM
- - DannysMom   Tom's Dad, it looks more and more likely that ...   Aug 4 2013, 02:43 PM
- - moon_beam   Hi, DannysMom, thank you so much for sharing with ...   Aug 4 2013, 03:00 PM
- - Tom's Dad   DannysMom I'm sorry to hear Mindy is still in...   Aug 4 2013, 05:05 PM
- - DannysMom   moon_beam and Tom's Dad, thank you both for yo...   Aug 5 2013, 06:26 PM
- - Tom's Dad   Hello DannysMom I'm glad to hear Mindy is imp...   Aug 5 2013, 07:27 PM
- - moon_beam   Hi, DannysMom, thank you so much for sharing with ...   Aug 6 2013, 10:55 AM
- - DannysMom   Tom's Dad and moon_beam, thanks for being ther...   Aug 6 2013, 08:00 PM
- - moon_beam   Hi, DannysMom, thank you so much for sharing with ...   Aug 7 2013, 11:07 AM
- - Tom's Dad   Hello DannysMom Thank you for sharing how Miss Mi...   Aug 7 2013, 03:34 PM
- - DannysMom   Tom's Dad and moon_beam, thanks so much for yo...   Aug 7 2013, 05:43 PM
- - Tom's Dad   Hello DannysMom Just stopping by to say thanks fo...   Aug 8 2013, 07:25 AM
- - moon_beam   Hi, DannysMom, adding my sincere thanks to Tracy...   Aug 8 2013, 01:44 PM
- - DannysMom   Tom's Dad and moon_beam, thanks for caring abo...   Aug 8 2013, 06:09 PM
- - Tom's Dad   Hello DannysMom Thanks for sharing Miss Mindy...   Aug 9 2013, 04:16 PM
- - DannysMom   Tom's Dad, I think that maybe in this batch of...   Aug 10 2013, 02:46 PM
- - Tom's Dad   Hello DannyMom I'm glad to hear that Mindy se...   Aug 10 2013, 05:37 PM
- - DannysMom   Well...it seems I've wasted my money on the ...   Aug 11 2013, 02:47 PM
- - Tom's Dad   Hello DannysMom. I'm glad to hear that Mindy ...   Aug 11 2013, 05:47 PM
- - moon_beam   Hi, DannysMom, thank you so much for sharing with ...   Aug 12 2013, 02:59 PM
- - DannysMom   Hello moon_beam, I am so chuckling about your comm...   Aug 12 2013, 06:10 PM
- - DannysMom   Miss Mindy is still doing well. I tried a little ...   Aug 14 2013, 06:20 PM
- - moon_beam   Hi, DannysMom, thank you so much for sharing with ...   Aug 15 2013, 08:33 AM
- - DannysMom   Moon_beam, thanks for caring about my sweet Mindy....   Aug 15 2013, 06:41 PM
- - moon_beam   Hi, DannysMom, thank you so much for sharing with ...   Aug 16 2013, 06:22 AM
- - xxForeverxx   DannysMom I feel awful I have missed all this and...   Sep 23 2013, 05:56 AM
- - DannysMom   My poor Mindy is sick again. Sigh! When I ca...   Nov 27 2013, 08:09 PM
|- - Pippin's Mom Kel   QUOTE (DannysMom @ Nov 27 2013, 08:09 PM)...   Dec 5 2013, 03:23 AM
- - Tom's Dad   DannyMom I'm so sorry to hear Miss Mindy is n...   Nov 28 2013, 07:04 AM
- - DannysMom   Kel, thanks for your post. Mindy is doing a bit b...   Dec 7 2013, 11:36 AM
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