Miss Mindy Is Sick Options

[DannysMom]

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?

[DannysMom]

Just a quick update on Miss Mindy...she came out and ate some food and I gave her a drop of Gas-X in her mouth. I asked her to open her mouth and she did and I squirted the drop right in. It seemed to help her as she stayed out and I played a round of "chase the teaser" with her which she enjoyed. She even sniffed on Shelley, but then I heard her hiss at Shelley again when they were both downstairs by the door. Shelley backed into a corner and looked at Mindy as if to say:"I meant no harm, sis'". Mindy went potty and came back upstairs and sat on my lap for a while. Then she hopped on the couch and is still curled up there, napping. I think the Gas-X liquid really must have helped. I will give that to her until I get the digestive enzymes in.

I also talked to Mindy and tried to calm her down and told her that she is safe here. She purred so much while she was on my lap. It makes me feel so much better that she came out and is here with me.