He may very well have IBD, but it is strange it just now came up since the move. Try to treat the things first that have happened since he had the change, like moving and going back to work outside the home. I would not stress him more with more vet trips unless something drastically changes, like to stop eating drinking entirely, not using the litter box, or starting to avoid you and hiding. He may have got a little depressed over these last few months with the changes.
I think he is still stressed over the move, less than 3 months ago, and cats are very good at hiding what is wrong with them. I can add the x-ray results but the copy was a DVD and I need to figure out how to read it. We agreed that we should monitor his appetite, litter box, and behaviors before the next step.Īny suggestions will be helpful. However, she can't do that and she needs to refer me to another vet, and I don't want to add more stress on the cat (if he still acts very aggressive we might need more sedation or even anesthesia. The vet said the next step could be ultrasound to rule out all other possibilities (e.g., IBD, pancreatitis, liver diseases, etc.). He doesn't want to go out for a walk after we visited the vet twice, and he hides more. He started to ask for water this week, but he only eats about 1/8-1/4 cup of dry food per day (should be 1/2). I tried to offer some dense-calorie dry food to stimulate his appetite and prevent further weight loss, however, it only improved a little. During the whole period, his litter box is normal, although he used it less frequently. This time it's better, I can see that the cat is hungry, however, he only eats a small portion and then leaves. Then I went to the vet again and she prescribed 7-day appetite stimulants (Elura). The vet said the low appetite might still be nausea and then prescribed 4-pack Cerenia, however, it didn't work at all. he was very aggressive during the appointment, especially when I was absent, so we ended up visiting again with gabapentin). all blood work and x-ray were normal other than slightly lower WBC and LYM, and he lost 0.8-0.9lbs compared to his last visits for vaccines in mid-Sept (p.s. We finally got an appointment at the vet on 10/8 (no availabilities before). However, since then his appetite was very bad, eating about half or less than he normally eats. I gave him some probiotics and his last vomit was white foams on 10/3. He has a sensitive stomach and vomits when he is too hungry (8+ hours without food) or eats too quickly or eats too much grass, but never as frequent as that. However, he vomited three times on 9/30 and 10/1 respectively, primary yellow bile with hair. Since he has always been picky and still ate (even more than before, his record was 11oz I think), I wasn't that worried. I usually walk him around the neighborhood at night (30min-1hr) and he might eat some grass in, and sometimes he will vomit after the grass.Ĭlinical sign: From mid-Sept, he refused to eat while I was not at home. He is a leash cat and crazy for catnips/cat grass. I gave him gabapentin during the road trip and he was fine about the moving. During the pandemic we basically stay together 24*7, however, we moved out of state in August this year and I started in-person work then. He usually eats 6-9 oz food per day, in 3-4 meals. I spent several months transferring him to all wet food to prevent any urinary problems. From the beginning, he was a picky eater and addicted to dry food. Personal history: I got him in July 2020 when his previous owner moved out of state and didn't want to keep him so I don't know too much about his early life. He usually weighs 11lb but he lost 0.9 lb in the past two weeks because he did not eat much. I have a 3-year-old domestic short hair male cat (neutered).