tele_mark says:
The problem with the sponge was also discovered. Everytime this happened, they prescribed steroids to enhance his appetite, but didn't tell me to stop when he started eating, so he just got so voracious that he couldn't get enough to eat and started eating bad things.
doerscheln says:
Poor Ambercat, hope the prescription diet will work now but to eat a sponge wasn‘t a good idea, too. Seems it‘s a bit difficult to diagnose pancreatitis. You maybe remember that Willi and Moritz suffered from pancreatitis, too. It took a long time until my old vet found out what was wrong with Willi, my new Vet was better with Moritz.
tele_mark says:
Ambercat had yet another episode last week and again had to go to the vet for care. This time, the vet was the owner of the place, and he quickly diagnosed Ambercat has having pancreatitis, and a blood test confirmed it. The two vets that treated him the last three times, a mother/daughter team, have been fired. He wouldn't tell me if it was related. So now he's going on a prescription diet.
Claire says:
Changed her over to a hypoallergenic food, and stopped giving her a very small saucer of cream every other day (she never problems digesting it..it never caused diarrhea, but the thinking is that having to process the extra fat was over working her pancreas). Her only other health issue was a worsening hairball problem, but using a Furminator de-shedding tool on her every morning has mostly put a stop to that.
tele_mark says:
He was freaking out in the enclosure today. I watched and this vole was running down the hill in the background, and went strait through the fence right up to him. I guess it got tired of being cold and hungry.
Claire says:
No pancreas troubles since she recovered 3 or 4 years ago. Had a blood test last year that showed all her levels were where they should be.