No diarrhea or vomiting that I've seen. He just seems hungry all the time and follows me around crying at me. We did some tests yesterday and are waiting for results.
Amy --- On Wed, 7/1/09, Laurieskatz <lauriesk...@mchsi.com> wrote: > From: Laurieskatz <lauriesk...@mchsi.com> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 11:08 PM > Is there any diarrhea or vomiting? > Frankie was ravenous - even raiding the > other kitties' bowls and was diagnosed with pancreatitis. > The vet had not > seen the ravenous eating with pancreatitis before. He > did lose some weight > later after he became anorexic. He had occasional fudgy > stools. > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] > On Behalf Of > awilkin...@yahoo.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3:20 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] Cat losing weight/question about Doxy > > > I have an appointment for Wolfie to get bloodwork > tomorrow. He's been > losing weight steadily for almost 4 years now. We've done > numerous stool > samples, bloodwork (CBC and chem) every 6 months, and 2 > thyroid tests. He's > been on kitten food (high fat) to try to stop the weight > loss but it's not > helping. He eats well and always seems hungry. > > I've been discussing how to proceed with my vet and her > suggestions of > possibilities were an IDEXX hemobart test, a pancreatitis > test (spec-flp), a > feline digestive panel (which would include the flp test), > and a more > extensive thyroid panel. Abdominal ultrasound and bone > marrow biopsy came > up as well as B-comp and B-12 injections. The lab > suggested we start with > the hemobart and thyroid panel tomorrow to see what we > find. If we don't > find anything there, we will do the extensive digestive > panel in a couple > weeks. Does that sound like a reasonable plan? > > We have been discussing whether to just treat for hemobart > and while she is > open to treating him without a test confirming he has it, > we have some > concerns. Most of the research she sent me expressed > concerns about > developing antibiotic resistance especially among cats with > retroviruses. > The other concern is what form of doxycycline to use if we > do treat. What > do most people use for their cats? She sent me some > options and it seems > esophageal stricture is a concern if using tablets for > cats. She said I can > get it compounded but wondered what form people on this > board are using. > Can anybody let me know what form of doxy they use to treat > hemobart? > > Thanks > Amy > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
