Have you tried the foods they sometimes recommend for this now? Like rabbit, venison, etc... Sometimes, evidently it can be helped by finding the 'right' food. Kind of like doing the elimination tests with foods to find out what you're allergic to.
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello Everyone,
I'm so distraught about my Gypsy. She's the "feral turned house cat"
that I've written to you about before. She's had Inflammatory Bowel
Disease since Aug of '04, and nothing I've tried has helped her. I
given her Prozyme, Probiotics, Pred shots, Flagil, Benefiber, I've even
started adding Colloidal Silver to her food. She has wasted away to a
walking skeleton and hasn't played in months. The problem is compounded
by not being able to put her in a carrier and take her to the vet, it's
just too stressful for her (and at this point the sedative needed to
allow her to be handled, could kill her). Even the house vet that came
out wasn't able to examine her. He prescribed Methyprednisone shots
(every 2 weeks), along with Metronidazole liquid that she took in her
food for about 15 days before she started to refuse it. I! 've called a
highly recommended East/West vet that I hope will be able to give me
more ideas. I had tried putting her on a novel protein diet, but she
stopped eating. When I began giving her the foods she loves again, she
seemed to gain a little weight, but this morning she refused her
favorites (salmon and liver). I'm afraid I'm on death watch at this
point and it's killing me.
One of the most disheartening things about her condition, is that I
think I'm responsible. I didn't know the dangers at the time, and I was
doing my best to protect her, but I think I inadvertently gave her this
condition when I had her vaccinated. She had been vaccinated once, when
I first trapped her, and then spent months with my FeLV kittens (before
I knew their status). She was negative when I tested her, and I had
them give her two more series of shots afterward. The vet (someone I
won't use again), mistakenly gave her a total of 3 rabies ! shots along
with all the other vaccines and it was only a month later that she
started showing her symptoms. I took a healthy, vibrant kitten off the
street, exposed her to FeLV and then gave her IBD with too many
vaccines! I can't tell you how miserable I feel.
Thank you for letting me vent. I'm so frustrated and heartsick. I
don't think I even have the option of helping her cross. How peaceful
could it be for her to have a strange person trying to give her a shot?
Not to mention, trying to find a vein to put it in. I feel like I'm
going to vomit.
Nina
