did you ever get him tested for tha other kind of diabetis we discussed
before? if he improves that is all you want... and there is something to
be said for quality of life, taking him in for a scan, might simply not be
worth it, i mean it could damage him really a lot, Lee, who loved a nurotic
cat,
"Susan" > wrote in message
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> x-no-arcahive: yes
>
> On 8/23/2011 9:39 AM, Storrmmee wrote:
>> the dog is better for it, and the yolks help with hairballs in cats, Lee
>
> Speaking of cats, puke and hairballs...
>
> I've posted in the past about Jasper's water gulping and increasing puke
> fests, which would diminish each time I changed food, then resume, finally
> resulting in bright pink water puddles of puke, about a 25% sudden weight
> loss and a home visit by a vet who insists he be sedated before she ever
> tries to examine him again (he's very anxiety ridden and gets aggressive
> when he's scared/threatened in any way).
>
> Rather than image him for possible cancer, she did blood testing
> (everything perfect, despite one enlarged kidney and his health issue)
> and decided to treat him with a very restricted ingredient rx diet for
> presumed food allergy/inflammatory bowel disease. It's still high
> protein, grain free, and the proteins are limited to rabbit and pea since
> those are most unlike to foods they've had in the past.
>
> It's been about two months and he's now gone 9 days without puking
> anything up, and the last puke was a clear water puddle. He used to retch
> loudly at least daily... his appetite has really begun to return in recent
> days (she said an 8 week diet trial would be the tell) and while he's
> still awfully skinny, I no longer feel each and every rib and vertebra
> when I stroke him. He's remained active, glossy and become much more
> affectionate since being treated.
>
> To us, anyway. He's increasingly aggressive to the other cats (we now
> have an obese cat from DD's move who looks like Garfield and acts like
> Winnie the Pooh. It's ALWAYS time for a little something...).
>
> So, looks like Jasper will live to see another day, and the obese kitty is
> less so since he's gorging himself on grain free, high protein food around
> here.
>
> Susan