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vaccine reaction with vomiting and bloody diarrhea
"Nadia N." wrote
cshenk wrote: Lol! I bet she feels better now. She seems pretty much back to normal today. She's playful, eating well, drinking, she's used the litterbox (no poo yet, but it's too early to expect that). She caught a moth last night. I have one more day of forcing nasty-tasting liquids down her throat and then hopefully her tummy will continue to behave itself without any medicine. So good! Her sensitive tummy though does sound like there might be an allergy to something in her food going on. Once she's better, maybe we can discuss what you currently feed and look it up to see if an alternative seems reasonable for your area and finances. She definitely had a problem with any and all dry food when she was a kitten. So it's probably some kind of grain intolerance. She's been eating 3/4 of a can of Hill's Chicken and Liver per day (the 156 g/5.5 oz cans). To that I add 6 heaping spoonfuls of a pure chicken meat food called Porta 21 (it's a German-made food - basically just shredded white meat and broth). I'd like to put her on the Porta 21 only, but then she gets constipated, and also, I did a comparison of the nutrient contents of the Hill's and the Porta food, and the Hill's seems better. I would love to be able to switch her to a completely grain-free food, if I could... But as you said, that's a discussion for another time :-) No problem! She may even be reacting to a preservative. I think partially the problem might be that I was giving her too much food per day. I had this problem with my Kotyo before - my mom kept slipping him extra food every day and he kept having soft stools. The vet checked him out, analyzed a stool sample, and there was nothing wrong with him. Finally she asked us how much we were feeding him and suggested we reduce the amount. We tried that, and lo and behold - no more soft stools :-) Sweety is a food hound, just like her big brother. LOL! She'll wolf down everything in her bowl, and then beg for more. I used to give her a whole can of the Hill's, but changed to 3/4 about a month ago, and since then her soft stools are not as frequent. But now she only goes every 2 days instead of every day as before, so I don't know if that's good either... That may be ok. I don't know but there is another thread related to a furball kitty who is getting fiber. This *might* be useful to you and wont harm. Oh, and to the person who said that she might "die from inattention" and that my vet was unprofessional, my vet called tonight at 11:30 pm to ask how she was doing, and if she had started drinking. Very inattentive of him, yeah. Grin, sounds like a good vet and a language problem. Any vet who calls *me* to see how my pet is doing, is a keeper. Yep, definitely a keeper. That whole vet clinic is pretty good. The main vet speaks perfect English, and is knowledgeable about the latest CRF research and treatments, which I desperately need because unfortunately my Kotyo was diagnosed with early stage kidney disease in March. And the vet who treated Sweety this week seems pretty good as well, and he can understand my Spanish when I'm not semi-hysterical :-) I'd have been n hysterics! I'll add, I don't see as you did anything wrong to ask for anyone with experience in this to post back as you clearly indicated right away you were post vet trip with followups already taken. You got home with her and were following vet advice with morning followup already set and just looking for those who had seen similar and what they did. I probably should not have snapped at that poster, but I was not exactly at my calmest, I had a cat who was pooing blood, and seeing them post "if she's not dead yet from inaction" was really the last thing I needed to read at that time. When I am calmer I realize that sometimes people skim posts and don't notice all the information in them, and I know that people on this newsgroup (me included) feel very strongly about taking your cat to the vet first and asking on the newsgroup later. So I can understand that the person meant well and were concerned about Sweety. It's just the word "dead" really hit me hard and I do wish that people would try to choose their words a bit more carefully in these situations... Don't worry about it. I'm not purrfect always ;-). Some folks just react with 1/2 reading. |
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vaccine reaction with vomiting and bloody diarrhea
I am concerned though about her catching something that I bring in from outside. There are tons of stray cats living outside here in Spain, and I don't drive so I walk everywhere. I'm afraid I might bring in something on my shoes that she won't be protected against. I know I won't have to worry about this for at least a year, maybe not even for the next 3 years (I think current vaccination protocols say that it's enough to vaccinate cats every 3 years instead of every year). *But eventually her immunity will fade and then what? I guess I have 3 years to think of ways to figure something out... Good. I am glad you won't be vaccinating her again. I do have something for you to consider. In three years, you could get her a titer panel. This is a blood test that will show her immunity to the different diseases. If she shows any immunity at all, that's a good sign. I had this done a couple of years ago for our oldest (12). He has had several medical problems (pancreatitis and now he has mild ashtma), so I no longer vaccinate him due to his health. I had a titer done on him--after about six years of no vaccinations at all--and he still showed immunity to all the major diseases. It cost about $100 American and took a few weeks to get the results back but it was worth the wait IMO. Rene |
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vaccine reaction with vomiting and bloody diarrhea
Rene S. wrote:
Good. I am glad you won't be vaccinating her again. I do have something for you to consider. In three years, you could get her a titer panel. This is a blood test that will show her immunity to the different diseases. If she shows any immunity at all, that's a good sign. Yes, that's a good idea. I don't know if there is a lab in Spain where they can do that, but I'll keep it in mind for the future. Thanks. -- Little Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Sweety pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Sweety Kotyo and Sweety together: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/KotyoAndSweety |
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