Hi everyone. I thought I'd let you know how Storm's been doing. So far he's doing great. He's gained his weight back and now his fur looks so much healthier and his skin is also much less dry than it was before. He always tends to get dry flakes but now he barely has any. He's still on 5mg of pred and tomorrow he won't be getting any until Mon. Then he'll be getting 5mg of pred every other day for 2 weeks and then I'll talk to my vet and we'll hopefully be able to reduce his dose even more.
I've been feeding him mainly canned food mixed with water and I've been rotating different proteins. He's now getting Innova Evo 95% Venison and Innova Evo 95% Duck. I also tried some Nature's Variety Instinct Lamb which also has lamb liver in it. I've just ordered a case of this and I also decided to order a case of Nature's Variety Instinct Rabbit. The store didn't carry any Rabbit for me to try though. He loves it all but he's always hungry due to the pred. All of my other cats also love these new flavors except for Sunny. Sunny still only wants to eat his 95% Chicken & Turkey but he also loves the Duck.
I try to brush all of my cats teeth at least once a week. I forgot to do it last week so I just did it again tonight. So far it's getting a little easier and they're tolerating it better. Poor Sunny may have a tooth problem though. He cried out in pain when I was brushing his teeth. I then noticed that the left side of his chin seems to be a little swollen. I wasn't able to get a good look at his lower teeth though so I don't know if he has an abscess or not. Lately he only seems to want to eat his canned food. I mix in some dry with his canned and he's been leaving most of it. I just thought it was because he was being picky. Now it may be because he's been in pain.
I called my vets office and my vet works tomorrow but she's booked. I left her a voice mail and I e-mailed her letting her know what's going on with Sunny. Hopefully she'll be able to squeeze me into her schedule tomorrow like she's done in the past. If not then I'll call and try to make an appt. for tomorrow with another vet or I'll go in as an urgent care case. Sunny may now need a dental cleaning. Please send him some positive vibes. Thanks.
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