I'm very glad to read this update. I sure hope that all the medications will help your boy to feel better very soon.
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I'm very glad to read this update. I sure hope that all the medications will help your boy to feel better very soon.
Ripley sweetheart, we have all our fingers and paws crossed for you here. Hope that medicine helps.
This is very encouraging news! Come on, Ripley, take your medicine for Meowmie (and all of us who love you too) and eat your yummy food. Still praying for you and sending you more get better lovies :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:
This is a great update. Hopefully the medication will help his tummy so he can eat something. :love: :love: Contiue to heal Ripley.:love:
Better news than you were expecting is great! We'll keep the prayers going so that Ripley continues to improve. C'mon, handsome, you can do it! :love:
I am glad there is still hope for Ripley. Prayers he feels better SOON!
So glad it was better news than expected for Ripley. Those slurries sound yummy, I hope he likes them! :)
Prayers on the way for Ripley to start feeling better, and eating more!!
Prayers and love for Ripley that the meds work and he eats and feels better soon.
I'm so glad to hear that Ripley's bloodwork still looks good and I hope that the slurries and extra sub-q fluids will help him. I'll continue to keep him in my thoughts and prayers.
About Ripley's tummy problem...Cats with kidney failure often have an overacidic stomach related to their reduction of kidney function, which can lead to ulcers. Our vet here put our Billy on a quarter of a regular strength Pepcid tablet a day to help reduce the stomach acid, which likely contributed to Ripley's problem. Once his tummy improves, you might want to consider asking your vet about the Pepcid as a possible way to try to prevent this from happening again. It worked very well for Billy...He was on Pepcid every day for the last two years of his life, and it helped him enormously.Quote:
Originally Posted by jazzcat
In the meantime, I'm sending hugs and prayers for your old boy.:love:
Hang in there...
Judy:)
Once again....eat...Eat...EAT!!! Ripley...drink your slurrpie and EAT!
I just read your post and am praying for Ripley; this seems to be a common ailment with senior cats. Sounds like you and the vet have it under control. Poor guy.:( Give Ripley some gentle pats from me. I remember going through this with our elder cats.
Lots of prayers for you both and a few hugs thrown in.
Feel better, Ripley!:love::love::love::love:
((((hugs))))
Lori, thank you for the update. I will continue to keep Ripley and you in my thoughts and prayers.
Prays coming your way for Ripley and for your family.
The vet said we should have seen an improvement by Wed. night but we didn't and he still is the same today. It's almost like he's giving up or maybe the vet missed something. We can't get him to eat much. I'm trying canned kitten food and he will lick it but he only eats about a teaspoon worth at a time. It's like he wants to eat but then once he starts he quits for some reason. I don't think he is drinking much either. We are pushing the fluids and I'm amazed at the little output. He's drooling worse and all the time now too. It's thick slow drool that just hangs from his mouth.
He has also started to cry a little when we reach out to pet him like he thinks it's going to hurt. He's okay once we touch him and he will then relax some but it's weird. We've let him sleep with us the past two nights and each night he comes up and touches my arm to wake me up to pet him then he gets in close to me. That is not normal for him. My poor old guy.
Please keep the prayers coming. I've got a call into the vet but I have a feeling there isn't a lot more they can do.
Lori, I'm so sorry to hear this.:( I'll continue to keep Ripley in my thoughts and prayers. Please take care. (((HUGS)))
Poor Ripley! :( Please try to eat!
I'll keep him in my thoughts.
Kirsten
Oh no, poor Ripley. Poor mom too. I will be keeping you and Ripley in my thoughts and hope you can figure out what is going on with him.
Oh poor boy, I'm so sorry! Lori, ask your vet about Aluminum Hydroxide Gel. My RB Puddy took it twice a day to help her w/CRF and her acidic tummy and it helped tremendously. If your vet doesn't have it, I have some left, I can send you what I have left. Let me know.
Of course you and Ripley will be in my thoughts. Good luck at the vets.
More prayers for dear Ripley.
I'm so sorry about Ripley...I feel for you so much, because we just went through this with our Billy last year...I am hoping and praying so hard for you guys and for your Ripley...I've lit another candle for him at Light a Candle in the PURR group...Have you asked the vet about taking something like Pepcid or as Medusa suggested, aluminum hydroxide gel?...Both can help the stomach acidity which is behind the ulcer problem. I hope that they are able to help him, bless his sweet old heart...:love:
God bless and hang in there...Hugs and prayers to you both:love:
Judy
Sending you out some good thoughts from California!:(
Keep you chin up and Hang Tough!
Prayers for poor dear Ripley.
JUKE JOINT JOSEPH :love::love:HAS KIDNEY ISSUES TOO ALONG WITH HYPER THYROIDISM. AND SOMETIMES HE EATS, OTHE TIMES WHEN I BRING FOOD, HE ACTUALLY RUNS AWAY.:love::love:
ARE LIQUIDS HARD TO GIVE AS MY OLD TUXEDOS LOOKING THIN.:eek:
MORE PRAYERS FOR RIPLEY, ITS HARD TO SEE OUR CATS GETTING OLDER.:love::love:
I'm still waiting for the vet to call me back. This is the vet I usually see for the cats. Unfortunately she was off when I took Ripley in Tuesday so I saw another vet in the group. He's good but Dr. J specializes in cats. I think she is in surgery this afternoon so it may be awhile before she calls. I will ask her about those things when she does call.Quote:
Originally Posted by weluvcats
I finally got Ripley to eat a tablespoon or so of canned kitten food mixed with warm water. He just wants to lick it like water. After a nap he came out of his hiding spot and walked through the house. I took him to his food and fresh water but he just turned his head and he didn't want the litter box either. Now he's sleeping on his blanket on my bed. Poor guy looks like a big dog with all the drool hanging down. :(
Oh poor Ripley - and you. :( It's so hard to watch our kitties getting old and getting health problems. I so hope he will perk up and start eating more again.
Sending lots of good thoughts and hugs. :love:
Hang in there dear Ripley!
I've only scanned through the responses because I only have access to PT at work now so have very, very little time to read or post, so my posting may have been covered already. Did your vet check Ripley's mouth for mouth/tongue ulcers? I didn't know this until last year when I had a foster with severe renal failure but CRF does cause mouth ulcers in the late stages. She also wanted to lap very wet food for a while and then wouldn't even touch water. It's very, very hard watching them go through this and I am sorry for both of you.
Cali, Diego and I all send healing thoughts for dear Ripley.
Poor baby. :( More prayers, healing, positive thoughts, and much love on the way.
Prayers and thoughts for handsome Ripley...I hope something as simple as tummy upset med can help him turn around, and checking his mouth too. With all the drool, I have to wonder about his mouth.
Maybe doing the wet food like broth for a while would be good.
{{{{hugs}}}} to Ripley and Mom.:love::love:
The vet just called and she feels that Ripley is nauseated and she wants me to bring him in tomorrow for an injection to help ease that. She also wants to examine him herself to make sure there isn't anything else going on that the first vet may have missed. They are working us in at 2 pm. She told me to keep trying to get him to eat and give him sub-q fluids in the meantime.
Poor Ripley. I hope that there is something they can do for him. That drooling would have me really worried.
Hugs and scritchies to Ripley, and hugs to you as well!
Please know that you and Ripley remain very much in my thoughts and prayers. [[[[[HUGS]]]]] on the way, your PT friends are here for you :love: :love:Quote:
Originally Posted by jazzcat
As you can please let us know what your vet has to say.....
This last time when Yang wouldn't eat I started with warm water in with the S?D A/D and he would lap that up. He wasn't drinking much water either but he got it through the water I was adding to the a/d . It was like soup. That was the only thing he would touch. He get nauseated too and won't eat. My vet has me give him pepcid for that. I hope your vet can help Ripley feel better. It is so sad to watch and breaks your heart to watch it happen. I will be praying for Ripley.
Melissa
I'm so glad you were able to get through to your regular vet, and that you can take Ripley in tomorrow. In the meantime, hopefully you can get him to eat a little, and at least, the fluids will keep him from getting dehydrated. With all the drooling, he may have some problem with his mouth or teeth, although Billy:love: did drool quite a bit too, but never had a problem with his mouth or teeth...Who knows?:confused:(It'd be great if they could talk, huh?)
Hopefully your vet can figure out what's going on with him...Poor, sweet old man...It's so tough to see them feeling so bad, when there's only so much that you can do to help them.:(
Hang in there...
Hugs and prayers for you all!
Judy:)
I'm so glad Ripley will be able to get into see your regular 'cat' vet for a second check-up. The drooling must be very difficult for you to watch. I too was wondering about his teeth or ulcers in his mouth but maybe it is nausea. I hope the vet will be able to get to the bottom of it. Maybe some baby food would be appealing to him?
Prayers going out for your handsome Ripley. :love:
E.T.A. drooling can also be a sign of a foreign body in the mouth or throat.
I'm glad that Ripley will be able to see your regular vet tomorrow and hopefully she'll be able to diagnose his problem and make him feel better. He remains in my thoughts and prayers.
hugs and prayers on the way...
Good Vibes.