I guess I spoke too soon. Nakita threw up both yesterday and today. This was after skipping her second dose of Prednisone.

She also has a reduced appetite. She is supposed to eat 1/2 cup of prescription food but now she barely eats 1/8 cup. Last night I broke down and gave her some California Natural dry to see if she just didn't want to eat the prescription food or if her stomach was irritated and therefore the reduced appetite. Nope, she hoovered the California Natural (she loves her chicken, but doesn't like the rabbit or duck or venison prescription food). I can't have her loose any more weight, otherwise it gets critical since she's so small.

I'm going to continue giving the Prednisone every 2 days and keep her on the California Natural. We have the teeth cleaning scheduled for next Monday. If she starts itching up a storm, then I'll know it's the re-introduction of the chicken. I'm even thinking she may be allergic to chicken liver, since I have read that it can be an allergen. Chicken liver is a common ingredient in most dry and canned foods.

Can I scream in frustration now? One step forward, two steps back...


Quote Originally Posted by Russian Blue
We're also going to try to move Nakita over from 1/4 pill of Prednisone every other day to every two days. I tried skipping her dose last Wednesday and Thursday - no itching or throwing up!
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She's been on the Prescription Duck and Rice for 8 weeks now so maybe that did the trick? We're also supplementing with Wysong's Duck canned only wet food. We're looking at changing the food to Rabbit and Pea since the Duck and Rice still seems to make her constipated.