Now what? Poor Pouncer :(

**catnapper** · 01-20-2006, 08:35 AM

Well, he vomited again this morning, but not nearly as much this time.

Hubby commented last night how Pouncer is looking skinny. I said, "I know

" and he replied, "Oh! I meant thats a good thing!" (we have overweight kitties and are constantly trying to get them slimmmed down, but Pouncer is the only one who doesn't need to be slimmed)

He weight 13 pounds when he went to that awful vet last week. I don't have an accurate scale at home, so I'm going to take him in to Petsmart today to weigh him and show him to one of the directors of the rescue (she'll be there... One By One is the rescue that has the cages) to see if she thinks he looks sick. If she does, then that means he REALLY looks sick. We all know what our cats look like, so sometimes we notice tiny little differences that tells us they are sick. If she takes one look at him and notices that he's not feeling well.... you KNOW he's a sick boy.

As for the Pred, I am being very serious about slowly weening him off it. I have not missed a dose yet. I try to give it to him at the same time every day, though it hasn't always been possible. He had the full dose of it for two SOLID weeks. I started weenining him to once daily the night before he started vomiting.

**Pawsitive Thinking** · 01-20-2006, 09:03 AM

Lots of hugs and kisses heading to the dear little pusscat

**Tubby & Peanut's Mom** · 01-20-2006, 09:54 AM

I actually think the puking could be from the Clavamox, not the Pred. Pred reduces inflamation and calms things down. CJ was a puker from the day I brought him home, but since he's been on Pred 1/2 a day, the puking has virtually stopped. I can't remember the last time he puked. It could be that the Pred was making his body capable of handling the Clavamox, and now that you're reducing the Pred, his body is rejecting the Clavamox. When I gave Peanut Clavamox, she started throwing up and I didn't realize why until one morning she threw up immediately after I gave it to her. When I went back to the vet, she mentioned that some cats can't tolerate Clavamox. She then gave her Amoxycilin (sp?) and she hasn't thrown up since....well...except for yesterday after Terry gave her some milk.

I was doing some research on Pred. since it looks like CJ might be a life long user of it, and it isn't as terrible as everyone makes it out to be if its given correctly. It actually replaces/supplements a hormone (I think it was) that their bodies make naturally. Their bodies normally produce the most naturally in the mornings, and the pred supposedly stays in their systems for 1 1/2 days. That's why vets normally suggest cutting down to every other day dosages. But what I didn't know, was that it should be given in the evenings so it doesn't mess with their natural production of it, which could be bad if you ever want to take them off it.

Anyway, I think you're doing the right thing by taking him to the director to get her opinion, the maybe off to the vet.....and possibly a different antibiotic?

{{{hugs}}}

**catnapper** · 01-20-2006, 10:32 AM

Thanks for the info on Pred! I was actually doing it right - I've been giving him the dose at night! Woohoo!

I took him to get weighed and he's the same and the director said he doesn't look sick... in fact he DIDN'T! He was perky and as sweet as can be