Nakita's Health Update - **The saga continues...update..post #146**

[ramanth]

Poor emerald eyed Nakita! I'm sorry she's not feeling well. I hope you are able to get to the bottom of her discomfort soon.

[KitCat]

Poor girl! I hope she feels better soon!

[orangemm]

I've read about her recently and I'm so sorry that you and she have to go through all this. I'll be praying and hoping that the culprit shows up soon and she can get back to normal.

Nakita is such a lovely girl.

[heidiv]

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I first have to say your little girl is gorgeous!!!!! My little siamese Paris has a mother that they thought was Russian Blue and I just love my little baby. Anyway, I am sure that your situation is different but I use to have a Blue Point Himalayan Named Pricilla that one day started displaying the same symptoms. Our vet started the new diet and it didn't work. So one day she said that she has heard that once in a great while they see cats that will have a high white cell count in there stomach which makes it hard for them to digest food(I guess it makes there stomach like leather and the stomach doesn't digest anything). So she put Cilla on prednisone table one tablet every 3rd day to see if that would break down the white cells and make her able to digest food more easily. And it worked!! Anyway I don't really know if that is the reason or not that her life was cut sort or not but I suggest you talk to your vet. It did stop the vomiting and Pricilla did start gaining her weight back. Unfortunately we had to put her to sleep about a year ago because she started having seizers I wouldn't let them do an autopsy so we don't know if that had anything to do with it. But I am sure that it was something else. Its worth a try. Give that sweet kitty a ((((((Hug)))))) from me!!!

[Russian Blue]

Just an update since I had a vet visit yesterday.

We've decided to hold off on the allergy testing for the moment. We're going to get her teeth cleaned up first. They're not bad, but she has some gingivitis so we want to take care of that.

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! I'm going to try this for a two week period and see if either the itching or vomiting reoccur. If they do, we'll go ahead with the allergy test.

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. As a last factor, we also took away the Swheat Scoop litter a month ago.

Come on Nakita! Keep up the improvement so my wallet can finally be at rest.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Thanks for the update. I sure hope that she'll continue to improve and won't need to have the allergy test. I also hope that everything goes well with her teeth cleaning.

[fragrancehound]

I'm glad to hear things are finally improving! Keep us posted.

[Russian Blue]

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...

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.