Storm Had To Go To The Vet-Storm's Been Diagnosed Latest Update 11-19-09

**kb2yjx** · 11-14-2009, 09:27 AM

We have had several cats on the 1/4 tab of pepcid before their meals. And they have done nicely... Glad Storm is being a good fellow and taking his meds....

**krazyaboutkatz** · 11-14-2009, 02:52 PM

Well I spoke too soon but I also may have caused Storm to become sick last night.

I was eating popcorn and Storm kept begging me for some. In the past I'd give him 1 or 2 pieces but no more and he'd eat it without any problems. I gave him 1 piece of the regular popcorn. This was the kind in a tin with the 3 kinds, cheese, regular, and caramel. I fed everyone again before I went to bed.

After I was in bed for a little bit Storm came up to me and he wanted to sleep by my face again like he had the last time that he wasn't feeling well. I though uh oh maybe he's not feeling well again. He then snuggled with me and later jumped down and started hacking like he was going to vomit. I put him in my bathroom just in time and he vomited some liquid.

I went to check out the rest of my condo and he had also thrown up his food and it had the 1 piece of popcorn in it.

While I cleaned that up I remembered that I still had some Cerenia left over from when my Ziggy was sick. This is the same stuff that was given to Storm on Monday which made him feel better. I gave him the 0.6cc by shot and it did sting a bit because he flenched. It didn't really seem to make him any calmer or soothe him right away though.

He was very restless for the rest of the night so he and I didn't get a very good nights sleep. I woke up at around 8:15am and I fed my cats their first morning feeding. I gave Storm a little dry to see if he'd be able to keep it down and so far so good. Before I fed him though I gave him another 1/4 pepcid tablet. I saw some white foam on my plastic runner and there were litter clumps thrown every where. He had tried to throw up in the litter box and he or one of the other cats kept digging and they made a huge mess. So some time after I gave him the Cerenia he had vomited again and this is an anti-vomiting med.

I went back to bed for a while and Storm was still a bit restless but he finally managed to settle down and sleep. I woke up again around 12pm and I fed my cats again. So far so good. I had e-mailed my vet about all of this earlier and she said that the Cerenia should stop him from vomiting and that maybe the popcorn triggered this. She also said that the PLI test can take up to 1 week to get the results.

So now I hope that Storm is over this vomiting episode and I'm not ever going to give him anything other than his food or pill pockets and definitley NO MORE POPCORN!!! I'm sorry this is so long. Thanks for reading it any way.

**Don Juan's mom** · 11-14-2009, 03:23 PM

Poor baby! Having to give up popcorn! Well, I'm sure your special kitty treats are much tastier and better for your delicate tummy. Get well soon, and give your mom a headbump... she deserves it.

**Pinot's Mom** · 11-14-2009, 04:00 PM

It makes sense popcorn would not go well. We had one instance where a single pine nut was unaccounted for when we were cooking, and I've always been a little militant when it comes to animals and people food. Later that night, my husband heard Pinot getting sick...guess what was in it? The pine nut.

Give Storm a lot of extra lovies from everyone here and definitely NO MORE POPCORN!! Keep us posted.

**cassiesmom** · 11-15-2009, 11:00 AM

Prayers and good thoughts for sweet Storm!

**Kirsten** · 11-15-2009, 02:01 PM

Oh Storm, you better shouldn't have eaten that popcorn! I hope you're feeling better now!

Kirsten

**krazyaboutkatz** · 11-15-2009, 05:04 PM

Thanks everyone.

He's feeling much better now and he's been eating a lot of his canned and dry food. He just can't seem to get enough of it so I had to feed him a little extra. He's also back to his grumpy self and he's been chasing poor Ziggy around and terrorizing her.

He just has to let everyone know that he's the alpha cat and is in charge.