TajMahal
Lairian
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- Jul 16, 2018
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Hello again everyone!
I posted a few months ago about my problems with cat Taj's IBD. At the time I had an endoscopy scheduled for her, but I chickened out and canceled it. I have rescheduled it for the 20th of this month and I wanted to know if anyone on here had an opinion about it. Just some background information- I can't feed Taj a raw or cooked diet because it seems that the protein itself (chicken, beef, fish, turkey, etc) is what is causing the problem. The only diet I've had any success with is a hydrolyzed protein diet, where the structure of the protein is actually altered so that the body can't recognize it and therefore won't attack it. However, while the diet has resolved her vomiting, she still has liquid diarrhea that has recently started to have a sickly sweet smell (almost like vanilla, but really bad). Every time I try to add fiber in the form of pumpkin, or a powdered veterinary fiber, she vomits. I'm going to try a probiotic again, but she didn't respond well to that last time either. Also, when she has an episode it isn't just vomiting, she also gets lethargic and inappetent so it really is a problem. I've been playing with different diets for the past five months and nothing seems to stop the diarrhea. I'm afraid of her developing lymphoma, but I also hate the idea of putting her under anesthesia for the endoscopy and intestinal biopsy. So I was wondering if anyone had an opinion on whether or not I'm jumping the gun taking her in for the procedure this month or if it really is time. Thanks in advance for your help!
I posted a few months ago about my problems with cat Taj's IBD. At the time I had an endoscopy scheduled for her, but I chickened out and canceled it. I have rescheduled it for the 20th of this month and I wanted to know if anyone on here had an opinion about it. Just some background information- I can't feed Taj a raw or cooked diet because it seems that the protein itself (chicken, beef, fish, turkey, etc) is what is causing the problem. The only diet I've had any success with is a hydrolyzed protein diet, where the structure of the protein is actually altered so that the body can't recognize it and therefore won't attack it. However, while the diet has resolved her vomiting, she still has liquid diarrhea that has recently started to have a sickly sweet smell (almost like vanilla, but really bad). Every time I try to add fiber in the form of pumpkin, or a powdered veterinary fiber, she vomits. I'm going to try a probiotic again, but she didn't respond well to that last time either. Also, when she has an episode it isn't just vomiting, she also gets lethargic and inappetent so it really is a problem. I've been playing with different diets for the past five months and nothing seems to stop the diarrhea. I'm afraid of her developing lymphoma, but I also hate the idea of putting her under anesthesia for the endoscopy and intestinal biopsy. So I was wondering if anyone had an opinion on whether or not I'm jumping the gun taking her in for the procedure this month or if it really is time. Thanks in advance for your help!