Oh my god.. This is not good.. Omg

[Shenanigans]

Originally Posted by madie

did apollo have normal bowel movements before he got sick? pooped everyday prior to all of this?

Oh yes. He was pooping at least twice a day before all this happened. Very rarely his poo would be softer than others, and only a small handful of times was it soft enough to actually break apart when I scooped his box. Nothing really out of the normal, aside from it being pretty smelly.

Whatever the cause, I am most definitely changing him over to a GOOD FOOD. I might even take him completely off of dry food. I guess that all depends on what the vet says about this possibility of a RX diet and for how long he needs to be on it. I never worried about him being dehydrated before because like I've said a few times in other threads, he LOVES water. He drinks out of the tub and the sink and out of water bottles when he sees me drinking. I wonder if the amount he's always drank is a possible symptom of whatever's going on? Just a thought.

Either way, this has been one horrifying experience and I never want to ever go through something like this again. I'm not taking any more chances. I've even thought of throwing away all of his toys and getting him new ones just in case some of his toys got some residue from the bug sprays on them.. Not that he plays with his regular on-the-floor toys very often. I mopped my floors 3 times today, twice with hot water after using Mr. Clean the first time. Yep. Even cleaned and sanitized the soles of all my shoes in case I tracked anything around on the floor. In fact, I think I may just stick him in a bubble for the remainder of our life together! Lol.

[Meezer_lover]

When I got Yoshi off the dry food, he went from 2 poos/day that were pretty stinky and sometimes soft.......to 1 poo/day that barely smells at all and is never too soft.

Doesn't paranoia and the unknown really suck? It's seems impossible to stay calm and rational when these things happen, mainly because time is never on your side.

Hope you guys have a peaceful night together.

[Beckie210789]

One question, has your vet run a CBC blood panel? If Apollo has pancreatitis, it'll show up on there. IF he does have pancreatitis, I can tell you that vomiting and diarrhea presents more in dogs than in cats with this problem BUT it can happen, Monkeys had both when she was diagnosed. The treatment was prednisone and Pepcid, and it cost next to nothing. (which was good, since diagnostics alone was almost 3000.00 with her.)

[Shenanigans]

Yeah, paranoia can be a terrible thing. I guess cleaning everything was good in a few ways; mostly distracting myself along with the possibility that chemicals could very well still be in little nooks and crannies that I wasn't able to clean last time.

They're keeping him again tonight. Sigh. Actually, overly dramatic sigh. I'm glad in some ways but heartbroken in other. They want to monitor him and just make sure he does alright, as of today he had no big "blow ups" so that's good. She said he's perkier and looking better, but I guess ya know, just in case? I actually fell asleep for a couple minutes while watching tv a few minutes ago, and I woke up suddenly reaching my arm out trying to pet Apollo, thinking he was sleeping next to me. Lol, I really miss him.

As for the CBC blood panel, I don't know for sure. They ran the blood work, and to be honest I'm not sure of what exactly they ran and if that was included. Going to ask for all details once I pick him up tomorrow afternoon. She's giving him Enrofloxicin which is what the emergency vet gave me that was the donated antibiotics. That's about all I know for right now. I just want to get him home so badly.

[The Divine Miss M]

One step at a time. I know you miss him, but better to wait and have him come home to stay than jump the gun and be running back to the vet a few hours later. We're here to listen and celebrate when this is all over. Post the diet when she give it to you. I've seen to many vets prescribe Science Diet and it really is cr*ptacular food.

[melysion]

I remember when Toby was kept at the vet an extra night after his eye was removed - I was so disappointed that I wasnt going to have him home that evening. So I can certain empathise! But it was for the best.

Big hugs to you!

[Beckie210789]

Originally Posted by The Divine Miss M

One step at a time. I know you miss him, but better to wait and have him come home to stay than jump the gun and be running back to the vet a few hours later. We're here to listen and celebrate when this is all over. Post the diet when she give it to you. I've seen to many vets prescribe Science Diet and it really is cr*ptacular food.

Tell me about it. Science Diet is awful. I just had to put Kodak on it for his crystals. Thankfully, he eats it, but I wish i had another alternative.

[Church's Mum]

Originally Posted by Shenanigans

If he's just constipated, would he really be acting like this? He seems like he's in a very, very substantial amount of pain.

I had to have one of my females deobstipated almost three weeks ago. She was acting very much the same way. (I knew before I took her in to the vet she was constipated, because she kept making me go in to watch her straining in the litter box to poop, and she's usually very private about being in the "toilet".)

[Church's Mum]

I'm just going to add my two cents and say I also agree with absolutely everything Laurie said. Just because the vet says Apollo should still be on Immodium (just reading that part of your one post made me cringe) doesn't mean he actually should be on it. Oh, and as for blood work and urinalysis results? Ask for printed copies. They'll give them to you. I ALWAYS ask for copies for my CRF cat (Church), and this weekend I need to stop in and get the copy for my deobstipated cat (Sadie), because I completely forgot about it both when I picked her up and when I went back to pay the balance of the bill.