Meet Crixus F3C

[Brigitte Cowell]

Agreed with Patti that propofol or domitor (dexdomitor) are far preferable than ketamine. Also Alfaxalone is a newer injectable short acting sedative that is known to be super-safe...

 

[Patti]

They gave me Hill's Urgent Care. He ate it all

VERY glad to hear that!!!

 

[Igor]

He got sedated and x rayed. The doc said she did see something like a string and also air bubbles that look like beads. They couldn't send the x rays to the radiologist today. She didn't seem too sure about the next step. Told me that I can come in tomorrow for another x ray to see if the string or object is getting pushed out on its own. She talked about surgery as well.

I also called another place today and talked to the doctor. The place is a cat only hospital. The doctor suggested using BIPS and seemed confident about the next steps.

Any thoughts? He's back to eating and asking for food like before. This morning he had diarrhea but passed it a lot easier. Seems in better shape.

 

[Brigitte Cowell]

A barium series si the best way to confirm an obstruction. If it is a string, I would question the likelihood of it passing through...so personally I'd go with the more confident vet with a plan...it's hard if he's now seemingly fine though, as I guess you run the risk of wasting money on that BIPS and finding out there is no string in there?

 

[Patti]

Let me just share my story about string - I had a young F1 swallow a length of dental floss one time while I was out of town. My son was caring for the cats and let me know that Ariel was looking a bit under the weather about two days before I was to return home. My son doesn't drive so I opted to wait until I returned to see what was going on (we all know how well cats can hide illness). Well I took one look at her upon my return and got her to the ER. The string had wrapped around the back of her tongue then kept traveling down, wrecking havoc on her gut. The vet said her bowel was leaking into her abdominal cavity in 19 different places and she had to cut out 11 feet of intestine. How that kitten survived I'll never know, but miracles do happen.

The moral of the story is, if you suspect an intestinal blockage, don't wait too long or it may be too late :-(

 

[Igor]

A barium series si the best way to confirm an obstruction. If it is a string, I would question the likelihood of it passing through...so personally I'd go with the more confident vet with a plan...it's hard if he's now seemingly fine though, as I guess you run the risk of wasting money on that BIPS and finding out there is no string in there?

This will be the next step

 

[Igor]

Let me just share my story about string - I had a young F1 swallow a length of dental floss one time while I was out of town. My son was caring for the cats and let me know that Ariel was looking a bit under the weather about two days before I was to return home. My son doesn't drive so I opted to wait until I returned to see what was going on (we all know how well cats can hide illness). Well I took one look at her upon my return and got her to the ER. The string had wrapped around the back of her tongue then kept traveling down, wrecking havoc on her gut. The vet said her bowel was leaking into her abdominal cavity in 19 different places and she had to cut out 11 feet of intestine. How that kitten survived I'll never know, but miracles do happen.

The moral of the story is, if you suspect an intestinal blockage, don't wait too long or it may be too late :-(

Oh man, so sorry to hear that, poor kittie . I'm glad she survived. I'm not waiting at all. Absolutely hate seeing him like this. Any chance I get I'm going to be at the vet.

 

[Igor]

New doctor and new diagnosis. stomach infection. The new doctor reviewed the x rays and blood test (blood test was done yesterday and the other place and showed increased white blood cells). He didn't see a string on the x ray images, only gas. His resoning was since the little guy is now eating and pooping it's not an intestinal blockage. He got a shot of convenia and metronidazole to take home. If this doesn't work barium series is the next step.

He is now home and with a burst of energy. Jumping all over the place and jumping on my leg asking me to play

 

[Patti]

It sounds to me like the antibiotics were what he needed - so glad to hear he is perking up!!