Living With IBD
| Mozart Kinsella Montreal,Quebec,Canada Born 1995 Diagnosed with food allergies in 2003 Diagnosed with Colitis, IBD and Feline Miliary Dermatitis on August 19, 2009 |
First Entry: October 23, 2009
Indoor Male Norwegian Forest, Age: 14 years old
Mozaet was Fed premium dry cat food for first nine years, health was fine. Will not eat wet canned food. At age
ten he developed a urinary tract infection due to crystals. Was put on SO4 Royal Canin food to prevent crystals.
He started scratching himself around his neck constantly. Also we had moved so something in the home may
have caused an allergic reaction but otherwise he was in good health.
Over the last eight months he started eating less and he would only eat treats, not regular food. We tried
different brands of food but he developed diarrhea. He continued scratching himself and vomited only once, then
suddenly stopped eating. I brought him to the animal intensive care hospital where he stayed for three days
while undergoing tests. He was also given fluids for severe dehydration. His urine, blood and stool tests all came
up negative. He had an ultrasound and it revealed colitis (inflammation of the colon), everything else was normal.
He was given metronidiazole to treat the inflammation, metroclopramide to prevent vomiting (which he
probably didn't need because he only vomited once), and cyproheptadine to increase appetite. He was also put
on Z/D Hills Wet Canned hyper allergenic food to test for food allergies.
Two weeks later he was taken off metronidiazole and put on tylosin, a different antibiotic.
He no longer takes any medication and for the last three weeks has been eating Dick Van Patten Natural Balance
Duck Grain free canned and Wellness Chicken Canned foods. He's taking Gastriplex and a fatty acid supplement
and his stools have almost returned to normal. There is still no vomiting but he won't eat venison, fish, beef or
lamb. He loves spinach but because he has crystals this is not allowed. He was doing fine until this weekend when
he vomited four times in one day so I knew something was wrong. I suspected it was the food so I went back to
the Hills Z/D.
I put him back on the Z/D Hills canned and he stopped vomiting. I feed him 6 times a day in small amounts
I want to get him off the Z/D and back onto a premium grain free canned food, but he still refuses wet canned
food. Although he will let me feed him using my finger. He's very cooperative and likes the taste.
I'm going to take him off the Z/D as soon as his stomach settles down and things get back to relative normal.
I'll then try Nature's Variety Instinct canned rabbit, hopefully it will agree with him.
He has been diagnosed with feline miliary dermatitis which is caused by his allergy to some food, that's why he
scratches. I'm also using pine wood shavings as litter instead of clay clumping litter because some people think
there is a link between clay clumping litter and IBD.
Update: February 7, 2010
No changes in Mozart's condition or diet, medications, etc. He's stable and doing well.
Update: June 10, 2010
Mozart is doing okay since the last update. His stools were still very loose, with no form, just like pudding but no
blood in stools. No vomiting with, good appetite and no weight loss.
Two weeks ago I decided to try giving him only wet food. His wet pudding stools went away and his stools now
are well formed and normal. I am trying to introduce a bit of Wellness wet cat food to see if he can tolerate it.
Maybe I can get him off the Hills Prescription Z/D wet food and onto a normal diet of high quality cat food.
Present Diet Hills Prescription Z/D (allergy) wet cat food for cats with allergies and sensitivity to food Z/D
sometimes works for cats with IBD /colitis if the inflammation in the digestive tract is due to some allergic
reaction from the protein in the food. Mozart scratches a lot and this is due to some unknown allergy. Only food
he tolerates is Z/D. In the past if I changed him to other foods he eventually started vomiting and getting blood
in his stools along with diarhhea.
No medications being taken presently. I'm giving him supplements for cat with intestinal problems: Gastrilplex
and Phytomucil. Not sure how much they help but I give it to him in his food. I plan to continue giving him only
wet food.
Indoor Male Norwegian Forest, Age: 14 years old
Mozaet was Fed premium dry cat food for first nine years, health was fine. Will not eat wet canned food. At age
ten he developed a urinary tract infection due to crystals. Was put on SO4 Royal Canin food to prevent crystals.
He started scratching himself around his neck constantly. Also we had moved so something in the home may
have caused an allergic reaction but otherwise he was in good health.
Over the last eight months he started eating less and he would only eat treats, not regular food. We tried
different brands of food but he developed diarrhea. He continued scratching himself and vomited only once, then
suddenly stopped eating. I brought him to the animal intensive care hospital where he stayed for three days
while undergoing tests. He was also given fluids for severe dehydration. His urine, blood and stool tests all came
up negative. He had an ultrasound and it revealed colitis (inflammation of the colon), everything else was normal.
He was given metronidiazole to treat the inflammation, metroclopramide to prevent vomiting (which he
probably didn't need because he only vomited once), and cyproheptadine to increase appetite. He was also put
on Z/D Hills Wet Canned hyper allergenic food to test for food allergies.
Two weeks later he was taken off metronidiazole and put on tylosin, a different antibiotic.
He no longer takes any medication and for the last three weeks has been eating Dick Van Patten Natural Balance
Duck Grain free canned and Wellness Chicken Canned foods. He's taking Gastriplex and a fatty acid supplement
and his stools have almost returned to normal. There is still no vomiting but he won't eat venison, fish, beef or
lamb. He loves spinach but because he has crystals this is not allowed. He was doing fine until this weekend when
he vomited four times in one day so I knew something was wrong. I suspected it was the food so I went back to
the Hills Z/D.
I put him back on the Z/D Hills canned and he stopped vomiting. I feed him 6 times a day in small amounts
I want to get him off the Z/D and back onto a premium grain free canned food, but he still refuses wet canned
food. Although he will let me feed him using my finger. He's very cooperative and likes the taste.
I'm going to take him off the Z/D as soon as his stomach settles down and things get back to relative normal.
I'll then try Nature's Variety Instinct canned rabbit, hopefully it will agree with him.
He has been diagnosed with feline miliary dermatitis which is caused by his allergy to some food, that's why he
scratches. I'm also using pine wood shavings as litter instead of clay clumping litter because some people think
there is a link between clay clumping litter and IBD.
Update: February 7, 2010
No changes in Mozart's condition or diet, medications, etc. He's stable and doing well.
Update: June 10, 2010
Mozart is doing okay since the last update. His stools were still very loose, with no form, just like pudding but no
blood in stools. No vomiting with, good appetite and no weight loss.
Two weeks ago I decided to try giving him only wet food. His wet pudding stools went away and his stools now
are well formed and normal. I am trying to introduce a bit of Wellness wet cat food to see if he can tolerate it.
Maybe I can get him off the Hills Prescription Z/D wet food and onto a normal diet of high quality cat food.
Present Diet Hills Prescription Z/D (allergy) wet cat food for cats with allergies and sensitivity to food Z/D
sometimes works for cats with IBD /colitis if the inflammation in the digestive tract is due to some allergic
reaction from the protein in the food. Mozart scratches a lot and this is due to some unknown allergy. Only food
he tolerates is Z/D. In the past if I changed him to other foods he eventually started vomiting and getting blood
in his stools along with diarhhea.
No medications being taken presently. I'm giving him supplements for cat with intestinal problems: Gastrilplex
and Phytomucil. Not sure how much they help but I give it to him in his food. I plan to continue giving him only
wet food.
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